Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Wednesday Wanderings For The End Of May

On a warm sunny Wednesday which falls on the last day of May, here are some things going on:

From National Review, even with the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party having narrow majorities in both state legislative chambers, Minnesota moves toward the hard left.

From FrontpageMag, the FBI gets exposed again.

From Townhall, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz calls it a career.

From The Washington Free Beacon, aides for Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) facilitated a $500,000 campaign donation from a crony of alleged fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.

From the Washington Examiner, some left-wing congresscritters such as AOC (D-NY) come out against the debt ceiling deal.

From The Federalist, the TV show The Chosen cannot serve both God and "Pride" activists.

From American Thinker, oink!

From MRCTV, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) talks about the debt ceiling deal.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joy Reid calls Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) a "toy-sized Mussolini".

From Canada Free Press, no, the stench you might smell in New York City is not coming from wildfires in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

From TeleSUR, the Brazilian Lower House approves a bill that would allow more lands inhabited by Native Americans to be exploited by businesses.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. has a blessing for the "carbon bad guys".

From Snouts in the Trough, how did wokeness win?

From EuroNews, which countries are buying oil from Russia?

From ReMix, according to polls, the German right-wing party AfD continues to soar, while the Green party plummets.  (The article calls AfD "anti-immigration", which probably means that they are opposed, not to controlled vetted legal immigration, but to unlimited numbers of unvetted migrants illegally entering Germany.  If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Balkan Insight, former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is investigated for alleged money laundering.

From The North Africa Post, a Tunisian policeman is arrested for alleged drug trafficking.

From The New Arab, the Sudanese army suspends its ceasefire talks with its paramilitary enemies.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, German authorities raid suspected Islamists, who reportedly number over 28,000 in the country.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From The News, a girl and a boy, both 15 years old, are honor killed in Pulrah, Pakistan.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka and Thailand enhance their bilateral relations.

From the Daily Mirror, the Lotus Tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka welcomes its 15,000th visitor.

From Raajje, the Bank of Maldives introduces an AI-powered digital banking assistant.

From the Bangkok Post, a 10-year-old Siamese boy who makes pictures out of modeling clay and sells them to pay for his mother's cancer treatment is accepted as an apprentice by a national artist.

From The Straits Times, when eating or drinking in Singapore, be sure to clean up after yourself.

From Tempo(dot)Co, an Indonesian environmental watchdog urges President Joko Widodo to ban the export of sea sand.

From Free Malaysia Today, a human skeleton said to be 14,000 year old is found at a dam site in the Malaysian state of Kelantan.

From the Borneo Post, a major announcement on an issue involving water in the Malaysian state of Sabah is expected for tomorrow.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha welcomes Dutch businessmen in a pilot scheme for rooftop solar installation.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan relaxes its family residency requirements for immigrants.

From The Korea Herald, North Korea admits that its first-ever attempt to launch a reconnaissance satellite was a failure.

From The Mainichi, Japan's Intellectual Property High Court rules at a U.S.-operated video hosting service infringed the patent of a Japanese video hosting service.

From Gatestone Institute, get ready for five more tumultuous years with Turkish President Erdoğan.

From The Stream, calling evil good and calling good a theft.

From The Daily Signal, the Catholic bishop of Pittsburgh calls for a "Pride mass" to be canceled.

From The American Conservative, conservatives need to offer a substantive vision to educate the whole person, not just "back to basics".

From The Western Journal, a high school in Manchester, New Hampshire uses coronavirus funds to put on a drag show and pay its performers.

From BizPac Review, almost four months after the murder of a Republican councilwoman in Sayreville, New Jersey, a suspect has been arrested.

From The Daily Wire, the Virginia Department of Health promotes an organization which engages in leftist activism in the education system.

From the Daily Caller, black residents of Chicago slam their city's officials for funding illegal migrants.

From the New York Post, less than 5 percent of UFO sightings are really unidentified.

From the NBC News, former Vice President Pence is set to announce his presidential candidacy in Iowa next week.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, five illegal aliens have been charged with murdering a 15-year-old boy in Frederick County, Maryland.

From Newsmax, since starting to push DEI, Target has lost $12.7 in stock value.

From Politico, according to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.K. politicians are legitimate military targets.  (via Newsmax)

And from The Peedmont, Virginia state Senator Joe Morrissey (D) adds a 17-year-old aspiring law student to the legal team handling his divorce.

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