Thursday, October 6, 2022

Thursday Things

As the sun and milder temperatures return on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Democrats, here are the consequences of your actions.

From FrontpageMag, a look at some real "systemic racism".

From Townhall, a mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party threatens billionaire Elon Musk.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden's latest diplomatic hire worked with Chinese Communist Party front groups.

From the Washington Examiner, the January 6th Inquisition Committee schedules its ninth and possibly last hearing for next week.

From The Federalist, if it's a crime to protest against abortion, but vandalizing pro-life pregnancy centers is not, then there is no rule of law.

From American Thinker, who were these looters arrested in Florida after Hurricane Ian passed through?

From CNS News, according to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), it's the strategic petroleum reserve, not the political petroleum reserve.

From Red Voice Media, columnist Taylor Lorenz of The Washington Post admits committing a crime every day for a year.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, CBS and NBC go Sergeant Schultz as a federal judge rules against DACA.

From Canada Free Press, a video from Rumble alleges that we're spiraling through Hell to someplace below it.  (According to Greek myths, there is a place below Hades, the normal underworld, called Tartarus, which is also mentioned in the second letter of Peter in the New Testament.  This means that the idea of a place below Hell is not new.)

From TeleSUR, Venezuela and Colombia agree to strengthen their trade relations.

From TCW Defending Freedom, what is the point of the U.K.'s Conservative Party?

From Snouts in the Trough, was former U.S. President Trump right about climate change?

From Free West Media, the French town of PĂ©riers decides to give all of its school children fleece jackets.

From EuroNews, Ukrainian forces take back more of the Kherson region.

From Euractiv, the European Commission will put out a communication on fertilizers.

From ReMix, the American company Westinghouse will build Poland's first nuclear power plant.  (In the interests of full disclosure, I must point out that Papa Bigfoot worked at Westinghouse when I was just a Littlefoot.  I think he would be proud that his old employer will be doing such business in our ancestral country.)

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia blacklists 15 suspected Islamic extremists who allegedly aided groups such as ISIS.

From The North Africa Post, Malian transitional leader Colonel Assimi Goita has a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

From The New Arab, the Arab League condemns the potential move of the U.K.'s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

From Dawn, a court in Islamabad, Pakistan grants interim bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case related to his remarks against a judge.

From The Express Tribune, security forces kill a terrorist in Peshawar, Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, President Dr. Arif Alvi urges Pakistani lawmakers to "end polarisation" and come together to decide on the country's next election date.

From The Hans India, what makes the Honda City sedan the most popular car in India?

From the Hindustan Times, why India abstained on the U.N. Human Rights Council's resolution on rights in the Chinese region of Xinjiang.

From ANI, Indian customs officials seize seven expensive watches at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.

From India Today, the Indian party Congress is frustrated after Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a historic visit to the state of Himachal Pradesh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate Bangladesh's first six-lane bridge this coming Monday.

From New Age, Bangladesh deals with power outages.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka rejects the resolution proposed by the U.N. Human Rights Council.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lankan Justice Minister Vijeyadasa Rajapakshe, an anti-corruption bill is ready to be sent to the country's parliament.

From Raajje, Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih holds discussions with Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesian National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo names the first set of suspects allegedly responsible for the stampede at a soccer stadium in the province of East Java.

From The Straits Times, a former policeman kills 38 people, including 22 children, at a daycare center in Uthai Sawan, Thailand.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission detains 11 people, including police officers and civil servants, on suspicion of involvement in a traffic summons discount syndicate.

From the Borneo Post, according to one of its ministers, the Malaysian government is considering establishing a sentencing council.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese Communist Party's Central Committee discusses a project for industrialization and modernization.

From the Taipei Times, according to President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan is committed to its defense.

From The Mainichi, snake, a snake, oh it's a snake.

From Gatestone Institute, the myth of "clean" energy.

From The Stream, left-wing lies about the Supreme Court.

From The Daily Signal, government micromanagement is running the U.S. economy into the ground.

From Space War, the pressure of censoring and controlling China's Internet.

From Sino Daily, China's progress on poverty, climate change and space in ten years under President Xi Jinping.

From ITR Economics, what are the differences between macroeconomics and microeconomics?

From Space Daily, Air Force Research Laboratory commander Major General Heather Pringle moderates the Future of Propulsion panel at the AFA's Air, Space and Cyber Conference.  (It is, of course, a glorious thing to be a Modern Major General.)

From The American Conservative, the writer who recently left his native Louisiana after a failed attempt to return there gets settled into Budapest, Hungary.

From The Western Journal, a radio personality and his friend spend an hour trying to find a charger for the latter's electric vehicle and then charge it - to go 15 miles.

From BizPac Review, according to late night host Greg Gutfeld, the aforementioned Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter will save the world.

From The Daily Wire, right-wing commentator Candace Owens's documentary about the organization Black Lives Matter has been released.

From the Daily Caller, President Biden pardons "all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession".

From the New York Times, exiled Nicaraguan journalist Berta Valle is "terrified" by the presence of Russian troops in her home country.

From Breitbart, congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) demands transparency from the "Biden crime family" after the Secret Service fails to find a list of people visiting the president's home in Delaware.

From Newsmax, Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threated Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with impeachment.  (I hope that the two Senators remember that impeachment proceedings have to start in the House of Representatives.)

And from the Genesius Times, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (whose last name can be spelled with an extra "y" at the end) wins the Nobel Peace Prize for refusing to negotiate peace.

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