Stories For A Relatively Warm Friday

As the weather turns mild today, here are some things going on:

From AOL, President Trump, as expected, has declared an emergency over the southern border.

From CNS News, Trump tells CNN to "ask the angel moms" if he is making up the border emergency.

From The Daily Caller, Trump says that the U.S. is "a lot close than we ever were" to a trade deal with China.

From The Washington Free Beacon, what is a national emergency, anyway?

From the New York Post, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether the census can include a question about citizenship.  (The Constitution, both originally and in the 14th Amendment, uses the word "persons", not "citizens", which means that non-citizens are still counted, if I understand correctly.)

From The Washington Post, and speaking of the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned to her duties.  (via The Blaze)

From WPVI-TV, Payless shoe stores reportedly files for bankruptcy.

From the Los Angeles Times, it's raining more than it has for decades in southern California.

From LifeZette, a spokesman for Amazon blames their decision against putting their headquarters in New York on new congresscritter AOC.

From The Federalist, hysteria over Russia shows that the U.S. foreign policy establishment have gone nuts.

From American Thinker, the two men who allegedly attacked actor Jussie Smollett are immigrants from Nigeria.

From National Review, "how the Democrats went nuts in three months".

From Townhall, New Deals are great for big business.

From the Washington Examiner, why the terrorist attack against Indian security personal is a big deal.

From FrontpageMag, the "fact checkers" on immigration get fact checked.

From Mexico News Daily, the Mexican government unveils a plan to save Pemex.

From CBC News, what should be done with suspected Canadian ISIS fighters and their families?

From CTV News, a gym teacher in Manitoba is investigated for holding a sign insulting Prime Minister Trudeau.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister May and E.U. negotiators are allegedly in cahoots to produce a "kamikaze" Brexit plan.

From the Evening Standard, eight cabinet ministers are indicating that they will resign if there is a no-deal Brexit.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to the chief of MI6, jihadists returning to the U.K. could be dangerous.

From the (Irish) Independent, former Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen calls the U.K. position on Brexit and the Irish backstop "unreasonable".

From the Irish Examiner, Irish DUP leader Arlene Foster says that Brexit should not impede the Stormont deal.

From France24, French winemakers prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit.

From RFI, a "yellow vest" protester is in court for allegedly organizing illegal demonstrations.

From VRT NWS, the warmest-ever weather for today's date comes to Belgium.

From the NL Times, Dutch authorities find 1,500 kilos of cocaine is a shipment of mangoes.

From Deutsche Welle, the cybersecurity problem threatens infrastructure and elections.

From Radio Poland, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will visit the Auschwitz camp.

From Daily News Hungary, according to the Fidesz party, Hungarians have the right to know about the E.U.'s migration plans.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian opposition party Jobbik calls for reforms in language training.

From About Hungary, international spokesman Zoltán Kovács says that a border fence is necessary to fight illegal migration.

From Russia Today, cops in Moscow may get goggles that have face recognition capability.

From Sputnik International, a 74-year-old German social worker is evicted from his apartment in favor of migrants. 

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Islamists are expected to return to Bosnia and Hercegovina.

From Ekathimerini, almost one third of Greece's electricity was produced from environmentally friendly sources.

From the Greek Reporter, the first Annual Energy Leadership Summit will take place this coming June.

From Malta Today, animal rights activists "apologize" to pigs about to be slaughtered in Marsa, Malta.

From ANSA, according to Interior Minister Salvini, Italy has no intention of leaving the E.U.

From El País, the Spanish government is planning to exhume the late dictator Francisco Franco.

From The Portugal News, the U.K. and Portuguese prime ministers have a phone conversation.

From Morocco World News, a timeline of the tension between Morocco and Saudi Arabia.

From Egypt Today, security personnel defuse a bomb near the Al-Istiqamah Mosque in Giza.

From Arutz Sheva, according to former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, there is no reason for Canada to not move its embassy to Jerusalem.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has some "crazy days" in Warsaw.

From The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli border policemen is wounded as thousands of Gazans protest along the border with Israel.

From Rûdaw, Syrian forces deal with landmines and tunnels as they advance against ISIS.

From Hürriyet Daily News, two MPs, who are members of the People's Democratic Party, are sentenced over terrorism charges.

From Turkish Minute, the U.S. embassy in Ankara joins Turkey in decrying China's treatment of the Uighurs.

From Radio Farda, the U.S. condemns the continued house arrest of Iranian reform leaders.

