As the mild weather continues on the first Wednesday of 2023, and remembering that the recent mild spell and the very cold weather we had around Christmas are both caused by manmade carbon dioxide, here are some things going on:
From National Review, what the failure (so far) to elect a House Speaker says about the Republican Party.
From FrontpageMag, the Biden administration increases fees on working legal immigrants to fund services for illegal aliens.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the media still fawn over alleged FTX fraudsters Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried.
From the Washington Examiner, former congressscritter Justin Amash (R, I-Mich) actually enjoys the drama over the vote for Speaker.
From The Federalist, the fight over who gets to be House Speaker is really just a vote about management.
From American Thinker, let's count the ways in which the uniparty is destroying America.
From CNS News, over two dozen prominent conservatives express their support for the Republican congresscritters who oppose McCarthy's bid to be House Speaker.
From NewsBusters, the FDA permits pharmacies to offer abortion pills.
From Canada Free Press, is Trump trying to save America or to save RINO hides?
From Global News, what Canada's ban on foreigners buying homes could mean in areas where the rules don't apply.
From TeleSUR, Peruvians block roads in the regions of Cuzco and Puno.
From TCW Defending Freedom, here come the latest climate change myths.
From Snouts in the Trough, believe or not, here's some good news.
From the Evening Standard, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promises to cut inflation in half this year.
From the Irish Examiner, according to Finance Minister Michael McGrath, Ireland will "only just avoid" recession this year.
From The Brussels Times, Belgium officially faces an upcoming flu epidemic.
From the NL Times, according to a witness, an alleged drug lord plotted to kidnap Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
From Free West Media, police in Berlin, Germany worry about terminology used to describe violent migrants.
From Euractiv, Germany's carbon dioxide emissions fail to decrease despite the country's increase in intermittent renewable energy sources. (To its credit, the article uses the formula "CO2" instead of the word "carbon" without its being followed by "dioxide".)
From ReMix, four Eritreans who raped a Swedish woman will not be deported.
From Daily News Hungary, police close down Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary.
From Romania-Insider, according to a Romanian historian, the Netflix Miniseries Rise of Empires - Ottoman does the best job of portraying the Wallachian prince Vlad Ţepeş. (If you read Romanian, read the story at G4Media.)
From The Sofia Globe, a cannon believed to be 200 years old is retrieved from the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast.
From the Greek City Times, pro-Turkish Pakistanis release video shot from a drone flying over the Greek parliament building. (If you read Greek, read the story at News Break.)
From Balkan Insight, several Western Balkan countries are experiencing "alarming" levels of air pollution.
From Total Croatia News, how to learn, and why you should learn, the Croatian language. (During my 2007 visit to Croatia, I learned that Croatian has some interesting differences with Polish, with which I am somewhat familiar, even though they are both Slavic languages. For example, when I read Croatian word godina, it reminded me of Polish godzina, which means "hour", but instead it means "year".)
From The Slovenia Times, Slovenian National Assembly Speaker Urška Klakočar Zupančič comes under public scrutiny for flying on a government jet to Vienna, Austria to attend a concert.
From RFI, France suspends the internet-based sale of paracetamol-based painkillers due to low supply.
From RAIR Foundation USA, an Afghani migrant stabs a woman in the throat in Reims, France.
From The Portugal News, Portugal is "prepared" to adopt new coronavirus measures.
From EuroNews, E.U. countries agree to require coronavirus tests for visitors from China.
From The North Africa Post, the Chinese tire company Qingdao Sentury plans to build a manufacturing plant in Tangier, Morocco. (This company should probably not be confused with the makers of Qingdao beer.)
From The New Arab, according to The Arab Index, almost half of all Iraqis reject Iran's influence on their government.
From Agenzia Fides, the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab targets "apostate militias and soldiers".
From Gatestone Institute, Turkey's "crimes against humanity" and its occupation of northern Cyprus. (It seems that the same people who scream about Israel's occupation of the West Bank and formerly Gaza go Sgt. Schulz on the Turkish occupation of Cyprus.)
From The Stream, according to a major study, men and women are indeed different.
From The Daily Signal, according to Governor Greg Abbott (R), Texas will secure its border even without help from the federal government.
From ITR Economics, how will the manufacturing sector stack up in 2023?
From Space War, Poland will acquire a very high resolution optical satellite system from Airbus. (This will show that contrary to a certain meme, Poland can into space.)
From The American Conservative, against human composting.
From BizPac Review, Fox News's The Five accuse "rogue" Republican congresscritters who oppose the aforementioned Kevin McCarthy's (R-Cal) bid for Speaker of making "the squad look reasonable".
From The Daily Wire, President Biden was not invited to the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI.
From the Daily Caller, Biden is "working out the details" for a visit to the southern Border.
From the New York Post, who is congresscritter and Speaker nominee Byron Donalds (R-FL)?
From Newsmax, Americans keep moving to Florida.
And from SFGate, rats!
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