On a Thursday that started out wet but is now sunny, here are some things going on:
From Voice Of Europe, some European countries consider building border walls, to keep out diseased pigs.
From Deutsche Welle, police in Berlin seize paintings attributed to Hitler, because they might be fakes.
From the NL Times, Amsterdam says "no" to more Euronet ATMs.
From VRT NWS, 35,000 children in Brussels go truant for climate change. (The report does not indicate whether any of them went to the Chinese embassy.)
From France24, a group of French "yellow vest" protesters will nominate candidates for the European Parliament elections.
From RFI, the recently arrested CEO of Renault resigns.
From the Express, please do not park your car on the sidewalk.
From the Evening Standard, U.K. Business Minister Harrington tells Prime Minister Theresa May to go ahead and fire him.
From the Daily Mail, an Iraqi asylum seeker is charged in the rape and murder of two girls.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. starts returning boat-borne migrants to France. (If this policy works on the English Channel, it should work on the Rio Grande, too, I would think.
From the (Irish) Independent, according to Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, a no-deal Brexit would bring about a period of chaos.
From the Irish Examiner, the Irish government publishes plans for dealing with a no-deal Brexit.
From The Portugal News, Portuguese police inspect bananas and find cocaine.
From El País, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is pressured to recognize Venezuela's new president.
From Morocco World News, Spain deports a pro-separatist Polisario member to Morocco.
From SwissInfo, about 100 young people protest the economic conference in Davos, Switzerland.
From ANSA, the European Court of Human Rights rules that Italy violated American student Amanda Knox's right to defend herself.
From Malta Today, a Sicilian tribunal rules that judicial proceedings may begin against Italian Interior Minister Salvini.
From Total Croatia News, the Croatian Parliament will join in the observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
From Ekathimerini, 60 percent of polled Greeks oppose the deal to rename FYROM.
From the Greek Reporter, businesses in the Greek region of Macedonia are advised to register their trademarks ASAP.
From Hungary Journal, the European Commission starts an infringement action against Hungary's "stop Soros" laws.
From Daily News Hungary, opposition parties in Budapest urge local leader to not implement recent changes to the labor code. (Opponents of these changes call them a "slave law".)
From Hungary Today, Hungary "finally" decides to improve its military.
From The Slovak Spectator, millionaires and people who are not millionaires are mostly bothered by the same things.
From Radio Praha, for Czech mountaineer Radek Jaroš, it's five of the Seven Summits down, and two to go. (He thus receives the "badass" label, but must share it with someone else below.)
From Radio Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki tells the British to oddać nam naszych ludzi (give us back our people).
From CBC News, Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen launches a pilot program for attracting skilled immigrants to Canada's northern and rural areas.
From Global News, the Canadian government will not "cut corners" while reviewing the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
From Russia Today, Russian President Putin denounces "foreign interference" in Venezuela.
From Sputnik International, the Russian Duma passes a law against fake news.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan stands with Venezuelan President Maduro.
From Turkish Minute, Turkey's interior minister admits that police removes headscarves from detained woman.
From Rûdaw, while the U.S. releases an Iranian-born anchorwoman, Iran is criticized for mass arrests.
From Arutz Sheva, a church in Lithuania removes stairs made from Jewish headstones.
From The Times Of Israel, archaeologists in Qumran find more caves.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Middle Eastern origin of Maduro's support.
From YNetNews, Israel allows Qatari funds to be transferred to Gaza, but Hamas won't take the money.
From Egypt Today, Egypt discusses military cooperation with New Zealand.
From Radio Farda, despite a government crackdown, Iran's hijab protesters are not turning back.
From Dawn, Pakistan conducts a successful "training launch" of a ballistic missile.
From Pakistan Today, talks in Qatar between the U.S. and the Taliban reach their fourth day.
From Khaama Press, coalition forces in Afghanistan's Helmand province send a Taliban leader to his virgins.
From The Tundra Tabloids, Finnish police are forbidden to tell about crimes committed by asylum seekers.
From Premier, Pakistan's highest court will rule on a petition seeking to overturn their acquittal of Asia Bibi. (via the British Pakistani Christian Association)
From Gatestone Institute, it's "time to tell the truth about the Palestinian issue".
From National Review, let's have some ideological diversity in the newsroom.
From Townhall, "the soft bigotry of liberal preconceptions".
From the Washington Examiner, the Senate kills both GOP and Democrat bills to reopen the government. (Since it's a partial shutdown, they were really bills to reopen the remaining parts of the government.)
From The Federalist, 25 questions for new congresscritter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
From American Thinker, the Democrats don't have much to say about Venezuela's rejection of socialism.
From Twitchy, the "wealth tax" proposed by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) is un-American and unconstitutional.
From WPVI-TV, an Italian restaurant in New Jersey creates gender reveal lasagna.
And from the New York Post, a 90-year-old man in Italy still climbs mountains. (He thus share the "badass" label with the younger Czech man above.)
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
The 2019 Baseball Hall Of Fame Inductees, And Other Stories
Last night, retired Major League pitchers Mariano Rivera, Mike Mussina and Roy Halladay, and designated hitter Edgar Martinez were voted into baseball's Hall Of Fame. In his first year on the ballot, Rivera became the first player ever to be elected unanimously. It was also Halladay's first year on the ballot, but will receive his award posthumously because he died in a plane crash in 2017. A player may normally be placed on the ballot five years after he retires, and remains on the ballot for a total of ten years or until he is inducted. During this period, he is inducted if he is named on 75 percent of the ballots cast the Baseball Writers Association of America in a single year. Afterwards, he may be inducted if selected by the Veteran's Committee. Mussina was on the ballot for his sixth year, while Martinez was in his tenth and last year of eligibility.
Read more at CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports, USA Today and Pinstripe Alley.
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In other stories:
From National Review, to preserve the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, district courts resort to "ridiculous" double standards.
From Townhall, President Trump tells Speaker Pelosi, "See you next Tuesday".
From The Federalist, the possible impeachment of Trump might not be so great for the Democrats. (For one thing, the removal of Trump from his current office, regardless of the reason, would not give us our second President Clinton, but would give us President Pence.)
From American Thinker, the irony of the MAGA hat kids and "Talking Bull".
From the Washington Examiner, Trump nominates 51 more judges.
From FrontpageMag, is traditional masculinity really all that bad?
From CBC News, the U.S. and Canada recognize the swearing-in of Venezuelan interim president Juan Guaido.
From Global News, a video released by the Somalian branch of ISIS purportedly shows a doctor from Canada urging jihad.
From CTV News, a woman is accused of accepting money to illegally smuggle people into Canada.
From the Express, the U.K. makes a trade deal with Israel, which will become their first after Brexit.
From the Evening Standard, a new tongue-in-cheek website tells Brits what to stockpile.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the E.U.'s chief Brexit negotiator rules out U.K. Prime Minister May's "plan B".
