Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Wednesday Wanderings

On a mild sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) helped herself in responding to President Biden's State of the Union address.

From FrontpageMag, finally, there's a Roman Catholic bishop who has had enough of Biden's "fake Catholicism".

From Townhall, does Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) have a big move up his sleeve?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the former leader of Twitter's Trust and Safety division tells Congress that censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story was a "mistake".

From The Federalist, don't fall for Biden's "economic fairy tale".

From American Thinker, a song for celebrating Black History Month.

From CNS News, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) calls Biden's State of the Union speech "out of touch" and "fundamentally dishonest".

From NewsBusters, according to congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH), Twitter "got played" by the FBI.

From Canada Free Press, Biden is a Trojan horse with nothing to hide.

From TeleSUR, young Peruvians use their music against state terrorism.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "the view from the staffroom" as U.K. teachers go on strike.

From Snouts in the Trough, the cheaper the energy, the more numerous the jobs.  (The article has yesterday's date, but is called a "Wednesday/Thursday blog", so it appears to be intended for today and tomorrow.)

From Free West Media, Germany gets a new shock forecast for uncontrolled immigration.

From EuroNews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

From Euractiv, former europarliamentcritters will be banned from lobbying for six months after leaving office.

From ReMix, Poland plans to increase the total length of its highways and express roads by the end of 2023.

From Balkan Insight, Greek parliamentcritters debate a proposed law that would exclude the "far right" from running in the country's next election.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco signs an agreement with the American company Boeing which would modernize and strengthen the country's Royal Armed Forces.

From The New Arab, which countries are sending aid to which earthquake victims?

From Gatestone Institute, Pakistan carries out a "purification" campaign against its religious minorities.

From The Straits Times, a pre-school in Singapore is under investigation for allegedly neglecting a hamster.

From Tempo(dot)Co, the deputy speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives calls for firm action against separatists in the region of Papua.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to a former aide to former Indonesian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yasin, the purchase of coronavirus vaccines was "done by the book".

From the Borneo Post, the 200-year-old Golden Hill Taoist Temple in Bau, Sarawak, Malaysia reopens after being renovated.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Singapore.

From the Taipei Times, the first of two Taiwanese search and rescue teams arrives in Turkey.

From The Korea Herald, South Korea plans to hold air raid drills in May, the first in six years.

From The Mainichi, the Sakurajima volcano, in the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, erupts for the first time since 2018.

From The Stream, a policeman in Port Wentworth, Georgia quits rather than become silent on his Christian beliefs about marriage.

From The Daily Signal, the Texas state government will ban the use of the Chinese app TikTok by its workers.

From The American Conservative, evading the fare on the D.C. Metro is still bad.

From The Western Journal, after President Biden gives his State of the Union address, a hot mike captures a "mysterious" comment he makes to Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ).

From BizPac Review, on his platform Truth Social, former President Trump gives his take on the state of the union.

From The Daily Wire, at the State of the Union address, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) wears a "heart" abortion pin.

From the Daily Caller, according to a study funded by a pro-abortion group, pro-life pregnancy centers offer faster and less expensive service than abortion clinic service.

From Reuters, the Church of England considers referring to God with gender-neutral pronouns.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, Vice President Harris claims that Biden is not too old to run for reelection.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, 43 percent of Germans think that sanctions against Russia have harmed Germany more than they have harmed Russia.

From Newsmax, nearly 300 employees of NBC News and MSNBC plan to walk off their jobs to protest recent layoffs.

And from SFGate, a herd of goats in Portland, Oregon is let loose to protest a planned sweep of a homeless encampment.

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