Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Tuesday Tidbits

On a cool sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the WEF ignores the real problems.

From FrontpageMag, what caused the hysteria over former President Trump?

From Townhall, the findings of an investigation of a suburban pedophile ring.  (As the article says, "reader discretion is advised".)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Washington, D.C. city council overrides Mayor Muriel Bowser's (D) veto of legislation to lighten sentences for carjackers and criminals who use guns.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden and the dilemma for sanctuary cities.

From The Federalist, a proposed new rule from the BATFE could turn millions of law-abiding gun owners into felons.  (For law-abiding people who own guns, more hassle.  For criminals who use guns, more lenient treatment as the TWFB story shows.)

From American Thinker, proof that the far left wants the borders open, not for the welfare of asylum seekers, but to boost its own power.

From CNS News, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R) is "very interested" in running for Senate.

From NewsBusters, the NCAA and its incoming president face a lot of people who don't want men in women's sports.

From Canada Free Press, war game simulations show that a Chinese attempt to invade Taiwan would result in heavy losses for all sides.

From Global News, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada tries to find a way to fund its snow removal efforts.

From CTV News, after an accidental 911 call, police seize guns, grenades, two swords and a spear from a home in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela's production of green peas increases by 250 percent from 2021 to 2022.  (As then-President Obama said in 2011, it's good that we "eat our peas".)

From TCW Defending Freedom, a "flood of evidence" about damage from coronavirus vaccines.

From the Evening Standard, Prince Harry's book Spare becomes the fastest-selling nonfiction book in the U.K. since its records of book sales started being kept.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. could get more snow and ice and freezing temperatures for several days.

From the Irish Examiner, almost one sixth of Irish gardaí applicants fail the garda fitness test.  (In Ireland, one cop is a garda and two or more cops are gardaí.)

From The Brussels Times, a demonstration in support of illegal aliens in Belgium will be held in Brussels on February 26th.

From Dutch News, a suspected ISIS terrorist is arrested in the Netherlands.

From EuroNews, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is detained by police during protests against the demolition of the village of Lützerath.

From ReMix, Thunberg accuses the German Green party of hypocrisy for being involved in the expansion of the coal mine near Lützerath.

From Free West Media, Sweden declares war on migrant criminal gangs.

From Hungary Today, Hungary, will send emergency humanitarian aide to a church in Nigeria that was recently attacked.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, thanks to nations such as Bulgaria, Hungary's gas supply is secure.

From Euractiv, the European Commission warns that the workforce in many parts of the E.U. is shrinking.

From Balkan Insight, an ethnic Kosovar Albanian born in the U.K. reflects on how his people suffered during the Kosovo war.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan capital of Rabat hosts the first meeting of the Monitoring Committee for Moroccan Israeli Defense Cooperation.

From The New Arab, according to Palestinian political analysts, Hamas seeks to revive a prisoner exchange agreement with Israel.

From OpIndia, the U.N. acknowledges the kidnapping, forced conversion, and forced marriages of minority girls in Pakistan.

From BusinessGhana, a priest killed in the aforementioned attack on a church in Nigeria had survived an attack by Boko Hiram 12 years earlier.

From Gatestone Institute, why Israeli citizens vote for right-wing political parties.

From The Stream, oddness from Wilmington, Delaware to Washington, D.C. to Davos Switzerland.

From The Daily Signal, Biden is out of excuses for classified documents.

From The American Conservative, will investigations undertaken by Republicans in 2023 be any different from those in 1993, 1996, 2014 and 2016?

From The Western Journal, in 20 years, sports writer Clay Travis has never seen this many stories about young athletes dying.

From BizPac Review, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld defends allegedly "heartless" reactions to the homeless.

From The Daily Wire, Obama administration ethics chief Walter Shaub slams Biden over his classified documents scandal.

From the Daily Caller, most job openings at universities in Arizona require applicants to pledge support for diversity, equity and inclusion.

From the New York Post, Microsoft is reportedly planning to cut 11,000 jobs.

From Breitbart, manufacturing in New York state collapsed unexpectedly in January.

From Newsmax, Apple unveils faster MacBooks.

And from the Genesius Times, the media gaslight on gas stoves so intensely that they will provide a lifetime supply of gas.

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