Friday, May 19, 2023

Friday Phenomena

On a warm cloudy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, we'll train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets, but we won't give Ukraine any of them.

From FrontpageMag, the domestic terrorist organization named after today's date.

From Townhall, how many investigations of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign did the FBI quash in 2016?

From The Washington Free Beacon, BLM's revenues dropped 88 percent in 2022.  (In this case, I'm not talking about the Bureau of Land Management.)

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats squawk as their bluff is called on illegal immigration and sanctuary cities.

From The Federalist, the Louisiana state House passes a constitutional amendment that would ban the use of private money to conduct elections.

From American Thinker, how President Biden's border policies are wrecking America.

From MRCTV, a North Dakota man who ran over a teenager whom he thought was a "Republican extremist" pleads guilty to downgraded manslaughter charges.

From NewsBusters, 95 percent of the guests on late night "comedy" shows are liberals.

From Canada Free Press, police remove children from their parents at 1:00 a.m. without any warrant.

From TeleSUR, Nicaragua and Belarus negotiate an agreement on export loans.

From TCW Defending Freedom, farmers should not fall for U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's sleight of hand.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K.'s NHS too brown?

From Free West Media, Catholic bishops in Scandinavia criticize transgender ideology.  (The article's date is May 17th, but I haven't seen it until today.  Since this is the first article published by FWM in about two weeks, I've decided to include it.)

From EuroNews, Slovak tycoon Marián Kočner is acquitted of murder conspiracy charges - for the second time.

From ReMix, how the U.K.'s mainstream political parties have failed their country through mass immigration.

From Balkan Insight, the outcome of Greece's election is uncertain.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisia's Nabeul Court of First Instance orders the release of two students arrested over a song condemning the country's drug laws and treatment of youth.

From The New Arab, hundreds of Syrians protest against President Bashar al-Assad's return to the Arab League.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia and South Sudan sign a deal to build a cross-border highway.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, an Iranian photojournalist who has photographed numerous public hangings protests against the death penalty.

From IranWire, three more Iranian protesters are executed, sparking outcry.

From Iran International, according to IRCG chief commander Hossain Salami, the U.S. has yet to receive the "final blow".  (The U.S. will never receive a "final blow" from Iran or another other country.  If the U.S. is destroyed, it will be from within.)

From Khaama Press, two Afghan girls are among Forbes magazine's "30 under 30" influential figures for their work to support the people of Afghanistan.

From Hasht e Subh, a school principal in the Afghan province of Parwan is detained for criticizing the Taliban's ban on education for girls.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Dawn, Jamaat-i-Islami leader Sirajul Haq escapes a "suicide attack" that targeted his convoy in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

From The Express Tribune, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is open to a search of his residence in the city of Lahore.

From Pakistan Today, according to Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Pakistan will hold elections this coming October.

From The Hans India, why has India withdrawn its 2000-rupee notes?

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Navy's newest MH-60R helicopter carries out its first landing on a warship.

From ANI, a 10-year-old child is killed by an IED in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, India.

From India Today, security is tightened in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India ahead of a G20 meeting.

From the Dhaka Tribune, what we know about the seven Bangladeshis on Forbes magazine's "30 under 30 Asia Class of 2023".

From New Age, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges Islamic scholars to stand against extremist.

From BBC News, al-Qaeda terrorists release an 88-year-old Australian man after holding him in western Africa for seven years.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Turkish President Edroğan's daughter Esra claims that "he crescent will win over the cross".

From Gatestone Institute, the genocide of Nigerian Christians reaches new heights.

From The Stream, charity has always been based on religion.

From The Daily Signal, release the Nashville school shooter's manifesto.

From The American Conservative, the transgender mind virus is mutating.

From The Western Journal, has the automaker Ford rolled out a "very gay Raptor" truck?

From ZeroHedge, due to an accounting error, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gets to collect $3 billion more in extra weapons.

From BizPac Review, the U.K.'s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get a lesson in American history.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Linda Sanchez (D-Cal) tries to link an FBI whistleblower to a Twitter account, and gets trolled by fellow congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

From CNN, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) files to run for president.  (via The Daily Wire)

From NPR, Disney shuts down its $2,500-per-night Star Wars-themed hotel a year after its opening.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, a phone call from a Fox News lawyer is at the center of journalist Tucker Carlson's case against Fox News.

From Breitbart, author Salman Rushdie makes his first public appearance since being stabbed.

From Newsmax, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) Tweets a campaign-style video despite earlier statements that he is not running for the Republican presidential nomination.

And from the New York Post, a woman in Greensboro, North Carolina becomes a mother and a doctor within 24 hours, and is called a "badass" by her fans.  (She thus also gets this blog's "badass" label.)

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