Links For The End Of February

As the month comes to a close, here are some things going on (with some commentary from yours truly):

From WSB-TV, a teacher is taken into custody after firing a gun in a Georgia high school.

From CNN, Dick's Sporting Goods will no longer sell "assault style" rifles.  (I use the quotes because terms like "assault" and "assault style" aren't always precisely defined.)

From National Review, as a result of Dick's decision, some customers will boycott them.

From The Federalist, a writer buys his first gun, in response to CNN's town hall.

From Barstool Sports, it's a ruff job, but someone had to do it.

From Voice Of Europe, how freedom of speech is dying in Merkel's Germany.

From the Express, French President Macron's popularity goes down, as France braces for a strike by railroad workers.

From Gatestone Institute, "why Turkey wants to invade the Greek islands".

From the International Business Times, France finally admits that the murder of an elderly Jewish woman was motivated by antisemitism.

From The Local FR, more on the murder of the Jewish woman and subsequent judicial rulings.

From Vatican News, Pope Francis calls for prayers for persecuted Christians.  (via The European Post)

From France24, Greece shuffles their cabinet, including replacing their migration minister.

From Russia Today, could the Italian election bring a "swing to the right" or "business as usual"?

From The Local IT, will former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have yet another comeback?

From The Defense Post, according to Syrian Kurds, Turkey is using refugees as an excuse to attacks in Afrin.

From the NL Times, in 2017, there was record number of incidents involving "disturbed" persons in the Netherlands.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Deutsche Welle, Scotland and Wales announce that they will pass laws to protect their autonomy after Brexit.

From Flanders News, people from outside the E.U. will have less red tape to deal with when they apply for work in Belgium.

From the Evening Standard, London gets a snowstorm.  (As with what recently happened in Rome, this can be blamed on my SUV.)

From AhlulBayt News Agency, an "international advisor" to Iran's government claims that there are 80 countries involved in the Syrian civil war.  (This would mean that Syria is even more of a cluster[bleep] than I had previously thought.)

From BBC News, Blackburn, Lancashire has never elected an Asian woman to its council, despite its high Asian population.  (In the U.K., "Asian" is a code word for "Muslim".  By the way, have you counted all those 4,000 holes yet?)

From FrontpageMag and the "roll your eyes" department, "your computer is racist".

From Townhall, a new organization is dedicated to protecting the free speech rights of college students.

From the New York Post, churchgoers in Newfoundland, PA really cling to their guns and religion.

From The Baltimore Sun, a Maryland high school hosts STEM night.

And from Psychology Today, being different does not mean that you're weird.  (But I would hope that it helps.)

Tuesday Things

On the second last day of the shortest month, here are some things going on out there:

From National Review, "the Broward County sheriff is everything that's wrong with American authority".

From FrontpageMag, a look at mass shootings by first and second generation immigrants.

From Twitchy, an AR-15 that really wasn't.

From Breitbart Tech, Google has been censoring searches that include the word "gun", which is even effects searchers looking for the band Guns & Roses, the movie Shogun, and the color "burgundy".

From Breitbart California, the mayor of Oakland appears to have cried wolf about raids by ICE.

From the Daily Mail, a coffee calculator for caffeine addicts (via The Daily Caller), and Muslims impose sharia upon non-Muslims in Aceh Province, Indonesia.

From ZeroHedge, German Chancellor Merkel finally acknowledges the existence of "no-go" zones in her country.

From the Express, Merkel tells immigrants "fit in or face consequences".

From Radio Farda, the U.N.and the E.U. call upon Russia, Turkey and Iran to implement the cease-fire in Syria.

From Voice Of Europe, according to two Czech authors, migrants go to Europe for "consumption and economic goods".

From EUObserver, the E.U. wants Poland to respond to their concerns.

From Sputnik International, a member of the German party AfD warns that allowing a refugee to bring two wives could become a precedent.

From the NL Times, a Dutch parliamentarian calls for their military to become more sustainable.

From The Old Continent, Martin Selmayr becomes the E.U. Secretary-General.

From The Local IT, five women who could figure significantly in the Italian elections.

From France24, French President Emanuel Macron will visit the United States in April.

