Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Tax Tuesday Tidbits

On a cool and sunny Tuesday, which is the deadline to file your federal tax return, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Senate report on the origins of the coronavirus contains the smoking gun.

From FrontpageMag, the Big Tech billionaire funding the rape lawsuit against former President Trump once invited the late Jeffrey Epstein to a dinner that he was hosting.

From Townhall, according to the United States Office of Special Counsel, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act in 2022.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) promised to return campaign contributions from cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, but according to records, still have not done so.  (Senator Stabenow is known in some right-wing circles as "Debbie Stab-me-now".)

From the Washington Examiner, what to know about this year's Tax Day.

From The Federalist, the idea of "gender-fluid" is the poisonous fruit of the gospel of "keep your options open".  (Gender fluidity does occur - in science fiction.)

From American Thinker, President Obama was bad, but President Biden is worse.

From CNS News, people on the terror watch list keep coming across the Mexican border.

From Fox News, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) wants $1.3 billion to deal with her city's homelessness crisis.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, Australia's basketball authorities prevent a man from playing for a women's team, which decision is supported by former NBA player Andrew Bogut, who is Australian.

From Canada Free Press, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) hooks up Catholic bishops with the FBI.

From TeleSUR, Cubans observe the 204th anniversary of the birth of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, who started the Cuban war of independence from Spain.

From TCW Defending Freedom, if only the U.K. were as strict with migrants arriving on boats as they are with visiting French schoolchildren.

From the Daily Mailthe U.K.'s Labour Party plans to give asylum seekers in Wales £1,000 per month, and taxpayer money to fight their deportations.

From EuroNews, a new exhibit in the Warsaw Ghetto Museum in Warsaw, Poland shows recently discovered artifacts from Jewish district of the city from World War II.

From Euractiv, German farms had a record year during the financial year of 2021-2022.  (If you read German, read the German version of the article.)

From ReMix, unlike some of its neighbors, the Czech Republic has no plans to ban the import of agricultural products from Ukraine.

From Balkan Insight, the European Parliament votes to allow Kosovo citizens to enter without a visa.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian President Kais Saied steps up his crackdown on opposition politicians, including the arrest of opposition party leader Rached Ghannouchi.

From The New Arab, early Lebanese and Syrian immigration to the United States.

From the Colombo Page, according to Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, Sri Lanka will give toque macaque monkeys to China only if a cabinet-appointed committee approves it.

From the Daily Mirror, will Sri Lanka's anti-terrorism bill become draconian?

From Raajje, using plastic bags to carry your purchased items in the Maldives is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

From The Straits Times, according to Singaporean parliamentcritter Leon Perera, the governing party should explain why it disagrees with proposals from the opposition, instead of demonizing them.  (As with many countries, a parliamentcritter is the equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)

From Tempo(dot)Co, the Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform urges Indonesian President Joko Widodo to pursue the release of a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by armed groups in the province of Papua through peaceful dialogue.

From Free Malaysia Today, Health Minister Dr. Zaliha Mustafa urges Malaysians to wear masks when visiting relatives for Aidilfitri.  ("Aidilfitri" is the Malaysian way of rendering "Eid al-Fitr", which is the end of Ramadan.)

From the Borneo Post, the wife of the premier of the Malaysian state of Sarawak launches her own shoes collection.

From Vietnam Plus, train tickets are sold out ahead of Vietnam's National Reunification Day.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan plans to buy 400 U.S.-made anti-ship Harpoon missiles.

From The Korea Herald, the South Korean government promises harsher crackdowns on drug trafficking.

From The Mainichi, a group of researchers and lawyers slam Japan's "green transformation" bills for protecting the nuclear power industry.

From Gatestone Institute, "why don't Americans trust the Biden administration on Iran?"

From The Stream, what does it mean that "we are fearfully and wonderfully made"?

From The Daily Signal, a group of Republican congresscritters say that they have a plan to secure the border with Mexico.

From The American Conservative, a drug cartel disinformation agent presents himself as a "human rights activist".

From The Western Journal, country singer John Rich gives Bud Light some bad news.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has a "doozy" of a theory about why Trump plays golf with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

From The Daily Wire, the Chief Twit promises to "create a third option" to Microsoft's and Google's AI platforms.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) grills Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over child trafficking at the southern border.

From the New York Post, the 84-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri who allegedly shot a 16-year-old boy who mistakenly rang his doorbell turns himself in.

From Breitbart, according to Nashville authorities, the school shooter left behind a suicide note and 19 journals.

From Newsmax, a group of 147 Republican lawmakers representing 37 states file an amicus brief before the Supreme Court, urging it to continue the stay made by a Texas judge, delaying the FDA's approval of an abortion pill containing the drug mifepristone.

And from the HuffPost, rats!

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