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish authorities arrest four people for allegedly financing ISIS.
From the Irish Examiner, if you want to know what's going on with Brexit, the answer is "mayhem". (I don't think that the author intends this word to be a pun on the U.K. prime minister's name, but I wouldn't rule it out.)
From France24, police dealing with "yellow vest" protests will wear body cameras.
From RFI, the French government will not enter an alleged "stupidity contest" with its Italian counterpart.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's minister for the environment promises "drastic" cuts in oil imports by 2050.
From SwissInfo, at the economic conference in Davos, Switzerland unveils ice skating robots.
From ANSA, change the rules of the Sophia mission, or it must end, says Italian Interior Minister Salvini.
From the Malta Independent, Maltese authorities keep on finding those illegal drugs.
From Malta Today, U.K. citizens in Malta will have to apply for a ten-year residence permit.
From Total Croatia News, the interior ministers of Croatia, Albania and Montenegro discuss illegal migration.
From the Greek Reporter, Macedonia and Greek democracy.
From Novinite, Bulgarian authorities detain three illegal migrants.
From Sputnik International, lawyers for a Russian firm smell a double standard.
From Hungary Journal, Hungary and Tunisia agree on defense cooperation.
From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian lawmaker calls upon PACE to protect the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine's region of Transcarpathia.
From Hungary Today, the Hungarian government refuses to participate in a European Parliament debate about democracy in Hungary.
From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban says that his country will finance three Syrian hospitals for a year.
From Radio Praha, the lower house of the Czech parliament approves a bill to tax money received by churches due to a property restitution law.
From Radio Poland, according to Polish President Andrzej Duda, investors are impressed with the Polish economy.
From Deutsche Welle, much of Germany's plastic waste goes to southeast Asia.
From the NL Times, a suitcase found on the bank of a canal in Amsterdam contained human body parts.
From Dutch News, three parties on Amsterdam's city council propose an ID scheme for undocumented residents.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the Russian and Turkish presidents meet in Moscow.
From Turkish Minute, Finnish authorities suspect three employees of the Finnish Embassy in Turkey of issuing illegal visas.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli police release a video of their capture of a terrorist in Shechem, West Bank.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry accuses the E.U. of giving millions of Euros to NGOs that boycott Israel.
From Rûdaw, Syrian Democratic Forces take over the town of al-Baghouz, cutting a path used by ISIS between Syria and Iraq.
From Palestinian Media Watch, when it comes to using Israeli products, Palestinian leaders don't practice what they preach.
From Gatestone Institute, the price of dissent in Turkey.
From WPVI-TV, President Trump unveils his new border wall slogan.
From Twitchy, which Tweet has new congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) not deleted?
From CNS News, SCOTUS will hear its first gun rights case in almost a decade.
From Breitbart, TV host Joy Behar likens Lara Trump to a famous French queen. (Hint: It was brioche, not cake, that she allegedly wished the peasants would eat.)
From the New York Post, China deletes a huge amount of online information.
And from The Babylon Bee, Snopes introduces the "factually inaccurate but morally right" fact check result.
Read more at CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports, USA Today and Pinstripe Alley.
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In other stories:
From National Review, to preserve the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, district courts resort to "ridiculous" double standards.
From Townhall, President Trump tells Speaker Pelosi, "See you next Tuesday".
From The Federalist, the possible impeachment of Trump might not be so great for the Democrats. (For one thing, the removal of Trump from his current office, regardless of the reason, would not give us our second President Clinton, but would give us President Pence.)
From American Thinker, the irony of the MAGA hat kids and "Talking Bull".
From the Washington Examiner, Trump nominates 51 more judges.
From FrontpageMag, is traditional masculinity really all that bad?
From CBC News, the U.S. and Canada recognize the swearing-in of Venezuelan interim president Juan Guaido.
From Global News, a video released by the Somalian branch of ISIS purportedly shows a doctor from Canada urging jihad.
From CTV News, a woman is accused of accepting money to illegally smuggle people into Canada.
From the Express, the U.K. makes a trade deal with Israel, which will become their first after Brexit.
From the Evening Standard, a new tongue-in-cheek website tells Brits what to stockpile.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the E.U.'s chief Brexit negotiator rules out U.K. Prime Minister May's "plan B".
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish authorities arrest four people for allegedly financing ISIS.
From the Irish Examiner, if you want to know what's going on with Brexit, the answer is "mayhem". (I don't think that the author intends this word to be a pun on the U.K. prime minister's name, but I wouldn't rule it out.)
From France24, police dealing with "yellow vest" protests will wear body cameras.
From RFI, the French government will not enter an alleged "stupidity contest" with its Italian counterpart.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's minister for the environment promises "drastic" cuts in oil imports by 2050.
From SwissInfo, at the economic conference in Davos, Switzerland unveils ice skating robots.
From ANSA, change the rules of the Sophia mission, or it must end, says Italian Interior Minister Salvini.
From the Malta Independent, Maltese authorities keep on finding those illegal drugs.
From Malta Today, U.K. citizens in Malta will have to apply for a ten-year residence permit.
From Total Croatia News, the interior ministers of Croatia, Albania and Montenegro discuss illegal migration.
From the Greek Reporter, Macedonia and Greek democracy.
From Novinite, Bulgarian authorities detain three illegal migrants.
From Sputnik International, lawyers for a Russian firm smell a double standard.
From Hungary Journal, Hungary and Tunisia agree on defense cooperation.
From Daily News Hungary, a Hungarian lawmaker calls upon PACE to protect the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine's region of Transcarpathia.
From Hungary Today, the Hungarian government refuses to participate in a European Parliament debate about democracy in Hungary.
From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban says that his country will finance three Syrian hospitals for a year.
From Radio Praha, the lower house of the Czech parliament approves a bill to tax money received by churches due to a property restitution law.
From Radio Poland, according to Polish President Andrzej Duda, investors are impressed with the Polish economy.
From Deutsche Welle, much of Germany's plastic waste goes to southeast Asia.
From the NL Times, a suitcase found on the bank of a canal in Amsterdam contained human body parts.
From Dutch News, three parties on Amsterdam's city council propose an ID scheme for undocumented residents.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the Russian and Turkish presidents meet in Moscow.
From Turkish Minute, Finnish authorities suspect three employees of the Finnish Embassy in Turkey of issuing illegal visas.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli police release a video of their capture of a terrorist in Shechem, West Bank.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry accuses the E.U. of giving millions of Euros to NGOs that boycott Israel.
From Rûdaw, Syrian Democratic Forces take over the town of al-Baghouz, cutting a path used by ISIS between Syria and Iraq.
From Palestinian Media Watch, when it comes to using Israeli products, Palestinian leaders don't practice what they preach.
From Gatestone Institute, the price of dissent in Turkey.
