Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Wednesday Whatnot

As the warm sunny weather continues on a Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, against the lie about what happened in the Tennessee state legislature.

From FrontpageMag, another would-be mass shooter, who happens to be trans, is arrested.

From Townhall, the Chief Twit confounds a BBC interviewer.

From The Washington Free Beacon, nine reasons why Chicago is the perfect place for the Democrats to hold their 2024 convention.  (Some people even older than yours truly might remember what happened during an earlier Democratic convention in that city.)

From the Washington Examiner, should Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) run for president in 2024?

From The Federalist, the connections between the Biden administration and the Manhattan district attorney's office involved in the effort against former President Trump.

From American Thinker, why Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's friendship with businessman Harlan Crow is good for America.

From CNS News, according to Trump, the world's biggest problem is not global warming but "nuclear warming".

From Fox News, a woman in Maine is charged with making straw purchases of 55 guns and sending them to gangs in California.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, a transgendered person gets a slap on the wrist after vandalizing a church and assaulting a church worker.

From Canada Free Press, if you hold on to the gender that God gave you, the WEF will try to cancel you.

From TeleSUR, Argentinian official Ayelen Mazzina files a complaint against two journalists for allegedly making "discriminatory and offensive expressions" against Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirschner and her daughter.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From TCW Defending Freedom, confessions of a former smoker.

From ReMix, Hungary and Russia sign important energy agreements.

From Euractiv, Russia test-launches an "advanced" ICBM, which reaches its target in Kazakhstan.

From the Greek Reporter, hats worn by the ancient Greeks.

From Ekathimerini, europarliamentcritter Eva Kaili, who faces corruption charges, will be released from custody and placed under house arrest.

From the Greek City Times, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attempts to justify his use of the Chinese app TikTok while it is banned from the mobile phones used by his cabinet.

From Balkan Insight, Bosnians lay flowers for the 105 civilians killed 30 years ago in an attack by the Bosnian Serb Army on a school playground in the town of Srebrenica.

From Total Croatia News, over 940,000 overnight stays are recorded during Croatia's Easter season.

From The Slovenia Times, the Tour of Slovenia bike race gets ready to celebrate its 30th birthday.

From The Malta Independent, Malta's Home Affairs Ministry insists that the "deadly crossing" of the Mediterranean Sea by migrants must stop.

From Malta Today, when getting your car repaired in Malta, please refrain from trying to run over the mechanic or pointing a gun at him.

From ANSA, in an Italian parliament hearing, environmentalists criticize government plans to build a bridge across the Strait of Messina between the island of Sicily and the European mainland.

From SwissInfo, Ukrainian children in Switzerland and the Swiss schools that welcome them adapt to each other.

From France24, police detain two protesters who run toward French President Emmanuel Macron in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

From RFI, the French parliament debates a bill on "aging well".

From El PaĆ­s, how the fungus "Candida auris" can spread uncontrollably in a hospital.

From EuroNews, hospital waiting lists reach new records in Spain.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese Minister for the Environment and Climate Action Duarte Cordeiro sees offshore bird choppers as the answer.  (How much carbon dioxide does Portugal produce?)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco acquires U.S.-made rocket launchers and missiles.

From The New Arab, Syria plans to reopen its embassy in Tunisia after more than 10 years.

From OpIndia, an Indian singer apologizes for making a post on FaceBook which claimed that the term "Brahman" comes from the name "Abraham".  (In Hinduism, "Brahman" is a term for God or the ultimate reality.  This singer would not be the first person to allege a connection between Abraham and Brahma(n).)

From Gatestone Institute, Central Bank Digital Currencies could destroy what's left of private property, free market economies, and personal liberty.

From The Stream, the coronavirus emergency is officially over, and other items.

From The Daily Signal, the left has killed America's great cities.

From The American Conservative, the aforementioned French President Macron is a "bantamweight Bonaparte".

From The Western Journal, swimmer Riley Gaines drops two truth bombs on soccer player Megan Rapinoe.

From The Daily Wire, a shopper at Target demands "reparations" and gets more than she bargained for.

From the Daily Caller, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) appoints the city's first ever "rat czar".  (Alright, you dirty rats, your days of swiping pizza will soon be over.)

From the New York Post, Anheuser-Busch's use of fake female Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesmodel hasn't been good for its stock value.

From Breitbart, after being labeled "state-affiliated media" on Twitter, NPR decides to step away from the platform.

From Newsmax, the White House proposes a new rule to limit the collection of the medical records of women who travel out of state to get abortions.

And from SFGate, in response to Major League Baseball games becoming shorter due to the new pitch clock, four teams extend the sales of beer through the eighth inning.

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