Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Tuesday Tidbits

On a sunny and warm but not too much Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden likens an "insignificant" fire at his house in 2004 to the deadly wildfire on Maui.

From FrontpageMag, on the International Day of Remembrance for Terror Victims, the U.S. State Department does not even mention 9/11.

From Townhall, comedy host Bill Maher has some advice for presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R).

From The Washington Free Beacon, what to watch for in the Republican presidential primary debate.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden's show of "empathy" has always been a fraud.

From The Federalist, will the NCAA's conference realignment blow up college football?

From American Thinker, some men in President Obama's life who figuratively played for the other team.

From MRCTV, encounters with Chinese illegal aliens at the southern border increase by 826 percent.

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Mark Levin goes after the "sickening exploitation" of the wildfires on Maui by climate change nuts.

From Canada Free Press, we've had dark days many times before.

From TeleSUR, the Central American Parliament revokes Taiwan's observer status and gives it to communist China.

TCW Defending Freedom is now only republishing previously published articles.  I will resume linking their articles when they publish some new ones.

From EuroNews, 18 bodies, believed to be those of migrants, are found in a forested area of northern Greece that had been struck by wildfires.

From Voice Of Europe, the decision by the Czech town of Dobřiš to relocate a monument to a Red Army soldier who died in 1945 sparks controversy.  (If you read Czech, read the story at Sezman Zprávy.)

From ReMix, the U.S. State Department approves selling 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Poland.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia riles its neighbors with warnings about their recognitions of Kosovo.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco quadruples its avocado exports to Germany in six years.

From The New Arab, dissent against the Syrian government spreads to the coastal city of Latakia.  (A variety of tobacco is named after the city.)

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Border Police arrest two terrorists in Hebron, West Bank.

From The Times Of Israel, an Israeli Arab mayoral candidate and three others are gunned down in Abu Snan, Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, the umbrella group for protests against proposed Israeli reforms expands its fight against 225 bills that it regards as "dictatorial".

From YNetNews, the natural area of Ein Fit in the Golan Heights is set to be razed in order to build a base for the IDF.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum announces a new oil discovery in the Gulf of Suez.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's National Elections Authority and the Egyptian Postal Authority sign a cooperation protocol.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian Aviation Authority issues its first aircraft maintenance license to a private company.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Commerce has issued 273 commercial licenses for making silver jewelry so far this year.

From DohaNews, Qatar is in discussions to build a new chemical plant in Algeria.  (If you read Arabic, read the story at Elkhabar Daily.)

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, the lawyer for the family of Mahsa Amini, who died in police custory, is reportedly ordered to appear in Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Court.

From IranWire, businesses in Iran go on strike to protest the arrest of Sunni cleric Molavi Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi.

From Iran International, Iran unveils a new drone with improved range and enhanced capabilities.

From Gatestone Institute, the continuing atrocities resulting from blasphemy laws in Pakistan.

From The Stream, the reaction in California to Tropical Storm Hilary shows again how easy it is to panic Americans.

From The Daily Signal, some debate questions for the Republican presidential candidates.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter and "Squad" member Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is angry that a poll shows her losing to Biden.

From BizPac Review, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) announces that he will make an announcement about running for president.  (In doing so, he keeps this blog's "Romney" label alive.)

From The Daily Wire, a Muslim group and a principals union claim that a school system lied to stop parents from opting students out of transgender lessons.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritters demand transparency from the DOJ investigator reviewing allegations from IRS whistleblowers.

From the New York Post, plantation slavery was established on the island of São Tomé near Africa before it was imported into the Americas.

From Breitbart, Catholics protest a "gospel" drag show at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. by praying the rosary.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, 46 percent of New York registered voters say that the recent influx of migrants is a serious problem.  (As I said yesterday, New Yorkers who voted for Biden in 2020 are themselves the cause of this problem.)

And from the Genesius Times, former President Trump is indicted for making America great again.

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