From WPVI-TV, President Trump unveils his new border wall slogan.
From Twitchy, which Tweet has new congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) not deleted?
From CNS News, SCOTUS will hear its first gun rights case in almost a decade.
From Breitbart, TV host Joy Behar likens Lara Trump to a famous French queen. (Hint: It was brioche, not cake, that she allegedly wished the peasants would eat.)
From the New York Post, China deletes a huge amount of online information.
And from The Babylon Bee, Snopes introduces the "factually inaccurate but morally right" fact check result.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Tuesday Things
On a cold but sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:
From AOL, the Supreme Court declines to take up the Trump administration's case to end DACA, which keeps the program in place for 10 more months.
From CNN, on the other hand, SCOTUS allows President Trump's ban on transgenders in the military to continue.
From The Washington Free Beacon, SCOTUS does not take up the case of a football coach fired for praying after games.
From National Review, of "MAGA hats and double standards".
From FrontpageMag, of British teenagers and double standards.
From Townhall, Trump intends to give the SOTU address next week.
From the Washington Examiner, conservative students should drop the slogan "taxation is theft". (While this slogan does appear from time to time among us right-wingers, I don't believe that it's correct, for the most part. Because government services must be paid for, some type of taxation is justified among the people served by the government. Whether the tax is based on income, sales, property, imports, something else, or some combination of these is a subject for public debate. On the other hand, when government takes from some people to bestow unearned benefits on others, in that particular case taxation may be viewed as theft. But enough of my $0.02.)
From The Federalist, former Vice President and Senator Joe Biden (D-Del) exemplifies his party's move to the hard left.
From American Thinker, the journalists have assured us that disaster is on the way.
From CBC News, although Quebec wants to cut immigration, their premier wants more immigrants from Europe.
From CTV News, although cannabis is legal in Canada, bringing it into the country still isn't.
From Voice Of Europe, a group of immigrant boys in Spijkenisse, Netherlands assault another boy, while filming the attack.
From the NL Times, in the Dutch towns of Holtum and Echt, two more hand grenades show up.
From Dutch News, the Zaanse Schans windmill village and the Keukenhof tulip gardens are among Dutch attractions getting overrun by tourists. (I visited both places two years ago, and thus must plead guilty.)
From France24, snowboarders hit the slopes of Montmartre in Paris.
From RFI, the French government defends its "anti-rioting" bill.
From the Express, a Brexit-supporting MP neatly sums up the E.U.'s behavior.
From the Evening Standard, global warming strikes Great Britain.
From the (U.K.) Independent, what sort of Brexit-related amendments will the MPs debate?
From the (Irish) Independent, "it's pretty obvious" that a no-deal Brexit will result in a hard border between the U.K. and Ireland.
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Taoiseach will visit President Trump.
From El País, did anyone lose an airplane?
From The Portugal News, since Brexit, over 3,000 Portuguese have become British.
From ANSA, Germany withdraws from the E.U.'s anti-smuggler mission due to Italy's refusal to allow NGO shops to dock.
From the Malta Independent, according to the Gozo Tourism Association, the Malta-Gozo tunnel should be for mass transport, not cars.
From Total Croatia News, police investigate the mayor of Vukovar, Croatia for publishing video of high school students sitting during the national anthem.
From Ekathimerini, the Turkish-supported mosques in the Balkans. (At one time, most of the Balkan peninsula was under Ottoman Turkish rule.)
From the Greek Reporter, a man in Gythio, Laconia, Greece is arrested for illegally possessing dozens of antiquities.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Romania will support Albania's bid to join the E.U.
From Novinite, the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice proposes changes to the country's rules for granting citizenship.
From Russia Today, a Russian governor orders municipal leaders to talk women out of abortion.
From Sputnik International, according to his lawyer, espionage suspect Paul Whelan had classified documents when he was detained.
From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungary's foreign minister, "Europe's security starts with Africa".
From The Slovak Spectator, most foreign workers in Slovakia are Serbs.
From Radio Poland, Ireland's foreign minister rejects his Polish counterpart's proposal for a "time-limited" backstop.
From Deutsche Welle, a 73-year-old German man is arrested for allegedly stealing railroad tracks.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's foreign minister, the West is trying to cover up the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish prosecutors order the detention of 121 more people over alleged Gülen links.
From Arutz Sheva, according to an Israeli general, Iran is "far from realizing" its plans in Syria.
From The Times Of Israel, according to a Britain-based Syrian war monitor, Israeli airstrikes killed 21 people in Syria, including 12 Iranians.
From The Jerusalem Post, an IDF soldier is saved by his helmet.
From YNetNews, Israel carries out a successful test of the Arrow 3 missile defense system.
From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian troops kill 59 terrorists in the Sinai region. (The article uses the term "takfiri". ISIS, Al Qaeda, and similar groups consider themselves to be the true Muslims, and other Muslims to not really be Muslims. This practice of declaring Muslims to be non-Muslims, in Arabic kafir, is called takfir, hence the term "takfiri".)
From Morocco World News, an Italian minister blames the current migration crisis on France's behavior in its former colonies. (With the exception of a small area held by Spain, Morocco is a former French colony.)
From Rûdaw, Iraqi MPs may soon be allowed to speak Kurdish in parliament.
From Radio Farda, in a letter to Iran's supreme leader, former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls the current government a "gang".
From The Jakarta Post, a disabled man is to told to pray outside the West Sumatra Grand Mosque in Padang, Indonesia.
From the New York Post, the Supreme Court will hear a case involving New York City's rules about transporting guns.
From The Washington Times, a state judge strikes down Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" abortion law.
From the Metro, the New York Senate passes a bill expanding the period in which a woman may obtain an abortion. (via LifeNews)
From Engadget, Twitter rolls out a different interface for some users.
From Breitbart, Twitter has still not taken action against accounts which have threatened the Covington Catholic high school kids.
From Fox News, Mexico is screening the latest migrant caravan for criminals.
From LifeZette, don't use the word "hostage" to describe the government shutdown, says a real former hostage.
From AOL, the Supreme Court declines to take up the Trump administration's case to end DACA, which keeps the program in place for 10 more months.
From CNN, on the other hand, SCOTUS allows President Trump's ban on transgenders in the military to continue.
From The Washington Free Beacon, SCOTUS does not take up the case of a football coach fired for praying after games.
From National Review, of "MAGA hats and double standards".
From FrontpageMag, of British teenagers and double standards.
From Townhall, Trump intends to give the SOTU address next week.
From the Washington Examiner, conservative students should drop the slogan "taxation is theft". (While this slogan does appear from time to time among us right-wingers, I don't believe that it's correct, for the most part. Because government services must be paid for, some type of taxation is justified among the people served by the government. Whether the tax is based on income, sales, property, imports, something else, or some combination of these is a subject for public debate. On the other hand, when government takes from some people to bestow unearned benefits on others, in that particular case taxation may be viewed as theft. But enough of my $0.02.)
