Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Links For The Ides Of March

If you've had ideas about becoming a dictator, today's the day when you'd better watch out.  So on the day when someone might betray you and have you wondering "and you, too?", here are some things going on:

From National Review, missing the signs of trouble at Silicon Valley Bank.

From FrontpageMag, the left has a "disturbing" religion.

From Townhall, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg finally admits something about air travel under his watch that we've already known.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration is outraged about the Russian attack on a U.S. drone, because it was "environmentally unsound".

From the Washington Examiner, Congress should protect faith-based service providers.

From The Federalist, the free speech debacle at Stanford is another reason why universities should fire the vast majority of their administrators.

From American Thinker, the January 6th Inquisition's Committee's obstruction of justice.

From CNS News, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark) wants the U.S. Navy back in the Black Sea and another drone flown over it.

From NewsBusters, host Sunny Hostin of The View claims to be "oppressed" and that she hasn't been to a grocery store since the coronavirus broke out.

From Canada Free Press, there will be no apology for wanting bankers to suffer the consequences of their own actions.

From TeleSUR, Guatemalan electoral authorities will not allow two leaders of the Movement for the Liberation of Peoples to run as political candidates.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "can front doors be racist?"

From Snouts in the Trough, should we be grateful for the coronavirus?

From EuroNews, welcome to the filthy dump known as Great Britain.

From Euractiv, France welcomes the inclusion of nuclear energy in the E.U.'s power market reform.  (If you read French, read the French version of the article.)

From ReMix, the Dutch government could face some electoral consequences for its efforts to force strict environmental standards on farmers.

From Balkan Insight, Montenegro prepares to defend its presidential election from cyber attacks.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's bird chopper industry is expected to contribute $1.2 billion to its economy.  (The article's title says "$1.7", but the first paragraph says "$1.2".  Read the article and decide for yourself which is correct.)

From The New Arab, activists and NGOs commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Syrian revolution.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the ancient Israelite site of Sebastia, near Nablus, West Bank, is damaged by road construction, and desecrated when Palestinians throw boar carcasses into graves.

From NDTV, according to activists, five young Iranian women who made a video showing themselves dancing in the Ekabatan district of Tehran have been arrested.  (The video was shown in the stories from RadioFreeEurope/RadioFarda and Iran International, which were that was linked here yesterday.)

From Gatestone Institute, reform is urgently needed in the areas of data privacy and collection.

From the Colombo Page, trade unions in Sri Lanka launch a general strike in protest of their government's new tax policy.

From the Daily Mirror, two notorious Sri Lankan criminals are detained for 90 days.

From Raajje, the Maldive Islands and Ghana sign agreements intended to enhance their bilateral cooperation.

From The Straits Times, three Singaporeans are arrested for suspected drug trafficking offenses.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesia's industry ministry strives to speed up the growth of its electric vehicle ecosystem.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to a Malaysian academic, the border between the Malaysian state of Sabah and the Indonesian province of Kalimantan should be opened.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian state of Sarawak prioritizes the development of intermittent renewable energy.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Minh Chinh pays a working visit to the province of Hai Duong.

From the Taipei Times, the Taiwanese military unveils domestically made drones.

From The Korea Herald, starting next Monday, South Koreans will be able ride public transportation without a mask.

From The Mainichi, dietcritter Yoshikazu Higashitani is expelled from the Japanese Diet for not attending any of its sessions after being elected.  (Since Japan's legislature is the Diet, a dietcritter is the equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.  But now, this guy is the equivalent of a former congresscritter.)

From The Stream, there are not enough youth in Asia, and other matters.

From The Daily Signal, according to a new book, the current border crisis was caused by President Biden's la invitacion to illegal aliens.

From The American Conservative, "heads I win, tails you lose", and this is not about a coin toss.

From The Western Journal, journalist Geraldo Rivera challenges First Son Hunter Biden's critics to "put up or shut up", and they adamantly do the former.

From BizPac Review, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's all-female alma matter is under pressure to admit women who identify as men.

From The Daily Wire, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) celebrates the federal government's decision to protect Silicon Valley Bank, but doesn't mention that his wineries are among its clients.

From the Daily Caller, Border Patrol agents apprehend a suspected terrorist at the Canadian border.

From the New York Post, at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, Disney unveils a "real" lightsaber, but most people "don't care" about it.

From Breitbart, business leaders expect inflation in March to rise more than otherwise expected.

From Newsmax, in January, U.S. business inventories fell for the first time in almost two years.

From Sky News, according to a study, high caffeine levels "may help people stay slim" and could decrease the risk of diabetes.

And from SFGate, did anyone lose a radioactive metal cylinder?

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