From Dawn, India withdraws Pakistan's most favored nation status.

From Pakistan Today, a hospital in Karachi is forced to stop discriminating against non-Muslims and Ahmedis.

From The New Arab, Indonesian teenagers protest against Valentines Day.

From The Economic Times, a profile of a suicide bomber.

From Gatestone Institute, free speech versus religion.

And from The Babylon Bee, an atheist who won't believe anything without evidence believes that Trump did indeed collude with Russia.

Links For Valentines Day

Here on February 14th are some things going on:

From Breitbart, Border Patrol agents in two parts of Texas find 29 migrants hidden in tractor-trailers.

From CNS News, gun control supporters still misdiagnose the Parkland shooting.

From LifeZette, the Senate passes a budget comprise in an attempt to avoid another shutdown.

From Fox News, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), President Trump will sign a border bill and then declare an emergency.

From National Review, Rhode Island legislators consider an abortion bill similar to those passed in Virginia and New York.

From FrontpageMag, why two noted groups hate today's celebration.

From Townhall, the mythologies surrounding former Vice President Joe Biden.  (Back in 2008, when Senator Obama was running for president against an old white guy named McCain, he apparently decided to get his own old white guy as a running mate.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, a take-down notice sent to a gun-rights website was fake, says the New Jersey attorney general's office.

From the Washington Examiner, the Senate confirms William Barr as Attorney General.

From The Federalist, as the "Russian collusion" hoax unravels, the signs that it was a hoax have been in plain sight.

From American Thinker, police in Chicago are starting to think that the actor Jussie Smollett's story about being attacked is a hoax.

From The Conservative Woman, a brief biography of St. Valentine.

From The New Straits Times, a Malaysian imam is charged with possessing an illegal gun.

From Step Feed, a Saudi cleric claims that polygamous men are not required to tell their first wife about their second.

From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority is in a dilemma about how to regard someone who both rapes and murders and Israeli.

From Khaama Press, in Afghanistan, members of one terrorist group kill two members of another.

From The Express Tribune, 44 Indian troops are killed by a suicide bomber in the India-controlled area of Kashmir.  (The article calls this part of Jannu and Kashmir "Indian-Occupied Kashmir", or "IOK".)

From Radio Farda, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejects claims the his country was involved in the recent suicide attack in Iran.

From Rûdaw, four ISIS terrorists are killed, while 30 civilians go free as a result of operations in Iraq's Mosul and Salahadin provinces.

From World Israel News, a Turkish computer game incites Arabs to liberate the Temple Mount.

From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli parties Jewish Home and National Union will run together.

From The Times Of Israel, in a leaked clip from the Warsaw Mideast summit, Arab delegates are seen defending Israel and attacking Iran.

From YNetNews, the Iranian woman who removed her hijab has escaped from the country, along with her daughter.

From Egypt Today, 585 inmates in Egypt receive a presidential pardon.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey detains 52 Syrians over suspected ISIS links.

From Novinite, Bulgaria will soon start drilling in the Black Sea for oil and gas.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek parliament rejects a proposal by SYRIZA to have the country's president elected directly by the people.

From the Greek Reporter, Greeks living in the U.K. will have to travel to E.U. states to vote in the upcoming E.U. elections.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia will receive 150 more refugees.

From Malta Today, six reasons why the debate over the proposed Malta-Gozo tunnel hasn't even started.

From ANSA, the return of France's ambassador to Italy is reportedly "imminent".

From SwissInfo, how do you move a 2,000-year-old 1.5-ton 10-feet-tall Buddha from Peshawar, Pakistan to Zurich, Switzerland?

From El País, for Catalan Deputy Prime Minister Oriol Junqueras claims to be a "political prisoner".

From The Portugal News, Portuguese maritime police rescue 25 migrants from a dinghy near the Greek island of Lesbos.

From RFI, Valentines's Day the French way.

From the Express, a Remainer MP tells Tory Brexiteers to change parties.

From the Evening Standard, vegans hold vigils for cows.

From BBC News, a teenage girl who left London to join ISIS has no regrets, but wants to go home.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. government will not help her return.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland will have either a border on the island or a border with the rest of the E.U.

From the Irish Examiner, a committee in charge of implementing the Good Friday deal find that dealing with a no-deal Brexit will cost money.

From the NL Times, the Dutch island of Curacao will be a "logistics hub" for aid to Venezuela.

From Deutsche Welle, senior Germans are conned by "fake police".