From The Federalist, former Vice President and Senator Joe Biden (D-Del) exemplifies his party's move to the hard left.
From American Thinker, the journalists have assured us that disaster is on the way.
From CBC News, although Quebec wants to cut immigration, their premier wants more immigrants from Europe.
From CTV News, although cannabis is legal in Canada, bringing it into the country still isn't.
From Voice Of Europe, a group of immigrant boys in Spijkenisse, Netherlands assault another boy, while filming the attack.
From the NL Times, in the Dutch towns of Holtum and Echt, two more hand grenades show up.
From Dutch News, the Zaanse Schans windmill village and the Keukenhof tulip gardens are among Dutch attractions getting overrun by tourists. (I visited both places two years ago, and thus must plead guilty.)
From France24, snowboarders hit the slopes of Montmartre in Paris.
From RFI, the French government defends its "anti-rioting" bill.
From the Express, a Brexit-supporting MP neatly sums up the E.U.'s behavior.
From the Evening Standard, global warming strikes Great Britain.
From the (U.K.) Independent, what sort of Brexit-related amendments will the MPs debate?
From the (Irish) Independent, "it's pretty obvious" that a no-deal Brexit will result in a hard border between the U.K. and Ireland.
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Taoiseach will visit President Trump.
From El País, did anyone lose an airplane?
From The Portugal News, since Brexit, over 3,000 Portuguese have become British.
From ANSA, Germany withdraws from the E.U.'s anti-smuggler mission due to Italy's refusal to allow NGO shops to dock.
From the Malta Independent, according to the Gozo Tourism Association, the Malta-Gozo tunnel should be for mass transport, not cars.
From Total Croatia News, police investigate the mayor of Vukovar, Croatia for publishing video of high school students sitting during the national anthem.
From Ekathimerini, the Turkish-supported mosques in the Balkans. (At one time, most of the Balkan peninsula was under Ottoman Turkish rule.)
From the Greek Reporter, a man in Gythio, Laconia, Greece is arrested for illegally possessing dozens of antiquities.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Romania will support Albania's bid to join the E.U.
From Novinite, the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice proposes changes to the country's rules for granting citizenship.
From Russia Today, a Russian governor orders municipal leaders to talk women out of abortion.
From Sputnik International, according to his lawyer, espionage suspect Paul Whelan had classified documents when he was detained.
From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungary's foreign minister, "Europe's security starts with Africa".
From The Slovak Spectator, most foreign workers in Slovakia are Serbs.
From Radio Poland, Ireland's foreign minister rejects his Polish counterpart's proposal for a "time-limited" backstop.
From Deutsche Welle, a 73-year-old German man is arrested for allegedly stealing railroad tracks.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's foreign minister, the West is trying to cover up the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish prosecutors order the detention of 121 more people over alleged Gülen links.
From Arutz Sheva, according to an Israeli general, Iran is "far from realizing" its plans in Syria.
From The Times Of Israel, according to a Britain-based Syrian war monitor, Israeli airstrikes killed 21 people in Syria, including 12 Iranians.
From The Jerusalem Post, an IDF soldier is saved by his helmet.
From YNetNews, Israel carries out a successful test of the Arrow 3 missile defense system.
From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian troops kill 59 terrorists in the Sinai region. (The article uses the term "takfiri". ISIS, Al Qaeda, and similar groups consider themselves to be the true Muslims, and other Muslims to not really be Muslims. This practice of declaring Muslims to be non-Muslims, in Arabic kafir, is called takfir, hence the term "takfiri".)
From Morocco World News, an Italian minister blames the current migration crisis on France's behavior in its former colonies. (With the exception of a small area held by Spain, Morocco is a former French colony.)
From Rûdaw, Iraqi MPs may soon be allowed to speak Kurdish in parliament.
From Radio Farda, in a letter to Iran's supreme leader, former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls the current government a "gang".
From The Jakarta Post, a disabled man is to told to pray outside the West Sumatra Grand Mosque in Padang, Indonesia.
From the New York Post, the Supreme Court will hear a case involving New York City's rules about transporting guns.
From The Washington Times, a state judge strikes down Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" abortion law.
From the Metro, the New York Senate passes a bill expanding the period in which a woman may obtain an abortion. (via LifeNews)
From Engadget, Twitter rolls out a different interface for some users.
From Breitbart, Twitter has still not taken action against accounts which have threatened the Covington Catholic high school kids.
From Fox News, Mexico is screening the latest migrant caravan for criminals.
From LifeZette, don't use the word "hostage" to describe the government shutdown, says a real former hostage.
From The Daily Caller, get your own solar-powered battery pack.
And from Newsweek, a Mormon gay conversion therapist converts himself in the opposite direction.
Monday, January 21, 2019
Links For The King Holiday
Today, on the observance of the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., are some things going on:
From National Review, PlannedAvoidance Of Parenthood's report belies their narrative.
From The Washington Free Beacon, after the March For Life, pro-life leaders gather at Georgetown University.
From NewsBusters, three major TV networks spend 19 times as much time "smearing" pro-life teenagers than covering the March For Life.
From Townhall, these stories from a border special prosecutor "will make you want to build the wall yourself".
From FrontpageMag, no proposal from President Trump will suffice for Democrats who want an unsecure border.
From The Federalist, does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have any evidence for her claim that there's anti-Semitism in the Trump administration? (Are moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and visiting the Western Wall with a kippah on your head any way act like an anti-Semite?)
From American Thinker, the toxic masculinity which Gillette conveniently overlooked.
From the Washington Examiner, according a senior official, Russia did not discuss any real estate deal with then-candidate Trump or anyone on his team.
From Voice Of Europe, U.K. Prime Minister May has no concern about the recent rise in transgenderism in young children. (Yes, I found a story about May that has nothing to do with Brexit.)
From the Express, Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg outlines a way for May to make the E.U. more willing to renegotiate the Brexit deal. (On the other hand, there is still some Brexit-related news out there.)
From the Evening Standard, May scraps a ₤65 fee for E.U. nationals who wish to stay in the U.K.
From the Daily Mail, a British couple attempts transracialism. (via The Blaze)
From BBC News, an Egyptian TV host is jailed for interviewing a gay man.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the cocaine used in London is "probably not" getting fish in the Thames high.
From the (Irish) Independent, the E.U.'s solidarity with Ireland over the backstop shows its "first cracks".
From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish Tánaiste Simon Coveney, the E.U. is still behind Ireland's backstop stance.
From CBC News, according to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax will cause a recession.
From RFI, Oxfam notes the rising number of billionaires while the poor get poorer.
From El País, Spain and the U.K. sign a deal guaranteeing the voting rights of each country's citizens living in the other.
