Friday, August 30, 2024

Friday Phenomena

On a rainy and unseasonably cool Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Democratic ticket of Vice President Harris and Minnesota Governor Walz promise two more months of running on vibes.

From FrontpageMag, a review of a book about "how the Anglosphere eradicated racism".

From Townhall, the campaign of former President Trump and Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) puts out a new ad using a line from Harris's CNN interview.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Harris's interview with CNN left more questions than answers.

From the Washington Examiner, my governor admits to making an "honest mistake" when he misrepresented his military record years ago.

From The Federalist, if Trump's sexual peccadillos are fair game, then so is Harris's affair with California politician Willie Brown.

From American Thinker, pro-lifers who decide against voting for Trump should think carefully and choose wisely.

From MRCTV, Walz, who was once a school teacher, uses "bad grammar" as an excuse for a false statement about carrying guns in war.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC hails Harris's defense of her flip-flop on fracking.

From Canada Free Press, we now know why a third of Oregon's counties want to secede and join Idaho.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela surely but slowly gets back its electricity service.

From  TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer becomes totalitarian and "leaves a hole where British values used to be".

From Snouts in the Trough, try explaining something to Keir "Two-Tier" Starmer.

From EuroNews, after hosting French President Emmanuel Macron in Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić goes to Prague, Czech Republic to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

From ReMix, Croatia reinstates the draft.

From Balkan Insight, Croatia, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Hercegovina observe the International Day of the Disappeared.

From The North Africa Post, more Algerians choose to go through the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in order to illegally enter Europe.  (The article points out that some Algerians fly to Casablanca, Morocco and then proceed northward toward Ceuta.  If illegal migration is caused by poverty, as has been claimed, how can these people afford to fly?)

From The New Arab, banks in the UAE are reportedly rejecting payments from Russian companies attempting to buy electronics made in China.

From The Times Of Israel, the Holocaust memorial in Berlin is defaced with antisemitic and pro-Palestinian graffiti.

From Gatestone Institute, Germany promises to enact "knife control" after a Syrian Muslim refugee slashes throats at a Diversity Festival.

From The Stream, pro-family activists strike back against unconstitutional actions by the Massachusetts state legislature.

From The Daily Signal, why taxing unrealized capital gains is dangerous.  (Will those who wish to tax unrealized capital gains be willing to likewise enact refunds for unrealized capital losses?  I thought not.)

From The American Conservative, we should be honest about Taiwan.

From The Western Journal, how was Harris affected by her interview with CNN?

From BizPac Review, mixed-race voters explain to MSNBC that attending Howard University doesn't make you black.

From The Daily Wire, emails show that an EPA air quality official nominated by President Biden took commands from a chemical industry lobbyist.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) investigates Special Counsel Jack Smith's latest indictment of Trump and alleges that it violates the "60-day rule".

From the New York Post, Dunkin' rolls out a $6 breakfast value meal as a fast food price war heats up.

From Breitbart, according to former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R), Harris's interview with CNN shows that Republicans are "running against a system".

From Newsmax, Columbia University in New York City prepares for students - and protesters.

And from SFGate, a report on Burning Man's portable places of relief.

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