From Radio Poland, Jewish groups protest after an American reporter misidentifies whom the Warsaw ghetto Jews uprose against.

From Radio Praha, Venezuelans in the Czech Republic are concerned about their homeland.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungary's government, only ruling parties can prevent the "forced settlement of migrants".

From About Hungary, The Guardian is wrong about Hungary's family being about "controlling women's bodies".

From Russia Today, Russia's space agency plans to use a "super-heavy launcher" to send a takeoff and landing complex to the moon.

From CBC News, Alberta truckers drive to Ottawa to protest Canada's oil and gas policies.

From CTV News, about 100 Canadians are trapped in Haiti due to roads closed by Haitians protesting against their president.

And from Global News, the family of a 10-month-old heart recipient send out their Valentine's Day wishes.

Wednesday Links

As Hump Day (a slang term for "Wednesday") is upon us, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the New Deal was never any single coherent policy.

From Townhall, voter ID laws do not suppress turnout.

From The Washington Free Beacon, new congresscritter AOC is reportedly living rather comfortably.

From the Washington Examiner, a former Air Force intelligence specialist is charged with spying for Iran.

From The Federalist, the FEC still won't investigate alleged money laundering by the Clinton campaign.

From American Thinker, four ways Democrats want to make your life more difficult.

From CBC News, Saskatchewan argues against the Canadian federal government's carbon tax.  (This is a live blog that started yesterday and was updated today.  According to my browser's "find" feature, the word "dioxide" does not appear in the article, and the formula "CO2" appears only once, not in the article's text, but in a comment.)

From CTV News, Canadian MPs will vote on a parliamentary investigation of the SNC-Lavallin affair.

From The Conservative Woman, "stop shoving veganism down our throats".

From the Express, an angry lorry driver shuts down a Remainer's call for a second Brexit referendum.  (The term "lorry" is the U.K. equivalent of the American word "truck".)

From BBC News, cannabis worth ₤1.8 million has been found at an abandoned airfield.

From the Evening Standard, a barrister tells her male colleagues to knock off the off-color jokes.

From the Independent, a judge in Croydon, England rules that a girl should be brought by someone she's not related to, instead of her grandparents.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish children protest over climate change outside the Dial in Dublin.

From France24, why are all these anti-Semitic attacks happening in France?

From RFI, a "yellow vest" protester goes on trial for allegedly punching policemen.

From the NL Times, a man throws seven kilos of heroin out his van window in Limburg, Netherlands.

From Dutch News, 47 donor children with the right to compare their DNA with that of a fertility clinic owner.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany has seen a "worrying" jump in anti-Semitic crime.

From Radio Poland, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will meet with Polish leaders.

From Radio Praha, next year's NHL season will start with a game in Prague, Czech Republic.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto says that talks with Turkish leaders have been straightforward.

From Russia Today, Moscow gets its strongest snowstorm in 140 years.

From Sputnik International, former Soviet leader Gorbachev wants the U.S. to dialogue with Russia on the INF treaty.

From Novinite, the European Parliament adopts a resolution finding that the rights of the Roma are constantly being violated.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonia takes its seat at NATO's table today.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece's government continues the spending tradition that bankrupted it in the first place.  (I must acknowledge that the U.S. doesn't have too much room to talk about such matters.)

From ANSA, the Netherlands asks Italy to keep the Sea-Watch 3 in Catania.

From El País, Spain grants about one fourth of the asylum requests that it receives.

From the Egypt Independent, archaeologists in the Sinai discover the remains of a Ptolemy-era ship repair shop.

From Egypt Today, security forces in Egypt's Matrouh region arrest the leader of a hashish-smuggling ring.

From The Times Of Israel, the IDF claims that its strikes have resulted in Iran moving its forces in Syria away from the border with Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli spacecraft named Beresheet will measure the moon's magnetic field.  (If all goes well, this will be Israel's first lunar mission.  The Hebrew word "beresheet", which may also be spelled "bereishit" or "bereshit", when translated into Greek, is "genesis".)

From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities detain journalists and politicians in an operation against the Peoples’ Democratic Party.

From Rûdaw, Tajikistan seeks the repatriation of 75 children currently in Iraq.

From Radio Farda, 27 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards are killed in a suicide attack.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan will host talks between the U.S. and the Taliban.

From Khaama Press, in two areas of Afghanistan, more than 20 Taliban terrorists are sent to their virgins.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a senior Fatah official claims that in every Palestinian city, there is an "Israeli Auschwitz".

