Monday, May 29, 2023

Stories For Memorial Day

On a warm cloudy Memorial Day, as you're paying respects to those who died to keep us free, here are some things going on:

From National Review, we must honor those who gave "their last full measure".

From FrontpageMag, we are close to losing the freedom that so many died to defend.

From Townhall, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) appears to have been confused on the role of Vice President Harris.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

From the Washington Examiner, the remains of a soldier who went missing during the Korean War and who received the Medal of Honor are returned to his hometown of Americus, Georgia.

From The Federalist, today, let's remember the courage and forgiveness that made America great.

From American Thinker, how the bureaucratic nanny state stains a deck.

From NewsBusters, the 10 worst anti-military smears from left-wing journalists.

From Canada Free Press, President Biden owes the war dead who gave their lives to defend freedom.

From TeleSUR, according to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a new era has started in the relationship of Venezuela and Brazil.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the world was long ago.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K. will be a "clean energy superpower".....errr.....

From EuroNews, French parliamentcritter Sarah Legrain introduces a bill to cap cinema ticket prices.

From ReMix, according to former Polish Deputy Defense Minister Romuald Szeremietiew, Russia would need two million troops to occupy Ukraine.  (His last name sounds like "Sheremetyevo", the name of one of the airports that serves Moscow.)

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev gives a government-forming mandate to the party "We Continue the Change".

From Morocco World News, Moroccan authorities take down a three-member terrorist cell in the city of Tangier.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Israel sign three transportation agreements.

From Hürriyet Daily News, recently reelected Turkish President Erdoğan calls for unity and solidarity.  (When a politician calls for "unity" or suggests that people "set aside differences" or "come together", he or she really means "drop your disagreements with my positions and do what I want you to".)

From Turkish Minute, Erdoğan's imprisoned opponents.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi parliamentcritters from Iraqi and Kurdish parties meet to discuss disputed budget amendments.

From Armenpress, the presidency of the region of Nagorno Karabakh responds to demands made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, according to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aliyev is preparing for more aggressive action against the population of Nagorno Karabakh.  (The region of Nagorno Karabakh is also known as Artsakh.)

From Azərbaycan24, the World Tae Kwon Do Championships get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan with Azerbaijani President Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva in attendance.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus issues a dust warning.

From The Syrian Observer, an international coalition reinforcement convoy enters parts of Syria held by the Syrian Democratic Forces.

From North Press Agency, ISIS claims responsibility for targeting a Syrian Democratic Forces vehicle with an IED near Hasakah, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel signs the appointment papers for a new committee to examine the medical community's involvement with children brought to Israel from East Yemen and the Balkans between 1948 and 1954.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tells his Likud party that plans for reforming the country's judiciary are "not dead".

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, there will be no mediation in Netanyahu's criminal trials.

From YNetNews, the Israeli civil rights group Shurat HaDin calls on the Tel-Aviv Museum to cancel a conference with Christie's auction house because it sold jewelry belonging to an Austrian billionaire who had ties to Nazi Germany.

From the Egypt Independent, according to the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior, Arab tourists at the country's airports are not subjected to arbitrary procedures.

From Egypt Today, 23 people are injured as a fire breaks out in a government service building in Cairo, Egypt.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia and the African Union congratulate the aforementioned Turkish President Erdoğan on his reelection.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia officially issues licenses to create four new Special Economic Zones.

From DohaNews, Qatar takes legal action against a private security company after 200 of its workers protested to be given their overdue pay.

From The New Arab, Lebanese Christian political parties choose a new presidential candidate.

From OpIndia, police and residents in the Indian state of Rajasthan disagree over whether an exodus of Hindu families took place.

From The Indian Express, a woman is burnt alive in an honor killing in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

From Gatestone Institute, how low can "journalists" go?

From The Stream, in some cases, "peace is patriotic".

From The Daily Signal, the fight against veteran suicide.

From The American Conservative, "to our country and our dead".

From The Western Journal, a disturbing discovery is made in a Target store next to the children's section.

From BizPac Review, tempers flare and a scuffle breaks out at the funeral in San Francisco of a homeless transgender shoplifter.

From The Daily Wire, Kohl's is ripped for selling LGBTQ-themed baby clothing.

From the Daily Caller, Wall Street wants someone other than Biden to win the 2024  Democratic presidential nomination.

From the New York Post, former President Trump is spotted in New York City as he goes out to play some golf.

From Breitbart, Democrat congresscritters defend the FBI's stonewalling of a subpoena of a document that allegedly links Biden to a bribery scheme.

From Newsmax, the New Democrat Coalition backs the debt ceiling deal made between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal).

And from The Babylon Bee, a new productivity-boosting app simply turns off your phone.

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