Thursday, June 13, 2024

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, at the congressional baseball game, climate activists [bleep] around and find out.

From FrontpageMag, crimes are now defined by politics.

From Townhall, Republican Senators will reintroduce the Conscience Protection Act, which would prevent government discrimination against health workers who decline to participated in abortions.  (If you favor having medical workers who disagree with abortion being coerced into participating in them, you are NOT pro-choice, you are pro-abortion.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, a wide coalition from the automobile industry legally challenges the Biden administration's push for more electric vehicles.

From the Washington Examiner, with "her" disqualification from the Olympics, the insanity over Lia Thomas has finally come to an end.

From The Federalist, how Chinese ownership of land in the U.S. threatens our national security.  (How much land in China does the Chinese government allow non-Chinese people to own?)

From American Thinker, Tyson Foods fires Americans, some of whom are legal immigrants, and hires illegal aliens.  (I've come to believe that the real villains of illegal immigration are not the illegal aliens themselves, but the Americans who aid and abet them.)

From MRCTV, a church in Oakland, California is robbed eight times in two months.

From NewsBusters, CBS and NBC ignore an antisemitic mob threatening Jews on the New York City subway.

From Canada Free Press, First Son Hunter Biden's conviction is a sleight of hand.

From TeleSUR, speaking at the U.N., Venezuela demands an end to "unilateral coercive measures".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the grim economic conditions which the next U.K. government will inherit.

From EuroNews, the Dutch "far-right" states their positions on migration, trade and the economy.

From Voice Of Europe, leaders of the G7 agree to a provision deal to loan Ukraine $50 billion using frozen Russian assets.

From ReMix, what's going on in France?

From Balkan Insight, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik changes the day on which Republika Srpska observes its "Statehood Day".  (Republika Srpska is one of the two political entities that constitute the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.)

From The North Africa Post, in Casablanca, Moroccan Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan inaugurates the construction of what will be the largest desalinization plant in Africa.

From The New Arab, according to rumors, Saudi Arabia will soon drop the petrodollar for the Chinese yuan.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Jewish man is accosted at a pharmacy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

From Jewish News Syndicate, according to an opinion column, there's really no such thing as a Gazan civilian.

From The Hans India, police in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir detain 53 people for questioning in connection with the terror attack on the busload of Hindu pilgrims.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Lok Sabha will elect its Speaker on June 26th.  (The Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Indian parliament.)

From ANI, an Indian engineering firm and a German defense company combine to provide 12 low-frequency sonar devices.

From India Today, the forest department in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh captures a man-eating tiger.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the metro in Dhaka, Bangladesh will run on a new schedule after the Islamic festival of Eid-ul-Azha.

From New Age, Bangladesh beats the Netherlands to "sniff" the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup of cricket.

From the Daily Mirror, the District Court of Colombo, Sri Lanka recognizes a marriage annulment decree made in Australia.

From Raajje, representatives of the Maldives and China hold discussions on enhancing ties between their two countries.

From the Bangkok Post, according to a survey, a "majority" of the Thai people disagree with a bill that would grant amnesty in political and lese-majeste cases.

From Gatestone InstituteAmerica's enemies inside and outside of America.

From The Stream, in recognizing a Palestinian state, Spain shows historical amnesia and enables Islamic terrorism.

From The Daily Signal, a woman in Youngstown, Ohio is fired from her job at a TV station for posting a "straight pride" meme on Facebook.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From The American Conservative, the ghost of the late President Charles de Gaulle is on the ballot in France.  (The article mentions the term Français de souche, which means "native-born French".  This would be the full name of the publication I have sometimes cited as FDeSouche.)

From The Western Journal, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angers the left by endorsing a "moderate" congressional candidate.

From ZeroHedge, congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) investigate a Ukrainian "enemies list".  (Who do those Ukrainians think they are, Richard Nixon?)

From BizPac Review, fitness expert Jillian Michaels explains why she left her native state of California.

From The Daily Wire, the razor company Harry's sends more cash to a group that promotes radical gender theory.

From Axios, a conservative group's ad campaign targets 10 Democrats on immigration.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, former and maybe future President Trump should pardon the aforementioned Hunter Biden.  (On the other hand, could the two of them become cellmates?)

From the New York Post, Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima visit New York City.  (I was in the Netherlands in 2017 when the country celebrated his 50th birthday.  See my post from May 5th of that year entitled "Giethoorn".)

From Breitbart, according to the aforementioned congresscritter Gaetz, Republicans want to nominate people who will fight.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC), her primary victory "shows how powerful" an endorsement from Trump can be.

And from SFGate, the life and legacy of the first Russian in California.

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