From the Jewish News Syndicate, an imam in Detroit says horrible things about Jews.

From Channel News Asia, Instagram deletes a gay Muslim comic after outrage in Indonesia.

From Gatestone Institute, will Al-Azhar University disavow Islamic colonialism?

From Twitchy, Spartacus wants to become America's first vegan president.

From National Right To Life News, "why can't we protect babies who survive abortion?"

From Breitbart, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) gets a visit from some angel families.

From CNET, after 15 years on Mars, the rover Opportunity has finally expired.  (via the New York Post)

And from The Babylon Bee, every 3,000 miles, the new Toyota Prius will instruct you to check your privilege.

Tuesday Things

As the rain keeps falling for a second consecutive day, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, women wear headscarves to avoid being assaulted by migrants in Vienna.

From SwissInfo, the University of Basel considers requiring its students to use trains instead of airplanes for short trips.

From Deutsche Welle, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier praises Columbia and Ecuador for taking in Venezuelan refugees.

From the NL Times, the party D66 and an association of pediatricians ask the Dutch government to investigate a gay conversion therapy.

From Dutch News, the Dutch mission to Mars company comes crashing back to Earth.

From VRT NWS, U.N. experts urge Belgium to apologize for its colonial past.  (How ugly was it?  To find out, go here, here, here and here.)

From France24, France is hit with a spate of anti-Semitic acts.

From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron loses another key advisor.

From the Express, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay tells E.U. officials that they should budge on the Irish backstop or face a no-deal Brexit.

From The Sun, ISIS terrorists have allegedly stashed away up to ₤230 million for future terror attacks.

From the Evening Standard, a Sky News presenter misidentifies the man whose death he is reporting.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Prime Minister May tries to convince the E.U. that the Irish backstop currently agreed to is illegal.

From the (Irish) Independent, while talking with Prince Charles, Irish President Michael Higgins says that the "warm relationship" between their countries will survive Brexit.

From CBC News, two sports programs in Manitoba, Canada will not longer use the term "midget" as an age classification.  (I guess that this guy has no chance of being hired up there.)

From Global News, due to the SNC-Lavalin affair, Jody Wilson-Raybould resigns from Canada's cabinet.

From CTV News, an ISIS terrorist wishes to return home to Canada.

From Mexico News Daily, El Chapo has been found guilty.

From El País, defense lawyers in the trial of Catalan separatists give their opening statements.

From The Portugal News, feminists plan Valentines Day protests against domestic violence in five Portuguese cities.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan police arrest three French men for allegedly funding ISIS

From ANSA, Italy calls for new elections in Venezuela.

From Malta Today, the Armed Forces of Malta rescued a record number of people at sea during 2018.

From Total Croatia News, Austria bans two symbols of the Ustasha, a Nazi-supporting regime in Croatia during World War II.  (One commenter asks what I regard as a relevant question about a certain communist symbol)

From the Hungary Journal, the Hungarian government rejects an article written by George Soros.

From Daily News Hungary, E.U. citizens living in Hungary will be allowed to vote for Hungarian party lists.

From Hungary Today, Prime Minister Orban addresses young scientists protesting planned changes to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

From About Hungary, Orban meets U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

From The Slovak Spectator, Pompeo visits Slovakia.

From Radio Praha, Czech MEP Michaela Šojdrová says that she has a list of young refugees that her country could help.

From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda recognizes Polish diplomats involved in an effort to help Jews during World War II.

From Russia Today, Russia prepares to disconnect its part of the Internet from the rest, as an emergency measure.

From Sputnik International, Venezuela's ambassador to Russia calls interim President Guaido a U.S. "puppet".

From Hürriyet Daily News, police in Istanbul, Turkey seize two tons of marijuana.  (As I've previously mentioned, smuggling drugs into a Muslim country is a good way to put yourself in prison for a very long time.)

From Turkish Minute, the Council of Europe claims that Turkey has not responded to any of their alerts about the freedom and safety of journalists.

From Rûdaw, hundreds flee the battle for the "last" ISIS hideout.  (Is it really the last hideout held by ISIS, with all the rest already captured or destroyed?  I guess that time will tell.)

From Arutz Sheva, Venezuela's interim president seeks to renew ties with Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu prepares to travel to Warsaw, Poland to attend a regional conference.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel trains dog to smell cancer.  (This is one thing you're boycotting if you've decided to support the BDS movement.)

