Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Wednesday Whatnot

On a warm sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) plans to house illegal aliens in SUNY campus dormitories.

From FrontpageMag, justice demands the release of the Nashville school shooter's manifesto.

From Townhall, Senator John Fetterman's (D-PA) recent hot takes about the 14th Amendment are resurfacing.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Salvadorian migrant who raped and killed an American woman in Aberdeen, Maryland was allowed into the U.S. despite his arrest record and affiliation with MS-13.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, the flight from Chicago is about to get even worse.

From The Federalist, how the Democrats regard law enforcement shows that they believe that the FBI works for them.

From American Thinker, why too many Republicans cave to leftist policies.  (As I said yesterday, the Republicans will probably cave on the debt ceiling, because caving is what they often do.)

From MRCTV, the company Target holds an "emergency meeting" after their "Pride" merchandise causes a backlash.

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Matt Walsh mobilizes conservative women against Target.

From Canada Free Press, by re-inviting men dressed as Catholic nuns, the Dodgers prove that they are aptly named.

From TeleSUR, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will face a criminal trial.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. (like the U.S.) is reaching "an utterly obscene level of borrowing".

From Snouts in the Trough, according to U.K. parliamentcritter "Mr. Ed" Davey, "the science is settled".

From Polskie Radio, according to Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, Poland intends to buy some new submarines.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Polska Agencja Prasowa.)

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic's Senate Defense and Security Committee approves a defense budget of at least two percent of the country's GDP.

From The Slovak Spectator, riding public transport in Bratislava, Slovakia is gonna cost ya even more, pilgrim.

From Daily News Hungary, the three best holiday spots around Hungary's Lake Balaton.  (On my trip to Hungary in 2000, the tour group spent some time at a winery on Lake Balaton.)

From Hungary Today, Hungarian farmers join their counterparts from other European countries protesting in Brussels, Belgium against excessive grain imports from Ukraine.

From About Hungary, a new Madame Tussauds wax museum will open in Budapest, Hungary tomorrow.  (I've been to the Madame Tussauds in London.)

From Russia Today, the Crimean Parliament votes to confiscate the assets of Ukrainian oligarchs and politicians, including an apartment belonging to First Lady Elena Zelenskaya.  (Russia confiscated Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.)

From Sputnik International, why Ukrainian forces raided the Russian region of Belgorod.

From The Moscow Times, the attack on Belgorod results in a mixture of shock, anger, and indifference.  (If you read Russian, read the story at Ria Novosti.)

From EuroNews, Russia promises retaliation over the raid of Belgorod, and other stories.

From Novinite, today, Bulgarians celebrate their alphabet, literature and culture.

From Radio Bulgaria, Pope Francis receives a delegation from Bulgaria, led by National Assembly Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov.

From Balkan Insight, Albania agrees to take back 200 Albanians currently in prison in the U.K.

From ReMix, according to Portuguese politician André Ventura, Portugal is "paying a high price" after making a law that allows up to 300 million foreigners to claim legal residency.

From The North Africa Post, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency, about 90,000 Sudanese refugees are now in Chad.

From The New Arab, a Moroccan teacher is given three months in jail for accusing police officers of sexually assaulting her.  (What is this "women's rights" you speak of?)

From Jewish News Syndicate, anti-Semitism has been almost completely removed from schoolbooks in Saudi Arabia, but Israel still doesn't appear on their maps.

From The Sun Daily, a woman is arrested in Gombak, Malaysia for allegedly posting a picture of a tattoo that says "Allah" onto her Facebook page.

From Gatestone Institute, the West sanctions its enemies by flooding them with rewards.

From The Stream, shoplifters should be jailed.

From The Daily Signal, an LGBT "youth carnival" in Indianapolis will not allow parents to attend.

From The American Conservative, the foreign policy establishment's love affair with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has no limit.

From The Western Journal, "non-binary" former Biden administration official and noted luggage thief Sam Brinton is about to learn the hard way that prisons are very binary.

From BizPac Review, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claims that Florida is unsafe for "multi-billion dollar corporations".  (I thought that Democrats were for the "little guy" and regarded big corporations with disdain.)

From The Daily Wire, even after raising $90 million, Black Lives Matter's Global Network Foundation appears to be going broke.

From the Daily Caller, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) files the paperwork to run for president.

From the New York Post, the University of Minnesota backtracks on a program that would have banned white students.  (Apparently, "diversity" and "inclusion" only go so far.)

From Breitbart, European government officials are reportedly furious at Hungary for its decision to block more sanctions against Russia.

From Newsmax, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) sends Republicans to negotiate on the debt ceiling, but warns that the two sides are "still far apart".

And from SFGate, a new hotel in Las Vegas will allow guests to smoke cannabis - if they stay in certain rooms.

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