From El País, Spain admits having a shortage of police officers.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's highest court rules that Education Minister Johanna Wanka's call for a boycott against the AfD was unconstitutional.

From Russia Today, posters showing armed terrorists in European cities are spreading on social media.

From Global News, Monica Lewinsky calls her affair with Mr. Bill a "gross abuse of power".  (This was brought to my attention by Kel the Red Fox Blogger, in a BTR chatroom.)

From The Times Of Israel, Jordanian authorities stop an ISIS attack against the U.S. embassy and Israeli businessmen.

From the New York Post, Bernie Sanders's son will run for Congress in New Hampshire.

From Page Six, the Spice Girls will reunite to perform at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.

From The Atlantic, the Arctic gets warm and Europe gets cold.  (It's because of my SUV, you know.)

From Space(dot)com, scientists may have figured out how Saturn's polar hurricanes form.

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the "wacky" architecture of communist-era European hotels.  (I've been to five former communist countries.  The hotels over there are definitely a mixed bag.)

From Townhall, a satirical jab at President Trump.

More Monday Matters

Some more things going on, other than the previously noted Katie Hopkins CPAC speech:

From Philly(dot)com, an opinion against the gerrymandering redistricting ordered by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court.

From The Washington Times, West Virginia's teachers continue their strike.

From Breitbart Video, a guest on MSNBC calls criticizing the FBI a "high crime and misdemeanor".

From CNS News, the current administration appears to be "stopping the assault on conscience".

From Legal Insurrection, despite political attacks against the NRA, a Florida gun show has a record attendance.

From NBC News, the Supreme Court has declined to an appeal by the Trump administration over DACA, instead sending the case to an appeals court.

From The Daily Signal, SCOTUS hears arguments in the case Janus versus American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.

From Voice Of Europe, a short biography of George Soros.

From Breitbart London, each year, U.K. taxpayers send about ₤6 million to Islamic charities "with extremist tendencies".

From WestMonster, Poland governing Law and Justice Party is also the country's most popular.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the NL Times, over 1,200 men provide DNA samples to help police investigate the murder of a boy, which occurred in 1998.

From the Express, French railroad workers threaten to go on strike, as a union leader calls President Macron "arrogant and vindictive".

From The Old Continent, European Commission President Juncker says that all Balkan countries might be able to join the E.U. by 2025.

From Sputnik International, a German charity is vandalized after prioritizing German citizens over foreigners.

From The Local IT, skiers, snowboarders, and even snowman-makers come out in Rome.

From FrontpageMag, one particular demographic group is over-represented when it comes to the perpetrators of mass shootings.

From The Guardian, five people have died from the explosion at a building in Leicester, U.K.

From The United West, how Israel has kept their schools safe.

From CTV News, Canadian Conservatives promise to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital if they are elected in 2019.

From BBC News, Turkish President Erdoğan's promise to a young girl that she would be honored if she became a martyr draws criticism.

From OPIndia, remembering India's Rotherham.

From Gatestone Institute, according to Palestinians, all Israel is a settlement.

From National Review, the left ignores the failures of law enforcement in connection with the Parkland high school shooting.

From Townhall, nine examples of AR-15's being used in defense of self or property.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump claims that he would have run into the school where the shooting was going on, even without a weapon.

From the New York Post, video of two armed women defending their liquor store against an armed robber.

And from Inside Edition, a TV news anchor literally gets the bird.  (via HuffPost)

Katie Hopkins Speaks At CPAC

I normally like to include articles from Voice Of Europe in my links posts, but here's something I thought capable of standing alone.  British journalist Katie Hopkins speaks at CPAC, after being introduced by Frank Gaffney, about the migration into Europe, how it's being aided and abetted, and her own experiences as she covers such things.  This video was posted on VOE:



Having visited the place a few times, I too love the U.K., but I still might wonder how much it has changed since the last time I was there.  As I keep saying, which Ms. Hopkins appears to corroborate, the migrants are not merely migrating, but are being trafficked.  You can also watch the video directly on YouTube.

Various And Sunday Sundry

Some various and sundry things for Sunday:

From The Daily Caller, Justice Gorsuch "holds the key" to an important case before SCOTUS.

From National Review, some background on the case above.