From Egypt Today, Egypt will treat African Hepatitis patients, and train doctors and nurses.

From Radio Farda, according to an OPEC report, Iran's oil productions and export decreased in January.

From Dawn, the smog in Punjab is not caused by India.

From Khaama Press, the Taliban announces a new team of negotiators for the talks with the U.S.

From Breitbart, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair recognizes a "nascent alliance" between Islamists and the left.

From the International Business Times, Prince Charles reportedly once made a shocking comment about wives in India.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a video on Palestinian TV gloats over the murder of an Israeli woman.

From Gatestone Institute, the war crimes committed against woman and children by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

From FrontpageMag, the ADL keeps putting out fake statistics.

From National Review, the "green new deal" is really just a wish list.

From NBC News, the Senate Intelligence Committee has still not found any direct evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.  (via Townhall)

From Twitchy, one NBC journalist just can't accept the committee's findings.

From The Washington Free Beacon, income inequality is the "most pressing issue in America", says a Senator worth $16 million.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump gives his thoughts on the proposed border deal.

From The Federalist, political journalists refuse to acknowledge inconvenient facts.

From American Thinker, the real racism is elite racialism.

From Gateway Pundit, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) appears to have done some time travelling.  (Better check her office for a Tardis.)

From Accuracy in Media, a BBC camera operator was attacked at Trump's rally in El Paso.

From CNS News, retired Lieutenant Colonel Allen West asks, "Who are these evil rich people?"

From the New York Post, the wreckage of the USS Hornet has been found in the Pacific Ocean.

From Fox News, NASA scientists spot a huge crater beneath Greenland's ice.

And from ITV, American parents say that their children have picked up a British accent from watching Peppa Pig.  (Year of the Pig, indeed.)

Links For A Rainy Monday

Today, the dreaded rainy day and Monday have coincided, much to the chagrin of the Carpenters.  Besides the dreary weather, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, some left-wingers can't (or won't) distinguish between blackface makeup and coal dust or soot.

From Townhall, if the left wants to deal with climate change, they should limit immigration from the Third World.

From National Review, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) announces her support of legalizing recreational marijuana.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Robert O'Rourke's high school yearbooks show no evidence of the nickname "Beto".

From the Washington Examiner, new congresscritter Ilham Omar (D-MN) is faulted for her anti-Semitic statements, from her fellow Democrats.

From The Federalist, five life lessons from Dolly Parton.

From American Thinker, in the U.S., there are the hidden substates of Illegalia.

From CBC News, a new species of insect found in British Columbia may have survived the ice age.

From Global News, the Canadian prime minister's office is under investigation for alleged interference in the SNC-Lavalin case.  (H/T Kel the Red Fox for putting this in her BTR chatroom.)

From CTV News, Ontario police free 43 people from "modern day slavery".

From Mexico News Daily, the Santa Rosa fuel theft gang expands their territory.

From the Express, does U.K. Prime Minister May have a secret Brexit strategy?

From the Evening Standard, please wake up, Your Honor.

From the Independent, is May running down the clock?

From the Irish Examiner, four statues stolen from a castle in Cork have been found in an outhouse in County Clare.

From RFI, some French driving instructors decide to make driving more difficult.

From El País, Spanish right-wingers protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

From The Portugal News, Portugal will raise its retirement age in 2020.

From SwissInfo, should Switzerland end its law against blasphemy?

From ANSA, the president of Slovenia protests a statement by Italian leader Salvini equating the Foibe to Auschwitz.

From Malta Today, lawyers representing the NGO Sea-Watch claim that authorities their power by not letting the Sea-Watch 3 leave Malta.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian Deputy Speaker Milijan Brkić condemns a statement about "Italian" Istria and Dalmatia.

From Ekathimerini, about 2,075 migrants arrived in the Greek islands during January.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek port of Piraeus signs a memorandum of understanding with the Italians ports of Venice and Chioggia.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovo and North Macedonia sign a memorandum of cooperation regarding energy.

From Russia Today, a large white trespasser walks through an apartment building in northern Russia.

From Sputnik International, a court in Moscow gives two ISIS terrorists 15 years in prison.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, relations between Hungary and the U.S. are on the mend.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian opposition parties criticize Prime Minister Orban's State Of The Nation speech.

From About Hungary, eight out of ten Hungarians support their government's new family plan.

From Radio Praha, a look at Czech composer Anton Dvořák's visit to the United States.

From Radio Poland, Poland detains a Russian Chechen for suspected terrorism support.