From ANSA, according to Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, closing ports will save lives.
From the Malta Independent, the Sea-Watch 3, carrying dozens of migrants, is looking for port at which to dock.
From Malta Today, finding a seat at Malta's Ta' Qali National Stadium might be a bit difficult, and if you try to smuggle money out of Malta, you'll have a dog of a time.
From Ekathimerini, the Greek parliament will vote on the Prespes name deal this Thursday.
From the Greek Reporter, a Greek start-up is acquired by a large Chinese company.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to the patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the name of the Macedonian church must await the settlement on FYROM's name.
From Novinite, a Canadian cannabis company acquires land in Bulgaria to grow the crop.
From Russia Today, archaeologists in Uzbekistan find a treasure which had belonged to a controversial member of the Russian royal family.
From Sputnik International, at least 11 people have been killed in a fire which broke out on two ships carrying LNG.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the E.U. is trying to bring back its failed migration policy.
From Daily News Hungary, the case of a violent migrant held in Hungary shows the network supporting migration. (In other words, they've figured out what I've been saying. Migrants are not merely migrating, but are being trafficked.)
From About Hungary, the International Investment Bank will move its headquarters to Hungary.
From The Slovak Spectator, Roman coins are found during the construction of a bypass near Bratislava, Slovakia.
From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
From Deutsche Welle, in 2018, Germany deported a record number of refugees to other E.U. countries.
From the NL Times, the Netherlands will deport a family from Armenia.
From Dutch News, despite some parties calling for reconsideration of amnesty rules, child deportations will continue.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Romania's foreign minister, the E.U. and Turkey are planning to hold a summit in March.
From Turkish Minute, Presidents Trump and Erdoğan discuss a "negotiated solution" for Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, Dr. King was a Zionist.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel opens a new international airport near Eilat.
From Morocco World News, Moroccan fisherman caught over 1.31 million tons of fish in 2018.
From Rûdaw, two Trinidadian boys abducted by their father when he joined ISIS have been reunited with their mother.
From Radio Farda, an Iranian general threatens Israel.
From Dawn, why Pakistani authorities should support the women's bicycle rally.
From Pakistan Today, a Hindu girl is "forcibly" converted to Islam and married.
From Citizen Digital, the humble beginnings of a terrorist who blew himself up in Nairobi, Kenya.
From Clarion Project, the fatality of the West's embrace of political Islam.
From LifeZette, some Democrats might be willing to fund the wall.
From CNS News, President Trump tells Speaker Pelosi that he will veto any bill that encourages the destruction of innocent human life.
From The Daily Caller, Jenna Bush Hager relates a conversation she had with her grandfather.
From the New York Post, if you're ever in Suining City, China, you can get your hair done by a very young stylist.
From WWL, in response to a controversial non-call in the NFC title game, a Louisiana eye doctor offers from exams to NFL referees.
And from The Babylon Bee, Chip and Joanna Gaines have been hired to install shiplap on the southern border wall.
From National Review, Planned
From The Washington Free Beacon, after the March For Life, pro-life leaders gather at Georgetown University.
From NewsBusters, three major TV networks spend 19 times as much time "smearing" pro-life teenagers than covering the March For Life.
From Townhall, these stories from a border special prosecutor "will make you want to build the wall yourself".
From FrontpageMag, no proposal from President Trump will suffice for Democrats who want an unsecure border.
From The Federalist, does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have any evidence for her claim that there's anti-Semitism in the Trump administration? (Are moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and visiting the Western Wall with a kippah on your head any way act like an anti-Semite?)
From American Thinker, the toxic masculinity which Gillette conveniently overlooked.
From the Washington Examiner, according a senior official, Russia did not discuss any real estate deal with then-candidate Trump or anyone on his team.
From Voice Of Europe, U.K. Prime Minister May has no concern about the recent rise in transgenderism in young children. (Yes, I found a story about May that has nothing to do with Brexit.)
From the Express, Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg outlines a way for May to make the E.U. more willing to renegotiate the Brexit deal. (On the other hand, there is still some Brexit-related news out there.)
From the Evening Standard, May scraps a ₤65 fee for E.U. nationals who wish to stay in the U.K.
From the Daily Mail, a British couple attempts transracialism. (via The Blaze)
From BBC News, an Egyptian TV host is jailed for interviewing a gay man.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the cocaine used in London is "probably not" getting fish in the Thames high.
From the (Irish) Independent, the E.U.'s solidarity with Ireland over the backstop shows its "first cracks".
From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish Tánaiste Simon Coveney, the E.U. is still behind Ireland's backstop stance.
From CBC News, according to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax will cause a recession.
From RFI, Oxfam notes the rising number of billionaires while the poor get poorer.
From El País, Spain and the U.K. sign a deal guaranteeing the voting rights of each country's citizens living in the other.
From ANSA, according to Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, closing ports will save lives.
From the Malta Independent, the Sea-Watch 3, carrying dozens of migrants, is looking for port at which to dock.
From Malta Today, finding a seat at Malta's Ta' Qali National Stadium might be a bit difficult, and if you try to smuggle money out of Malta, you'll have a dog of a time.
From Ekathimerini, the Greek parliament will vote on the Prespes name deal this Thursday.
From the Greek Reporter, a Greek start-up is acquired by a large Chinese company.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to the patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the name of the Macedonian church must await the settlement on FYROM's name.
From Novinite, a Canadian cannabis company acquires land in Bulgaria to grow the crop.
From Russia Today, archaeologists in Uzbekistan find a treasure which had belonged to a controversial member of the Russian royal family.
From Sputnik International, at least 11 people have been killed in a fire which broke out on two ships carrying LNG.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the E.U. is trying to bring back its failed migration policy.
From Daily News Hungary, the case of a violent migrant held in Hungary shows the network supporting migration. (In other words, they've figured out what I've been saying. Migrants are not merely migrating, but are being trafficked.)
From About Hungary, the International Investment Bank will move its headquarters to Hungary.
From The Slovak Spectator, Roman coins are found during the construction of a bypass near Bratislava, Slovakia.
From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
From Deutsche Welle, in 2018, Germany deported a record number of refugees to other E.U. countries.
From the NL Times, the Netherlands will deport a family from Armenia.
From Dutch News, despite some parties calling for reconsideration of amnesty rules, child deportations will continue.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Romania's foreign minister, the E.U. and Turkey are planning to hold a summit in March.
From Turkish Minute, Presidents Trump and Erdoğan discuss a "negotiated solution" for Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, Dr. King was a Zionist.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel opens a new international airport near Eilat.
From Morocco World News, Moroccan fisherman caught over 1.31 million tons of fish in 2018.
From Rûdaw, two Trinidadian boys abducted by their father when he joined ISIS have been reunited with their mother.
From Radio Farda, an Iranian general threatens Israel.
From Dawn, why Pakistani authorities should support the women's bicycle rally.