From Voice Of Europe, over 50,000 Italians rally for the leader of the Lega party in the Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square) in Milan.  (Full disclosure:  In 2015, I visited Milan, including that very square, and the cathedral, too.)

From Russia Today, French authorities stop two attacks and close three mosques in a crackdown against terrorism.  (via Jihad Watch)

From the Sunday Express, historian Niall Ferguson warns that the backlash against German Chancellor Merkel "only just begun".

From The Irish Times, Ireland could see its biggest snowfall since 1982.

From The Guardian, an explosion occurs in a two-story building in Leicester, U.K.

From PoliZette, 145 suspected illegal aliens have been arrested in Texas, including a convicted child molester.

From The Jerusalem Post, pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt a panel discussion including Israeli reservists at the University of Virginia.

From the Evening Standard, Samsung unveils new iphones.

From the Daily Mail, Boko Haram murders 43 boys at a boarding school.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, an Iraqi court sentences 16 Turkish women to death for joining and supporting ISIS.

From Townhall, an American Olympic bobsledder, despite their political disagreements, enjoys meeting Ivanka Trump.

From the New York Post, the suspected Florida high school shooter had watched his father die years earlier.

From Stuff, five weird historical facts about the Toyota Hilux.  (Stuff is a New Zealand site.)

And from the Port City Daily, people "are lining up" to learn the sport of curling.

A Few Stories For Saturday

The weekend comes, and the news keeps on coming:

From Philly(dot)com, labor supporters rally in Philadelphia.

From The Japan Times, an American is arrested in Japan after a severed head is found in a suitcase at a resort in Osaka.  (via Fox News)

From the South China Morning Post, North Korean Olympic cheerleaders are allegedly sex slaves.  (via HotAir)

From Voice Of Europe, one leader of the German AfD party says that punishing Britain for Brexit would be a mistake.

From the Express, according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, Brexit will cost the E.U. twice as much as previously estimated.

From Sputnik International, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proposes luxury taxes to make up for the loss of Britain's contribution.  (I recall something like that being enacted in the United States under President Bush the Elder.  Revenue went down.  Those taxes were later abolished under President Clinton.)

From ABC News, Russia and the E.U. vie for influence in the Balkans.

From Russia Today, Ecuador's attempt to negotiate for the release of Julian Assange have failed.

From the Hindu Post, a Hindu man is beaten to death after being suspected of stealing a bag of rice.

From BBC News, several women claim to have been groped by a mosque guard while on the Hajj.

From Gatestone Institute, is jihad really unislamic?  (The last three links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Townhall, look who's more popular than former President Obama.

From National Review, is the "collusion with Russia" story finally coming to an end?

From the New York Post, New York taxpayers provide their lawmakers with "luxury health exams".

From the Hartford Courant, Weird Al launches “The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.”

And from Independent(dot)ie, eleven things you should try, even though they sound weird.

Friday Links

Some things going on out there, as the latest workweek comes to a close:

From ABC News, a vehicle struck a security barrier near the White House, after which its driver was apprehended by Secret Service.

From CNN, former Trump campaign official Rick Gates pleads guilty to two charges.

From The Hill, Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) considers running for president in 2020.  (via MSN News)

From Philly(dot)com, according to a federal judge, a man who has spent 24 years in solitary confinement deserves a chance to be moved to the general prison population.

From Accuracy In Media, a Democratic Senator doesn't like rich political backers, unless they're his own.

From CNS News, your tax dollars are funding a school for clowns.

From LifeNews, according to an opinion piece, here's what's wrong with the word "fetus".

From CNBC, it's been a good day for the stock market.

From Voice Of Europe, Hungary adopts a resolution to support Poland in its dispute with the E.U., to which I say bardzo dziękuję.

From Breitbart London, British politician Nigel Farage tells his audience at CPAC to not judge his country by London's mayor.

From WestMonster, President Trump speaks at CPAC.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Deutsche Welle, France's proposed immigration law provokes a backlash.

From The Old Continent, the Dutch government abolishes the "advisory referendum".

From the Express, E.U. leader Jean-Claude Juncker is advised hold his tongue after his comments about the upcoming Italian election allegedly cause stock markets to fall.

From Euractiv, Juncker and the E.U. have reportedly prepared for a "worst case scenario".