From the NL Times, a leaky tanker causes a large part of the Netherlands to stink.

From Dutch News, young climate protesters will meet with Dutch Prime Minister Rutte tomorrow.

From VRT NWS, in Belgium, get your own slightly used bus.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan launches a war on "food terrorism".

From Turkish Minute, an old man is sentenced to read Erdoğan's biography, for insulting him, and 27 people are detained for visiting recently released Gülen-linked suspects.

From Rûdaw, French women fleeing an ISIS hideout say that more foreigners are still trapped inside.

From Arutz Sheva, Iran claims that Israel has sent IDF soldiers into Afghanistan.

From The Times Of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Iran that attacking Israel will cause this anniversary to be their last.

From The Jerusalem Post, an imam faults the "far-left" for waging a "war on free speech".

From YNetNews, Israeli teenager Ori Ansbacher was not killed by the occupation.

From the Egypt Independent, a stolen Egyptian statue is retrieved from the Netherlands.

From Radio Farda, Iran's 40th anniversary celebration is "lackluster".

From Asharq Al-Awsat, an imam in Tehran claims that Iran "has the formula for building a nuclear bomb".

From Khamma Press, an Afghan spokesman blames the ongoing conflict on "stubborn" Taliban leaders.

From 9News, western women escape from the clutches of ISIS.

From Culture Watch, "on burqa bans".

From Gatestone Institute, in the U.K., a defeat is dressed up as victory.

From LifeZette, President Trump holds his first rally of this year very close to Mexico.

From CNS News, a theater in San Francisco will host a comedy event entitled "Not My [censored] President", using taxpayer money.

From the New York Post, due to freezing rain, an orchard in Sparta, Michigan produces "ghost apples".

And from The Babylon Bee, Virginia's high-ranking Democrats offer to resign if they're caught in a "real scandal", such as wearing a MAGA hat.

Sunday Stuff

On a cloudy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban announces a family protection package.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Hungary Today, Orban also says that Hungarians have worked hard for their achievements.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary and the U.S. will cooperate on family-related policies.

From Radio Praha, Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtěch says that doctors who graduate in the Czech Republic will have to stay there for a while.

From Radio Poland, Poland plans to purchase HIMARS rocket artillery systems from the U.S.

From Deutsche Welle, according to U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell, Germany is "not spending enough" on defense.

From VRT NWS, someone in Belgium might be missing a kangaroo.

From France24, this weekend's "yellow vest" protests had a low turnout.

From RFI, when it comes to vandalism by protesters, how far is too far?

From the Sunday Express, a BBC host points out two "major" flaws in a Brexit proposal from the Labour Party.

From BBC News, there will be more parliamentary votes on Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, a science building at the University of St. Andrews catches fire.

From the Metro, a six-year-old boy is beheaded in Medina, Saudi Arabia, allegedly for being Shiite.

From the Independent, according to Labour Party Deputy Leader Tom Watson, some MPs have changed their Brexit votes out of fear for their safety.

From the Irish Examiner, a group protesting outside the home of Ireland's health minister defends their reasons for being there.

From Global News, Saskatchewan and Ottawa take the Canadian federal government to court over its carbon dioxide tax.  (The article calls it a "carbon tax", leaving out "dioxide", but as far as I know, they're not taxing diamonds or graphite.)

From CTV News, the "unusual" sentence given to the Quebec mosque shooter might be appealed.

From SwissInfo, Swiss voters reject a law that would freeze new construction.

From Voice Of Europe, almost 80 percent of inmates in Swiss prisons are not Swiss.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's King Mohammed IV will receive a visit from Pope Francis.

From the Malta Independent, worshipers in Valetta, Malta celebrate the feast of St. Paul's shipwreck.  (For some background, see Acts Of The Apostles, Chapter 28.)

From Total Croatia News, did a Croatian captain refuse to help drowning migrants?  (If you read Croatian, read the story at 24Sata.)

From Ekathimerini, Greece will send North Macedonia diplomatic notification of its ratification the name treaty and the latter's accession to NATO.

From the Greek Reporter, a British actress says that the Parthenon's marble statues belong back in Greece.

From the Independent Balkan News Agency, some changes for 2019.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey calls upon China to close its "concentration camps" for the Uighur minority.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to the head of Human Rights Watch, others should join Turkey in defending the Uighurs.

From Rûdaw, 27 Russian children are repatriated from Iraq.

