Monday, February 13, 2023

Monday Links

As milder weather returns on a Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what you should know about China's unmanned aircraft research program.

From FrontpageMag, the biggest lie in President Biden's State of the Union address.

From Townhall, the White House is not saying that it's aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a former MSNBC host claims that the network reprimanded her for criticizing former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2014.

From The Federalist, a bill under consideration by the Rhode Island legislature would allow non-citizens and illegal aliens to vote in the state.  (Yes, I am saying that it's aliens, as in earthlings who are not U.S. citizens.)

From American Thinker, what's going on with all these sudden deaths?

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Chinese balloon shot down on February 4th was used to spy on U.S. nuclear sites and to prepare for a potential conflict over Taiwan.

From NewsBusters, according to a study, TV news has shielded Biden over his inflation disaster.

From CBC News, according to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the flying objects brought down over the past week might be related to each other.

From Global News, this weekend, you can enjoy ice fishing for free in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

From CTV News, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada prepares for the arrival of a nor'easter.

From TeleSUR, wildfires destroy schools in the Chilean regions of Biobío and Araucanía.

From TCW Defending Freedom, submitted for your approval, "an idiot's guide to Net Zero".

From the Express, Queen Consort Camilla is forced to cancel her royal visits due to a positive coronavirus test.  (I realize that for 70 years, the U.K. had a queen regnant, so the term "queen consort" might need a bit of getting used to.)

From the Evening Standard, a proposal to pass a stalled organ donation law in the U.K. Parliament is "highly unlikely" to succeed.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a drone carries blood and cancer drugs in the English county of Northumbria.

From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish government will pay hotels €605 million for housing Ukrainian refugees.

From the Irish Examiner, engaged couples have their wedding rings blessed as the shrine of Saint Valentine in Dublin, Ireland.

From VRT NWS, an asylum seeker squat in the Brussels neighborhood of Schaarbeek will be sealed this coming Wednesday.

From The Brussels Times, Belgians face rapidly increasing prices for their frites.

From the NL Times, a court in Assen, Netherlands ruled that police were too harsh in dealing with a protest against Zwarte Piet in the city of Emmen.  (Zwarte Piet, which is translated to "Black Pete" in Englsh, is a character in Low Countries folklore who is a companion to Saint Nicholas, a.k.a. Santa Claus.  His portrayal using blackface has made him controversial in recent years.)

From Dutch News, in the final quarter of 2021, Dutch households and industries used their lowest amount of natural gas in 50 years.

From Deutsche Welle, the German party Christian Democratic Union votes to expel former spy agency boss Hans-Georg Maassen.

From the CPH Post, the Copenhagen airport is among the best at reducing its carbon dioxide emissions.

From Free West Media, the E.U. plans to send "disinformation experts" all over the world.

From EuroNews, the U.S. tells its citizens in Russia to get out of there.

From Euractiv, a group of seven E.U. countries calls for "cautious electricity market reform".

From Balkan Insight, police raid illegal marijuana labs in the Kosovo district of Mitrovica.

From ReMix, right-wing coalition parties have resounding electoral victories in the Italian regions of Lazio and Lombardy.

From The North Africa Post, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea seek reentry into the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States.

From The New Arab, why are Sudanese generals pushing their country to normalize relations with Israel?

From Al Arabiya, Valentine's Day is celebrated in Saudi Arabia, where it was once banned.

From OpIndia, the BBC comes out in support of child marriages in the Indian state of Assam.

From Gatestone Institute, how the E.U. ignores crimes committed by Hamas.

From The Stream, is the federal government targeting Catholics?

From The Daily Signal, were more classified documents relating to President Biden stored at a law office in Boston?

From The American Conservative, "the cost of political correctness".

From The Western Journal, China claims that the U.S. has sent over 10 balloons over its airspace, which the U.S. denies.

From BizPac Review, ESPN host Chris Berman injects race into the Super Bowl and invokes Abraham Lincoln.

From The Daily Wire, First Son Hunter Biden once sought a job for a scientist studying herpes who was linked to a lab in Wuhan, China.

From the Daily Caller, at the Super Bowl, the Chief Twit hangs around with Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch.

From the New York Post, Disney is panned for running a Super Bowl ad celebrating its employees, just after laying off 7,000 of them.

From Breitbart, Rutgers University increases its spending on diversity, equity and inclusion.

From Newsmax, state attorneys general clash over a lawsuit about an abortion-inducing drug.

From The Hill, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) and some of his fellow Republican congresscritters plan to visit the southern border.  (via Newsmax)

And from The Babylon Bee and the "don't give him any ideas" department, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promises to investigate the chemical spill from a railway near East Palestine, Ohio for signs of racism.

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