From Pakistan Today, a Hindu girl is "forcibly" converted to Islam and married.
From Citizen Digital, the humble beginnings of a terrorist who blew himself up in Nairobi, Kenya.
From Clarion Project, the fatality of the West's embrace of political Islam.
From LifeZette, some Democrats might be willing to fund the wall.
From CNS News, President Trump tells Speaker Pelosi that he will veto any bill that encourages the destruction of innocent human life.
From The Daily Caller, Jenna Bush Hager relates a conversation she had with her grandfather.
From the New York Post, if you're ever in Suining City, China, you can get your hair done by a very young stylist.
From WWL, in response to a controversial non-call in the NFC title game, a Louisiana eye doctor offers from exams to NFL referees.
And from The Babylon Bee, Chip and Joanna Gaines have been hired to install shiplap on the southern border wall.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Sunday Stuff
As I await tonight's lunar eclipse, here are some things going on down here on earth:
From National Review, the real reason why single payer is not a good idea.
From Townhall, what really happened when a Native American and a group of white high school kids in Washington, DC?
From Reason, how the media "wildly mischaracterized" the encounter.
From the Washington Examiner, according to Rudy Giuliani, President Trump told Michael Cohen to tell Congress the truth.
From American Thinker, Senator Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) "keep digging their hole".
From FrontpageMag, the media admits that the Women's March rallies had lower attendance this year.
From CBC News, the Canadian government wants to give civil servants medals.
From CTV News, why some Wet'suwet'en councils will allow a pipeline to be constructed through their territory.
From the Sunday Express, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage warns Prime Minister May that he will form a new Brexit party.
From the Evening Standard, a dinghy carrying eight suspected migrants is towed to Dover, England. (When I visited Dover, I got there by train.)
From BBC News, a U.K. cabinet minister accuses pro-remain MPs of trying to "steal" Brexit.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a man is charged with illegally flying a drone near Heathrow Airport.
From the (Irish) Independent, four men are charged in connection with a car bomb explosion in Derry, Ireland.
From the Irish Examiner, video footage of the car bomb explosion.
From RFI, according to Japanese media, France is pushing for a merger between Renault and Nissan.
From Deutsche Welle, Iran denies using a German army translator as a spy.
From Malta Today, the NGO Alarm Phone claims that Libyan authorities ignored a migrant boat in distress.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's opposition claims that yesterday's demonstrations "made great progress".
From Radio Praha, the Czech Republic will postpone its tax reforms until 2021.
From Sputnik International, the Russian space corporation is ready to design a new super heavy rocket launcher.
From Novinite, Bulgaria charges six people with financing terrorist groups.
From Ekathimerini, a small leftist party in Greece votes to approve the FYROM name deal.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Syrian children have gotten used to Turkey.
From Rûdaw, why the Kurds in Syria should be given autonomy.
From Iraqi News, the foreign ministers of Iraq and Egypt meet in Beirut.
From The Times Of Israel, the remains of six Holocaust victims found in a British museum are buried in a Jewish cemetery.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority renounces all monetary aid from the United States. (As an American taxpayer, I welcome this development.)
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt will relocate 51,000 government workers to the New Administrative Capital.
From The Straits Times, China has been able to reduce the amount of particulates in its air, but ground-level ozone has increased.
From The Times Of India, 31 Rohingyas have been stranded at the Bangla Desh-Myanmar border.
From ABC News, a University of Oklahoma is kicked out of her sorority for videoing a friend painting her face black. (The friend's language did not help. The story comes via the New York Post)
From Variety, Gillian Anderson will portray Margaret Thatcher in The Crown.
And from WPVI-TV, a frog finds a mate online.
From National Review, the real reason why single payer is not a good idea.
From Townhall, what really happened when a Native American and a group of white high school kids in Washington, DC?
From Reason, how the media "wildly mischaracterized" the encounter.
From the Washington Examiner, according to Rudy Giuliani, President Trump told Michael Cohen to tell Congress the truth.
From American Thinker, Senator Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) "keep digging their hole".
From FrontpageMag, the media admits that the Women's March rallies had lower attendance this year.
From CBC News, the Canadian government wants to give civil servants medals.
From CTV News, why some Wet'suwet'en councils will allow a pipeline to be constructed through their territory.
From the Sunday Express, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage warns Prime Minister May that he will form a new Brexit party.
From the Evening Standard, a dinghy carrying eight suspected migrants is towed to Dover, England. (When I visited Dover, I got there by train.)
From BBC News, a U.K. cabinet minister accuses pro-remain MPs of trying to "steal" Brexit.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a man is charged with illegally flying a drone near Heathrow Airport.
From the (Irish) Independent, four men are charged in connection with a car bomb explosion in Derry, Ireland.
From the Irish Examiner, video footage of the car bomb explosion.
From RFI, according to Japanese media, France is pushing for a merger between Renault and Nissan.
From Deutsche Welle, Iran denies using a German army translator as a spy.
From Malta Today, the NGO Alarm Phone claims that Libyan authorities ignored a migrant boat in distress.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's opposition claims that yesterday's demonstrations "made great progress".
From Radio Praha, the Czech Republic will postpone its tax reforms until 2021.
From Sputnik International, the Russian space corporation is ready to design a new super heavy rocket launcher.
From Novinite, Bulgaria charges six people with financing terrorist groups.
From Ekathimerini, a small leftist party in Greece votes to approve the FYROM name deal.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Syrian children have gotten used to Turkey.
From Rûdaw, why the Kurds in Syria should be given autonomy.
From Iraqi News, the foreign ministers of Iraq and Egypt meet in Beirut.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority renounces all monetary aid from the United States. (As an American taxpayer, I welcome this development.)
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt will relocate 51,000 government workers to the New Administrative Capital.
From The Straits Times, China has been able to reduce the amount of particulates in its air, but ground-level ozone has increased.
From The Times Of India, 31 Rohingyas have been stranded at the Bangla Desh-Myanmar border.
From ABC News, a University of Oklahoma is kicked out of her sorority for videoing a friend painting her face black. (The friend's language did not help. The story comes via the New York Post)
From Variety, Gillian Anderson will portray Margaret Thatcher in The Crown.
And from WPVI-TV, a frog finds a mate online.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Links For The 19th Day Of 2019
On a cool cloudy Saturday, which is this year's 19th day, here are some things going on:
From Voice Of Europe, after Twitter tells Pamela Geller to seek counsel for allegedly violating Pakistani law, she gives them an appropriate reply.
From the Express, some U.K. cabinet ministers think that a snap election will be held on February 28.
From the Evening Standard, Prince Philip is driving his land rover again.
From BBC News, a little British girl didn't know that women could be firefighters, until some firewomen showed her otherwise. (On the other hand, my spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "firewomen".)