From The Times Of Israel, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas urges African support for his people while in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

From The Jerusalem Post, international observers who left Hebron, West Bank are replaced by Palestinian civilian monitors.

From YNetNews, Hamas goes back to rioting on the Gaza-Israel border.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt starts constructing the Suez Canal International Museum.

From Radio Farda, Iranian Grand Ayatollah Assadollah Bayat Zanjani speaks out against child marriage.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's president renews his government's offer of an office to the Taliban.

From Gatestone Institute, the 40th anniversary of Iran's revolution.

From The Conservative Woman, the left's answer to the problems in Venezuela is to complain about Saudi Arabia instead.

From Townhall, the Pope seems to have gone Sergeant Schulz on Venezuela.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) throws her hat into the presidential ring.

From The Federalist, why it's good that Virginia Governor Northam (D) survived the revelations about his racist past.

From American Thinker, the wall can be built, as we learned from 2006 to 2008.

From LifeZette, construction on one section of the wall will start very soon.

From Medical News Today, could insulin injections be replaced by a pill?

From The Daily Caller, the electric conversion component of the "green new deal" could be an impossible nightmare.

From CNS News, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) has no problem with the "green new deal".

And from the New York Post, thugs beat up a black man in the New York area of Hell's Kitchen, for a weird reason.

Saturday Links

On a cold Saturday, here are some things going on:

From CNN, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) officially launches her 2020 presidential campaign.  (Please refrain from inserting "Fauxcahontas" or "Lie-awatha" jokes.  Those are unfair - to the real Pocahontas and Hiawatha.)

From National Review, President Trump's real problem is not on Capitol Hill, but back in his home state.

From Townhall, while things don't look so good for Virginia's top three Democrats, their Republicans pursue their own agenda.

From the Washington Examiner, Virginia Governor Northam (D) promises "a harder line" on Confederate monuments.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the office if congresscritter AOC (D-NY) deletes the "farting cows" part of the "green new deal".

From American Thinker, how to beat the four liberal arguments against the wall.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. has its own statue controversy.

From the Express, according to American author Chris Dickey, the E.U. establishment has a reason to be happy about Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, Prince Philip turns in his driving license.

From BBC News, a no-deal Brexit contract between the U.K. government and an Irish ferry company without any ships has been scrapped.  (Isn't a ferry company with no ships analogous to an airline with no planes, a taxi company with no cars, or a railroad with no trains?)

From the Independent, a majority of voters want U.K. Prime Minister May to delay Brexit.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish Girl Guides introduces a new climate change badge.

From France24, the latest "yellow vest" protest turns violent, with some casualties reported.

From Morocco World News, Morocco is reportedly on track to generate 42 percent of its electricity from renewable sources.

From the Malta Independent, according to Maltese Transport Minister Ian Borg, the planned tunnel between Malta and Gozo will not include a rail system.

From Total Croatia News, five youths attack three Serbian water polo players in Split, Croatia.

From Ekathimerini, farmers end their blockage of the Tempi valley tunnels in central Greece.

From Novinite, a Bulgaria delegation took part in a National Prayer Breakfast with President Trump.

From Russia Today, Belushya Guba, Russia is invaded by large white creatures.

From Sputnik International, Russia reportedly plans to put someone on the moon in 2031.  (If they accomplish this, will they, too, have to deal with moon landing hoaxers?)

From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian village makes the longest sausage ever.

From The Slovak Spectator, the ski area of Mraznica, in Slovakia's region of Spiš, makes a snow anthill.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany is taking in fewer Yazidi refugees.

From CBC News, how the Quebec mosque shooter's sentence could motivate Canada's far-right.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a Turkish scientist collects three meteorites in Antarctica.

From Turkish Minute, out of 2,504 Turkish mayoral candidates, only 385 are women.

From Rûdaw, seven Kurds are believed stranded in the Mediterranean Sea after being denied entry by several European countries.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority calls on Arabs to boycott the Warsaw conference.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt reopens the Rafah border crossing.

From Khaama Press, Afghan and U.S. forces send more terrorists to their virgins.

From the Hindustan Times, a New York City man is arrested before he could catch a flight to Pakistan and join Lashkar-e-Taiba.

From the New York Post, Steinway piano customers claim to have been "duped" into making an "investment".

From Fox News, several cases of the mumps have been found at an ICE facility in Texas.

From Twitchy, the video of the arrest of Roger Stone had a vaguely familiar quality about it.

And from Variety, documentaries about the Bee Gees and the Go-Go's are "in the works".

