Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Tuesday Tidings

On a cold and cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, "now what?"

From FrontpageMag, neither President Biden nor former President Obama is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

From Townhall, as Biden denies the border crisis, the Border Patrol reveals the death toll at the border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, snow stops federal government workers from staging an anti-Israel "walkout".  (Government employees swear an oath not to strike, which they would have violated had they walked out.)

From the Washington Examiner, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, U.S. climate czar John Kerry doesn't like being confronted over his own carbon footprint.

From The Federalist, real Republicans want nothing to do with former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R).

From American Thinker, the speech about immigration that former President Trump should deliver.

From MRCTV, two lesbians have a difficult time trying to jumpstart a car.

From NewsBusters, hosts on The View bash Iowans for having the audacity to vote in the Republican caucus in spite of snow.

From Canada Free Press, the FAA pushes to replace competence with diversity.

From TeleSUR, a prison guard is murdered in the Ecuadorian province of Sucumbios.

From TCW Defending Freedom, longing for the days when competence truly counted.

From Snouts in the Trough, will a dystopian novel write itself?

From VRT NWS, a dog from Veurne, Belgium is hit by a car, dragged for 27 kilometers, and lives.

From The Brussels Times, permission is granted for the construction of a 90-meter-tall skyscraper in Brussels, Belgium.

From the NL Times, a man accused of murdering two people in Weiteveen, Netherlands claims that the victims often threatened his family.

From Dutch News, the pie known as Limburgse vlaai will be added to the E.U.'s list of protected regional products.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at 1Limburg.)

From Deutsche Welle, German arms makers boost their production of weapons to be sent to Ukraine.

From Polskie Radio, some Polish sejmcritters allegedly have mental health issues.  (Since the Polish legislature is called the Sejm, which word is pronounced like "same", a sejmcritter is the Polish equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.  If you read Polish, read a related story at Polska Agencja Prasowa.)

From Radio Prague, Czech President Petr Pavel assures Israel of continued support in its war against Hamas.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak Prime Minister Fico goes to Budapest to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán.

From EuroNews, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the E.U. will approve €50 billion Ukraine with or without Hungary's approval.

From Voice Of Europe, France records its lowest number of births since World War II.  (The article cites an article by Reuters, which requires registration in order to read.)

From ReMix, Hungary prepares to take its turn in the E.U. presidency and calls for action on illegal immigration.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From Balkan Insight, the European Court of Human Rights censures Greece because its coast guard fired shots at a migrant boat.

From The North Africa Post, air travel through Moroccan airports shatters previous records.

From The New Arab, the U.S. military strikes in Yemen as Houthi rebels claim to have launched a missile against a Greek-owned cargo ship.

From The Jerusalem Post, a second Israeli soccer player is detained and released in Turkey over support for his country's hostages in Gaza.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF confirms the identity of a hostage killed by Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, how to end the suffering endured by the Palestinian Arabs.

From The Stream, do Christians and communists really have the same goals, as claimed by Pope Francis?

From The Daily Signal, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduces legislation requiring abortionists to inform women about its risks.

From The American Conservative, the Iowa Republican caucus results show that "optics" are for losers.

From The Western Journal, freezing cold turns EV charging stations into Tesla "graveyards".

From BizPac Review, Egypt builds a "mac daddy" of a wall on its border with the Gaza Strip.  (Unlike the U.S. border wall, no one seems to have a problem with it.)

From The Daily Wire, the White House gets fact-checked by its own officials on the drowning of three migrants at the southern border.

From the Daily Caller, New York Governor Kathie Hochul (D) pledges over $2 billion to assist New York City with its migrant crisis.

From the New York Post, singles in New York City find that it's easier to meet people in real life than on apps.

From Breitbart, in the Iowa Republican caucus, a businessman/pastor outdoes former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R).

From Newsmax, Google lays off hundreds of workers from its advertising sales team.

And from News(dot)com(dot)au and the "great minds think alike" department, the owner of a restaurant in Sydney, Australia finds its "doppelgänger" in Paris, France.  (via the New York Post)

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