From the (U.K.) Independent, one of Prime Minister May's predecessors gives her some unsolicited advice.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Tánaiste Simon Coveney believes that the U.K. needs to revise some of its "red-line" Brexit demands.
From the Irish Examiner, hundreds of children gather in Dublin to protest climate change. (Was this gathering anywhere near the Chinese embassy?)
From Deutsche Welle, German critics pan a movie set in Berlin.
From SwissInfo, the Swiss Guards will receive new headgear.
From the Malta Independent, up to 117 migrants die when their dinghy sinks near Libya. (This shows one of the many non-racist reasons to oppose illegal migration, which is the danger to the migrants themselves.)
From Malta Today, the Sea-Watch 3 had earlier claimed to have rescued 47 migrants.
From The Slovak Spectator, sculptors have created ice statues in Slovakia's High Tatras.
From the Hungary Journal, anti-government protesters in Budapest call for unity.
From Daily News Hungary, at a cafe in Budapest, robots serve your drinks.
From Ekathimerini, a man in Pieria, Greece is arrested for allegedly trying to sell ancient coins.
From the Greek Reporter, according to the Cypriot foreign minister, the U.S. will lift its arms embargo against Cyprus.
From Sputnik International, highway construction in Moscow uncovers eight World War II-era artillery shells.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey asks Greece to extradite members of FETÖ.
From Rûdaw, 3,117 Yezidis are still missing.
From Arutz Sheva, the IDF rescues a French sailor who had been adrift for weeks.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel and Hamas are reportedly seeking a prisoner exchange.
From the Egypt Independent, under tightened security, Coptic Christians celebrate the Epiphany.
From Egypt Today, the Libyan army kills three "highly dangerous" terrorists.
From The Express Tribune, the Afghan Taliban rules out any talks with the U.S. in Pakistan.
From Khaama Press, in three provinces, Afghan Special Forces send 66 terrorists to their virgins.
From CTV News, there was a Women's March today in Canada.
From the Gulf Times, the Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab kidnaps 100 people for allegedly not paying zakat.
From the Dhaka Tribune, according to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Myanmar has been "too slow" in allowing Rohingya to return.
From CultureWatch, "halal foods and creeping sharia".
From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinian stereotyping of Jews.
From The Washington Free Beacon, what one reporter saw at the March For Life.
From The Federalist, eight things their reporter saw at the March For Life.
From National Review, a comparison of signs at the two marches.
From Townhall, the hysterics of the climate believers skyrockets.
From the Washington Examiner, President Trump pitches an immigration deal.
From The Daily Caller, the Speaker quickly rejects the president's offer.
From American Thinker, "impeachment will be good for Trump".
From KHOU, in Houston, four burglars encounter the Second Amendment. (via The Blaze)
From the New York Post, a woman claims to have been fired from a Manhattan clothing store because she is Muslim.
And from Twitchy, some Women's Marchers show their (lack of) class.
Friday, January 18, 2019
Friday Links, Starting With The March For Life
The annual March For Life took place earlier today. Starting with the march, here are some things going on:
From LifeZette, Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the March For Life.
From LifeNews, Senator Tex Cruz (R-TX) vows to "never surrender on life".
From Breitbart, House Republicans were told to not promote the March For Life on their official accounts. (Were they, or their Democrat colleagues, also told to not promote the Women's March?)
From CNS News, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduces his bills to protect unborn children from conception and to defund Planned Parenthood.
From the New York Post, TSA workers sue the federal government over working while not being paid.
From American Thinker, President Trump's approval numbers have surged among - yes, believe it nor not - Latinos.
From The Federalist, "how the media missed the story on the Women's March".
From Townhall, the March For Life is itself a women's march.
From National Review, Dotard and Rocket Man will meet at the end of February.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the Democratic presidential field is "lackluster".
From FrontpageMag, Congress gets the "Nero Award".
From CBC News, a Canadian is one of six suspects held in Kenya in connection to the attack in Nairobi.
From CTV News, Canada's ambassador to China says that Prime Minister Trudeau will call Chinese President Xi Jinping.
From the Express, a British Lord believes that Brexit is blocked, not by the E.U., but by Ireland's Taoiseach.
From the Evening Standard, a man is arrested in Dartford, Kent, England for carrying a sword on a train.
From the Newham Recorder, a man is sentenced for his part in a "homophobic" acid attack in Dalston, England.
From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Prime Minister May talks with E.U. leader Juncker.
From the (Irish) Independent, an Irishman is arrested in the United States over alleged offenses in Ireland.
From the Irish Examiner, an economic conference is told that Brexit will be "extremely damaging" to U.K.-Ireland relations.
From the NL Times, Amsterdam plans to cut 95 percent of its carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. (The title says "carbon emissions", but the article correctly calls the emitted substance "CO2".)
From Deutsche Welle, the German Bundestag reclassifies some countries as "safe" for refugee returns.
From Radio Poland, the Polish parliament adopts a resolution paying tribute to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.
From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto says that the E.U. must be prevented form implementing the U.N. migration pact.
From Daily News Hungary, a majority of surveyed Hungarians oppose the opposition being allowed to push their own agenda.
From Hungary Today, a Hungarian MEP launches a movement to have his country's opposition parties form a joint campaign in the E.U. elections.
From About Hungary, a director of the Fidesz party discusses the behavior of Soros-backed organizations.
From Russia Today, Russia warns the U.S. against staring a new arms race.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnian authorities expect another wave of migrants this spring.
From the Greek Reporter, the European Parliament is concerned that there have been too many tourists going to Santorini. (I was there in 2006, so go ahead and blame me.)
From Total Croatia News, some Croatian parties want their government to block Serbia-E.U. membership talks.
From the Malta Independent, Malta hosts talks between 10 western Mediterranean countries.
From The Portugal News, E.U. nations prepare for a no-deal Brexit.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish prosecutors issue warrants for 72 soldiers for alleged links to Fetullah Gülen.
From Arutz Sheva, 14,000 Arabs riot on the Gaza-Israel border.
From YNetNews, Gaza is suffering a brain drain.
From Egypt Today, Mercedes-Benz plans to open a vehicle assembly plant in Egypt.
From Dawn, a women's bicycle rally in Peshawar, Pakistan is cancelled due to protest threats by religious parties. (Will the organizers of the U.S. Women's March have anything to say about this? I won't hold my breath.)
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan is likely to host the next round of Afghan peace talks.
From Khaama Press, an airstrike sends five Taliban IED planters to their virgins.
From The Straits Times, a road mosaic in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia draws the ire of Muslim groups because it resembles a cross.
From Michael Smith News, why can't we criticize Islamic toxic masculinity?
And from Breaking Burgh, Arby's wins the contract for catering state dinners through 2025.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
No Military Plane For The Speaker, And Other Stories
President Trump has denied Speaker Pelosi the use of any military plane for her planned trip to Afghanistan, effectively postponing the trip.
