Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Stories For Flag Day

On a mild and partly sunny Wednesday, which falls on Flag Day and also coincides with former President Trump's birthday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, is asking people to keep their clothes on while on the White House lawn too much to ask?

From FrontpageMag, the left's double standards about justice.

From Townhall, Bud Light gets more bad news.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a fake black man's nonprofit organization's revenue plummets while his own income soars.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) blasts the "craziness" of banning gas stoves.

From The Federalist, the media pretend that threats against Target from LGBT activists came from conservatives.

From American Thinker, no, Trump is not an authoritarian.

From MRCTV, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signs a law that revokes funding from schools that remove inappropriate books from their libraries.

From NewsBusters, the media go Sergeant Schultz on bomb threats against Target.

From Canada Free Press, the Steele Dossier was born in a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C.

From TeleSUR, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Merrero agree to cooperate in order to overcome the effects of the alleged U.S. "blockade" of Cuba.  (In reality, the U.S. does not blockade Cuba but imposes an embargo, which does not prevent other countries from trading with it.  Sadly, during my reading of TeleSUR, it has often repeated the lie that the U.S. is blockading Cuba.  In fact, according to World Integrated Trade Solution, the U.S. is listed fourth among specified countries that export products to Cuba.  This is seemingly corroborated by Trading Economics, but its numbers are from 2006.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC's "disinformation queen" shoots herself in both feet.

From Snouts in the Trough, the sad story of Dame Sharon "empty shelves" White.

From EuroNews, 78 migrants die after the fishing boat carrying them capsizes and sinks off the coast of the Greek region of Peloponnese.

From ReMix, Poland's strict immigration policies are praised by an Australian Muslim influencer.

From Balkan Insight, U.K. rights groups condemn an effort to classify Albania as a "safe" country.

From The Malta Independent, according to the Malta Developers Association, this past May was the "best-ever month" for property sales in Malta.

From Malta Today, Maltese Parliament Speaker Anġlu Farrugia returns to his duties after being absent for medical reasons.

From ANSA, the state funeral for the late Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is held at the Milan Cathedral.  (For a look at the cathedral, go to this blog's archives for June 2015.)

From SwissInfo, the Swiss parliament appoints a 14-person commission to investigate the collapse of the bank Credit Suisse.

From France24, French Environment Minister Christophe Bechu shares "serious concerns" that France might experience another dry summer.

From RFI, France accuses Russia of making fake websites in order create confusion about its invasion of Ukraine.

From El País, old unpublished images of the War Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War are found at a flea market in London.

From The Portugal News, Chinese electric cars are not selling that well in Portugal despite their lower prices.

From Morocco World News, the Moroccan government approves a bill to establish a provisional committee to oversee the press and the publishing sector.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan Princess Lalla Hasnaa reaffirms her country's support for Africa.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Türkiye hosts Sweden and Finland for talks on establishing a permanent joint mechanism with NATO.

From Turkish Minute, the outlawed group Kurdistan Workers' Party ends its unilateral ceasefire with Turkey, which was declared after two earthquakes struck the country.

From Rûdaw, the Syrian Democratic Forces rejects claims by Turkey that Turkish drones killed 41 of its fighters.

From Armenpress, according to Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, the international community should take a concrete stance against Azerbaijan's aggression.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk meet to discuss the unblocking of regional communications.

From Azərbaycan24, 22 more Azerbaijani families are relocated to the district of Lachin.

From AzerNews, two Azerbaijani soldiers detained in Armenia are allowed to contact their families.

From In-Cyprus, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance applies to have its unit in Cyprus decertified as a cryptocurrency service provider.

From The Syrian Observer, 22 U.S. military personnel are injured in a helicopter mishap, and other items.

From North Press Agency, internally displaced persons are starving in a camp near Tabqa, Syria.

From The961, six NGOs in Lebanon that can be relied on for help.

From The New Arab, for the 12th time, the Lebanese parliament fails to choose a president.

From Arutz Sheva, an interview with the leader of a terrorist organization based in the Israeli region of Galilee.

From The Times Of Israel, the Israeli defense firm Raphael reveals the first-ever defense system against hypersonic missiles.

From The Jerusalem Post, three suspects, including one Israeli man, are indicted for allegedly trying to smuggle she-don't-lie from Colombia to Israel.

From YNetNews, the Israeli opposition suspends talks on judicial overhaul due to a delay in selecting judges.

From Breaking Latest News, a grenade allegedly thrown by an Iranian injures 10 mourners at a funeral - in Altbach, Germany.

From Gatestone Institute, a Muslim man in France claims to have the "right" to rape.

From The Stream, no, the Israelite King David and his friend Jonathan were not gay lovers.

From The Daily Signal, a mother tells a California Senate judiciary hearing that her daughter "was murdered by gender ideology".

From The American Conservative, there should be a "separation of pride and state".

From The Western Journal, Fox News gives President Biden a "perfect two-word nickname".

From BizPac Review, meet former First Lady Melania Trump's lookalike.  (Back when I blogged for AndRightlySo, it had a "damn hot wimmin" category, but I have not brought it here.)

From The Daily Wire, a federal court rules that a Starbucks regional manager was wrongly fired for being white.

From the Daily Caller, noted lawyer Alan Dershowitz calls for Trump's trials to be televised.

From the New York Post, the Department of Homeland Security denies a request from a think tank to release Prince Harry's immigration documents.

From Breitbart, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) calls Biden Justice Department appointees "foot soldiers" for activism.

From Newsmax, Republicans in the Arizona state legislature vote to censure a Democrat colleague for hiding bibles in a House lounge.

And from SFGate, a San Francisco Bay Area woman goes on a crusade to show that reviews posted on Yelp can't be trusted.

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