Thursday, June 15, 2023

Thursday Things

On a warm and mostly sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the truth about the origins of the coronavirus is coming out.

From FrontpageMag, an idea that terrifies the Democrats, the deep state, and the swamp.

From Townhall, a new law in Texas allows for fentanyl-related deaths to be prosecuted as murder.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration is reportedly set to make major concessions to Iran in exchange for a pause in its nuclear program.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, federal bureaucrats brag about equity while supporting burdensome regulations that harm minorities.

From The Federalist, according to a "credible" FBI source, the Bidens coerced $10 million in bribes from the Ukrainian company Burisma.

From American Thinker, a "quiet riot" against the insanity permeating America is gaining strength.  (Cum on feel the noize.....)

From MRCTV, the Chinese Communist Party is reportedly sending "military-aged men" into the U.S. from Mexico.  (This would mean that these men are following the same path as the aforementioned deadly drug fentanyl.)

From NewsBusters, Snopes decides that an anti-Catholic hate group really isn't one since the SPLC says so.

From Canada Free Press, don't let the Democrats drag America down a rabbit hole.

From TeleSUR, Caribbean countries decide against sending military personnel to Haiti.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "the diary of a nobody" named Nicola Sturgeon.

From EuroNews, Stockholm, Sweden Deputy Mayor Jan Jönsson opposes calls to ban drag queen story hour by donning the appropriate (so to speak) attire.

From ReMix, Polish conservatives run a video campaign against the E.U.'s new mandatory migration quotas.

From Balkan Insight, the European Parliament tells Greece to reform and tackle an illegal wiretapping scandal.

From The North Africa Post, according to a report from OPEC, Nigeria is once again Africa's leading oil producer.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt mummifies the shark which killed a Russian tourist in the Red Sea.  (I'm pretty sure that Egypt has millennia of experience at that sort of thing.)

From Egypt Today, the previous owners of lands used to expand the Egyptian port of Arish will be compensated.

From The New Arab, journalists in Sudan are caught in the crossfire.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, east African countries seek collaborative efforts against the African Armyworm.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia has extended over $96 billion in humanitarian aid to 167 countries between 1996 and 2023.

From DohaNews, Mickey Dee's in Qatar holds a blood drive for its customers and employees.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, according to the Iranian Student Guild Councils, students protesting the dress code at Tehran's Art University were beaten by school security agents.

From IranWire, Iranian protesters endure the lasting effects of their government's crackdown.

From Iran International, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's plans for political "purification" are set to continue.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's State Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs resumes distributing cash aid to orphans, widows and disabled people.

From Hasht e Subh, women's resistance in Afghanistan faces challenges.

From Dawn, Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall on the coast of Pakistan and India.

From The Express Tribune, wheat flour prices reach a record high in Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, human rights groups call out Pakistani authorities over cases filed against journalists.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The Hans India, two people are injured by a bomb blast in Manoharpur, Bihar, India.

From the Hindustan Times, about 100 trains are canceled in India due to the aforementioned Cyclone Biparjoy.

From ANI, police in Mumbai, India bust an interstate operation that was allegedly smuggling bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup.

From India Today, a look at how the Indian state of Odisha became a role model for cyclone management.

From Gatestone Institute, why former President Trump can't get a  top-tier lawyer.  (What is this "right to have the assistance of counsel" you speak of?)

From The Stream, an "I told you so" from 2014.

From The Daily Signal, Republican congresscritters file a resolution condemning the SPLC's attack on parental rights groups.

From The American Conservatives, the LGBT activists who think of themselves as "rebels" are really the establishment.

From The Western Journal, President Biden appears to be geographically challenged.

From Independent Women's Forum, Ireland should not sacrifice 200,000 cows.

From BizPac Review, Space Force Lieutenant General DeAnna Burt admits that access to transgender surgery is a bigger priority than accepting the better qualified candidates.

From The Daily Wire, how Democrat Party infighting could benefit candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) presses the Biden administration for documents about alleged online censorship plans.

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) secures a contract with the city's unions including those representing police officers and firefighters.

From Breitbart, more on Biden's geographical challenges.

From Newsmax, the Senate narrowly confirms civil rights lawyer Nusrat Choudhury as a judge for New York's Eastern District.

And from WalesOnline, a man is arrested at Queen Elizabeth Gardens in the English county of Wiltshire for allegedly getting too friendly with a tree.  (It seems that he might have taken a certain poem too seriously.  Reader discretion is most definitely advised.  The story comes via the New York Post.)

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