Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, President Biden and his fellow Democrats have genuine reasons to be nervous.

From FrontpageMag, Biden will re-list the Houthis of Yemen as "terrorists", but will still make it legal to fund them.

From Townhall, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) will tell Biden "directly" that Republican congresscritters want border security.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Israelis freed from Hamas, Gazan "civilians" were involved in every stage of its hostage operation.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, the Supreme Court has dodged an attempt to protect female bathrooms.

From The Federalist, how two cases involving the fishing industry could prompt the Supreme Court to overturn our administrative state.

From American Thinker, former President Trump needs to explain what "MAGA" really means.

From MRCTV, a bill in New Hampshire would prohibit illegal aliens with drivers licenses from other states from driving in New Hampshire.  (To my amazement, the article actually uses the unpleasant but accurate term "illegal aliens" instead of some euphemism such as "undocumented".)

From NewsBusters, Fox Business host Charles Payne rebukes the media for censoring Trump.

From Canada Free Press, "the new face of reality" makes its appearance in Davos, Switzerland.

From TeleSUR, the president of the Grandmothers of Mayo Square calls President Javier Milei "a huge setback" for Argentina.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the poor white underage victims of rape in Rochdale, England were "cast aside by police".

From Snouts in the Trough, the WEF in Davos, Switzerland will save us from misinformation and disinformation.

From Voice Of Europe, according to a poll, the primary issue for Irish voters in the upcoming E.U. elections is migration.

From Politico, U.K. civil servants are told to disregard injunctions from European court judges.  (Since the U.K. is no longer in the E.U., such courts no longer have any jurisdiction in the U.K.  The story comes via Voice Of Europe.)

From ReMix, Polish truckers suspend their protest at the border with Ukraine.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary receives another €150 million in E.U. funding.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian President Katalin Novák is in talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, relations between Hungary and Slovakia are at a high point.

From Russia Today, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the U.K. is working to prevent peace in Ukraine.

From Sputnik International, Russian forces strike a Ukrainian area for staging foreign mercenaries.

From The Moscow Times, police and protesters clash in Baymak, Bashkortostan, Russia as an activist is jailed.  (My spellchecker objects to "Baymak" but has no problem with "Bashkortostan".)

From Novinite, a Bulgarian-owned Maltese-flagged ship is released by Irish authorities after the seizure of about 300 kilos of she-don't-lie.

From The Sofia Globe, two Bulgarian mountain resorts put on events linked to World Snow Day.

From Radio Bulgaria, life is difficult in the Bulgarian village of Vrav.

From EuroNews, the E.U. bans misleading environmental information in product labeling.

From Balkan Insight, ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo collect signatures in an effort to dismiss their "unwanted" ethnic Albanian mayors.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI gives a speech about democracy.

From The New Arab, according to Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia could recognize Israel if the Palestinians are given a state of their own.

From Jewish News Syndicate, over 2,600 terror attacks have occurred in the West Bank since October 7th.

From Gatestone Institute, is Islam overtaking Europe through immigration?

From The Stream, the musician known as Jelly Roll testifies to the U.S. Senate about fentanyl and his own efforts to get away from dealing drugs.

From The Daily Signal, why believing that men can give birth and supporting Hamas are connected.

From The Western Journal, a CNN debate gets overhauled after several Republican presidential candidates decline to participate.

From BizPac Review, after Vivek Ramaswamy (R) ends his presidential campaign, Trump promises him big role.

From The Daily Wire, the huge interest payment on the national debt.

From the Daily Caller, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) rejects the Biden administration's demand to give up control of property along the southern border.

From BreitbartBlackRock vice chairman Philipp Hildebrand warns that a Trump victory would pose a "fundamental" challenge to Europe.

From Newsmax, Israel agrees to allow more aid into Gaza in return for medicine delivered to hostages held by Hamas.

And from the New York Post, snake, a snake, oh, it's a snake - on a plane.

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