UPDATE:  I found one more.  (H/T Sue from N.M. for the Tweet)  From the Daily Mail, if you're the Saudi male guardian of a woman, there's an app for that.

Friday Fuss And Fun

As the end of the workweek arrives, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban warns against "neglecting the will of the citizens".

From the Hungary Journal, Gergely Gulyás accuses European Commission First Vice President Franz Timmermans of having double standards.  (Gulyás is the Minister of the Prime Minister's Office.)

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Interior Minister Sándor Pintér, border protection is crucial for Europe's security.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian opposition party LMP calls on the government to draft a climate law.

From About Hungary, Hungary's position on border security is being adopted by other E.U. countries.

From Radio Praha, the Chinese company Huawei threatens to go to court unless the Czech Republic does not withdraw its warning on using their technology.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany and France reach a compromise on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

From the NL Times, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tells school children that the government is already doing a lot on climate change.

From Dutch News, a Dutch broadcaster runs a reality show from a school in Veenendaal, Netherlands using "fake pupils".

From RFI, the "yellow vests" prepare for their 13th protest.

From the Express, Brexiteer Nigel Evans points out three industries that will force E.U. leader Donald Tusk to reopen Brexit talks.

From the Evening Standard, a Tory MP is called "appalling" for objecting to a bill against FGM.

From the Independent, U.K. Prime Minister May faces possible resignations from MPs after she returns from Brussels empty-handed.

From the Irish Examiner, over 200 immigrants register to vote for the first time in Cork, Ireland.

From CBC News, a judge will decide whether the Quebec mosque shooter will ever become eligible for parole.

From Global News, Ontario added 41,400 jobs in January, out of 67,000 for all Canada.

From Mexico News Daily, citizens of the Mexican state of Morelos will vote on a controversial thermal power plant.

From El País, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo announces the end of talks with Catalan separatists.

From Morocco World News, German Chancellor Merkel and Visegrad will work with Morocco to reduce illegal irregular migration.

From ANSA, France says that their recall of their ambassador to Italy is not permanent.

From the Malta Independent, the Council of Europe is "alarmed" by Italy's policy toward migrants.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek Parliament votes to endorse North Macedonia's admission into NATO.

From the Greek Reporter, the European Council on Refugees decries conditions at a refugee camp in Thessaloniki.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Serbian opposition leader Dragan Djilas, their intention is not just to change the government, but to change the system, too.

From Novinite, Bulgaria plans to sell large little-used properties it owns abroad.

From Sputnik International, the Danish Jehovah's Witness convicted of extremism will appeal his sentence.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey is ready to fight terrorism after the U.S. leaves Syria.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities indict a journalist and a cartoonist for spreading terrorist propaganda.

From Rûdaw, Iraq will life customs checkpoints between Kurdistan and the rest of the country.

From Arutz Sheva, the PLO will not participate in the Warsaw conference.

From The Times Of Israel, according to Iran's supreme leader, "death to America" is aimed at President Trump.

From The Jerusalem Post, the leader of ISIS reportedly survived a coup attempt.

From Dawn, Pakistan hosts a 46-nation naval exercise.

From Pakistan Today, according to General Joseph Votel, Pakistan remains important to the U.S.

From Khaama Press, Afghan police arrest more than 30 "irresponsible armed individuals".

From The Japan Times, the U.S. rebukes Germany for deporting a suspected terrorist to Turkey.  (The article uses the euphemism "militant"; I don't.)

From FrontpageMag, how illegal immigration and homelessness spread disease.

From National Review, the "green new deal" is in reality old.

From Townhall, the latest idiotic remarks from congresscritter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

From The Washington Free Beacon, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) stacks the climate committee with members who have been backed by the energy industry.

From the Washington Examiner, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen allows Customs and Border Protection to construct a secondary barrier.

From The Federalist, how infant safe haven laws can mitigate against abortions.

From American Thinker, the Democrats have inconsistently invoked "I believe her".

From The Roanoke Times, a second woman accuses Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax of sexual assault.

From CNS News, abortion is likely to be an important issue in the next SCOTUS term.

From WPVI-TV, at his own wedding reception, a groom is arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenager.

From the New York Post, a new member of the Brazilian parliament shows off too much of herself.

From Twitchy, Virginia Governor Northam won't resign, but will undergo a self-imposed penance.

And from The Babylon Bee, even Captain Planet thinks that the "green new deal" is unrealistic.