Thursday, May 9, 2024

Thursday Tidbits

On a cool cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the University of Southern California faculty censures their leaders for their handling of anti-Israel protests and cancelling of the school's commencement ceremony.

From FrontpageMag, the pro-HamasPalestinian riots on campus are not "student protests".

From Townhall, President Biden "must be impeached", according to Biden himself.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter and senatorial candidate David Trone (D-MD) that TWFB retract a report about his financial disclosures.

From the Washington Examiner, former President Trump fights the gag order in his hush money trial.

From The Federalist, did federal employees plant evidence at Mar-a-Lago in an effort to frame Trump?

From American Thinker, illegal aliens in Denver issue 13 demands to the city.  (If it were up to me, I would surround their encampment with loudspeakers, and blare this song day and night.)

From MRCTV, a year after the fiasco with fake female Dylan Mulvaney, Bud Light's sales are still tanking.

From NewsBusters, two government agencies reportedly revive their censorship collusion with social media.

From Canada Free Press, the Irish start standing up to globalists and their mass migration.

From TeleSUR, economic growth in Venezuela exceeds the IMF's prediction.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the twilight of the U.K.'s Tories.

From Voice Of Europe, high-ranking Polish judges seek political asylum in Belarus.

From Balkan Insight, the Croatian "far-right" party Homeland Movement will support a new governing coalition if it cuts off funding for the Serb minority publication Novosti.

From The Malta Independent, over 200 academics at the University of Malta denounce attacks against the Maltese judiciary.

From Malta Today, a Moroccan man arriving in Malta from Geneva, Switzerland tries to smuggle 143 capsules of cannabis resin inside himself and fails.

From EuroNews, what is behind the hospital-related scandal involving former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat?

From ANSA, the Italian government promises to fight the spread of fentanyl.

From SwissInfo, climate activists blocks vehicles near the northern entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel in Wassen, Switzerland.  (My tour group in 1996 went through this tunnel.)

From France24, the Olympic torch relays starts off in Marseille, France.

From RFI, the Olympic torch will travel across France for 78 days.

From ReMix, a French bishop calls euthanasia a "false choice".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an "Allah Akbar" breaks out in Bosc-Le-Hard, France.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Réveil.)

From The Portugal News, Portugal's Council of Ministers approves a new "housing strategy".

From Morocco World News, the murder of a young boy in one of the Tindouf camps sparks division and frustration.

From The North Africa Post, why Algerian President Tebboune should thank Nigeria for Algeria's economic ranking within Africa.

From Hürriyet Daily News, 61.8 million people travel through Turkish airports during the first four months of 2024.

From Turkish Minute, the İstanbul Airport employs therapy dogs.

From Rûdaw, President Nechirvan Barzani of the Iraqi region of Kurdistan discusses human rights with a U.S. delegation in Erbil, Iraq.

From Armenpress, according to Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, May 9th symbolizes freedom, peace, and the prevention of unjust wars.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement holds a rally in Yerevan, Armenia.

From Azərbaycan24, Azerbaijan and Türkiye sign two memoranda of understanding pertaining to the small business sector.  (My spellchecker has no problem with this site's name, even with the "ə", known as a "schwa".)

From AzerNews, Azerbaijan seeks cooperation with Chinese companies to increase storage of renewable energy.

From The New Arab, 13 members of the same family are killed in a murder-suicide in Basra, Iraq.

From RAIR Foundation USA, two Muslim immigrant doctors in Brookfield, Wisconsin are arrested for alleged child abuse.

From BBC News, Saudi forces are told to clear land for its planned eco-city Neom, and use deadly force if necessary.

From Gatestone Institute, the real reason why Hamas and Egypt oppose Israel controlling the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza.

From The Stream, the missing link in the latest annual report from Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood.

From The Daily Signal, states spend lots of money on students, but still get lousy math results.

From The American Conservative, according to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who wrote the article, Trump is right about raising tariffs on China.

From The Western Journal, Trump urges congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to hold off on trying to remove Speaker Johnson (R-LA).

From BizPac Review, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) "explodes" when he realizes why MSNBC is interviewing him.

From The Daily Wire, RFK Jr. has no problem with full-term abortions.

From the Daily Caller, Speaker Johnson hopes that Biden's announcement on aid to Israel was a "senior moment".

From Breitbart, Biden's underlines use the refugee program to bring in people who are not refugees.

From Newsmax, Trump accuses Biden of siding with terrorists.

And from the New York Postan art expert uses AI to detect fake paintings.

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