Read more at CNN, CBS News, Fox News and the Military Times.
In a related story from The Daily Caller, the Speaker's luggage was returned to her office.
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In other stories:
From Voice Of Europe, the Labour Party wants an alternate Brexit plan and new elections.
From the Express, a Labour MP who supports Brexit warns that a "great betrayal has begun".
From the Evening Standard, Prince Philip is involved in a car crash, but is uninjured.
From the Mirror, a post office bans a woman for complaining that a Muslim worker was praying instead of serving her.
From the (U.K.) Independent, what will the U.K.'s MEPs going to do after Brexit?
From the (Irish) Independent, an Irish export CEO says "we're screwed".
From France24, according to President Macron, France will stay involved in the Middle East this year.
From ANSA, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will run in the upcoming European Parliament elections.
From Ekathimerini, thieves steel 3.5 tons of bronze sheets from Thessaloniki's water garden.
From Novinite, Bulgaria will open the world's largest history park near Varna.
From Hungary Journal, according to the communications chief of the Fidesz party, the European Parliament has voted to increase funding for "Soros groups".
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's foreign minister urges Europe to push back against migration pressure.
From About Hungary, the European Parliament is "in the hands of a pro-migration clique".
From The Slovak Spectator, nine of the 13 judges on Slovakia's Constitutional Court will step down a month from now.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany steps up preparation for Brexit.
From the NL Times, a no-deal Brexit is expected to cost Amsterdam about €1 billion.
From Dutch News, Turkey deports a Dutch journalist for "security-related reasons".
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey promises to "eliminate" ISIS from Syria.
From Turkish Minute, one fifth of Turkey's prison inmates were jailed for terrorism charges.
From Arutz Sheva, the man who snuck into Lebanon from Israel is reportedly an American.
From The Times Of Israel, a Palestinian-American man jailed for selling land to Jews will instead be deported.
From Radio Farda, Human Rights Watch criticizes Iran for its "widespread arrests", including those made on environmentalists and anti-hijab protesters.
From Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Hezbollah condemns the U.S. arrest of an Iranian news anchor.
From Dawn, the U.S. and Pakistan support intra-Afghan dialogue.
From Sputnik International, Swedish TV censors Islam from their story about a Saudi refugee girl.
From Gay Star News, members of the Islamic Defense Front raid an HIV support center in Indonesia.
From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority spends six times as much money on terrorists than they do on helping the poor.
From CBC News, a Canadian man kidnapped in Burkina Faso has been found dead.
From Gatestone Institute, Strasbourg, France and "the future of Europe".
From FrontpageMag, some new congresscritters demand that the Speaker resume negotiating with the president.
From National Review, how dare Karen Pence participate in a (gasp!) Christian ministry.
From Townhall, remember when the liberal media said that there was no migrant invasion?
From The Washington Free Beacon, the Democrats want to expand government control of education even more.
From the Washington Examiner, President Trump cancels the Davos trip for his delegation. (He had previously cancelled his own trip there.)
From American Thinker, why Special Counsel Robert Mueller will not produce an impeachment report.
From CNS News, CNN and Politifact downplay 2,000 homicides committed by illegal aliens.
From the New York Post, a group of Senators introduces a bill to prevent Trump from withdrawing the U.S. from NATO.
From Twitchy, the YWCA sticks with the Women's March.
And from The Babylon Bee, the economic toll of the government shutdown is almost as bad as having such a huge government in the first place.
Read more at CNN, CBS News, Fox News and the Military Times.
In a related story from The Daily Caller, the Speaker's luggage was returned to her office.
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In other stories:
From Voice Of Europe, the Labour Party wants an alternate Brexit plan and new elections.
From the Express, a Labour MP who supports Brexit warns that a "great betrayal has begun".
From the Evening Standard, Prince Philip is involved in a car crash, but is uninjured.
From the Mirror, a post office bans a woman for complaining that a Muslim worker was praying instead of serving her.
From the (U.K.) Independent, what will the U.K.'s MEPs going to do after Brexit?
From the (Irish) Independent, an Irish export CEO says "we're screwed".
From France24, according to President Macron, France will stay involved in the Middle East this year.
From ANSA, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will run in the upcoming European Parliament elections.
From Ekathimerini, thieves steel 3.5 tons of bronze sheets from Thessaloniki's water garden.
From Novinite, Bulgaria will open the world's largest history park near Varna.
From Hungary Journal, according to the communications chief of the Fidesz party, the European Parliament has voted to increase funding for "Soros groups".
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's foreign minister urges Europe to push back against migration pressure.
From About Hungary, the European Parliament is "in the hands of a pro-migration clique".
From The Slovak Spectator, nine of the 13 judges on Slovakia's Constitutional Court will step down a month from now.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany steps up preparation for Brexit.
From the NL Times, a no-deal Brexit is expected to cost Amsterdam about €1 billion.
From Dutch News, Turkey deports a Dutch journalist for "security-related reasons".
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey promises to "eliminate" ISIS from Syria.
From Turkish Minute, one fifth of Turkey's prison inmates were jailed for terrorism charges.
From Arutz Sheva, the man who snuck into Lebanon from Israel is reportedly an American.
From The Times Of Israel, a Palestinian-American man jailed for selling land to Jews will instead be deported.
From Radio Farda, Human Rights Watch criticizes Iran for its "widespread arrests", including those made on environmentalists and anti-hijab protesters.
From Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Hezbollah condemns the U.S. arrest of an Iranian news anchor.
From Dawn, the U.S. and Pakistan support intra-Afghan dialogue.
From Sputnik International, Swedish TV censors Islam from their story about a Saudi refugee girl.
From Gay Star News, members of the Islamic Defense Front raid an HIV support center in Indonesia.
From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority spends six times as much money on terrorists than they do on helping the poor.
From CBC News, a Canadian man kidnapped in Burkina Faso has been found dead.
From Gatestone Institute, Strasbourg, France and "the future of Europe".
From FrontpageMag, some new congresscritters demand that the Speaker resume negotiating with the president.
From National Review, how dare Karen Pence participate in a (gasp!) Christian ministry.
From Townhall, remember when the liberal media said that there was no migrant invasion?
From The Washington Free Beacon, the Democrats want to expand government control of education even more.
From the Washington Examiner, President Trump cancels the Davos trip for his delegation. (He had previously cancelled his own trip there.)
From American Thinker, why Special Counsel Robert Mueller will not produce an impeachment report.
From CNS News, CNN and Politifact downplay 2,000 homicides committed by illegal aliens.
From the New York Post, a group of Senators introduces a bill to prevent Trump from withdrawing the U.S. from NATO.
From Twitchy, the YWCA sticks with the Women's March.
And from The Babylon Bee, the economic toll of the government shutdown is almost as bad as having such a huge government in the first place.
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