From Politics Home, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will reportedly give in to the E.U. and allow migrants who reach her country during the Brexit transition to stay there.

From Georgia Today, Germany offers assistance to Georgians who return home.  (Including Newt Gingrich?  Oh wait, wrong Georgia.)

From the NL Times, a Dutch cabinet member will attend the commemoration of the Armenian genocide in Yerevan.

From Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a Jewish grandmother, sentenced to death in Iran in absentia, is denied asylum in the Netherlands.

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Uzbekistan bans a Turkish soap opera.

From FrontpageMag, a video on how Sweden is killing itself with political correctness.

From Townhall, rumors of the death of conservatism are greatly exaggerated.

From the New York Post, on the NY subway, a woman fights back against a pervert who assaulted her.

From CNET, is the movie Annihilation too weird?

And from Popular Mechanics, here come the weird phones.

Links For 2/22

Today is February 22, which may be rendered as 2/22.  So here is a sample of what's been going on during 2/22:

From Voice Of Europe, Bulgaria and Hungary want migrant control and secure borders.  (Didn't I recently find a story about a Bulgarian official who wanted E.U. members to loosen their border controls?)

From WestMonster, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban gets some support from former Czech President Vaclav Klaus.  (If you read Hungarian, read more at Magyar Idők.)

From the Express, Spanish retirees protest over their pensions.

From the NL Times, at least six cases of child sex abuse have been found at Plan International.

From Politico, German Chancellor Merkel wants to link E.U. budgets to the acceptance of migrants.

From Russia Today, Merkel walks out of a parliament meeting after being criticized for her proposed migrant quota system.

From BBC News, the U.K. is considering whether to extend their target of resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees.

From The Local CH, Amnesty International criticizes Switzerland's migrant policies.

From Euractiv, the U.S. and the E.U. warn Bosnia about protecting its judiciary from political pressure.

From Sputnik International, about 200 migrants barricade themselves in a reception facility in Rome.

From the Daily Mail, the people of India aren't amused by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's "fake" and "annoying" quasi-Indian outfits.

From Malay Mail Online, religious police raid a publishing company over a book that had "confusing" content that "allegedly went against Islamic teachings".

From News(dot)com(dot)au, members of a Muslim group file a formal complaint with police over the Pampers cat logo, which allegedly resembles the name "Mohammed".  (I have previously found another article related to this story.)

From Gatestone Institute, dhimmitude is spreading in Europe.

From American Thinker, a hard look at Islam.

From Townhall, police had reportedly been informed that the Florida high school shooter had previously threatened people with a gun

From National Review, Hollywood offers up The Young Karl Marx.

From FrontpageMag, what educators are leaving out of Black History Month.

From the New York Post, a SNAFU at Chase Bank directs customers to others' accounts.

From the Evening Standard, a package containing white powder and a racist message was sent to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.  (via Page Six)

From TwinCities(dot)com, "how weird is Nick Nolte?"

And from Cleveland(dot)com, "getting weird with the beard".

Wednesday Links

Some things going on, here in the middle of the week:

From The Washington Times, an Obama administration official allegedly diverted federal money to a family member.

From The Daily Signal, a pregnant illegal immigrant held in protective custody says that her lawyers "pressured" her to have an abortion.

From Voice Of Europe, protests against Chancellor Merkel and her immigration policies spread across Germany.

From the Daily Mail, Muslims in Pakistan burn Pampers because their cartoon cat logo resembles the Arabic spelling of "Mohammed".

From Politico, French President Macron's proposed immigration laws "divide" his camp.

From Behind The News, 111 Nigerian girls are missing after a Boko Haram attack on their school.  (H/T luchadora for the Tweet)

From The Guardian, more on Boko Haram attack and missing girls.  (This is a Nigerian website, not to be confused with the British site with the same name.)

From Birmingham Live, a candidate for city council claimed that ISIS doesn't exist.

From Reuters, E.U. guidelines for future relations with the U.K. is due in March.

From Flanders News, Antwerp, Belgium gets tough on drugs.

From the NL Times, the Dutch town of Urk has no problem honoring its colonial past.

From Russia Today, London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls a meeting in response to a surge in knife crime.

From Breitbart London, the Bank of England predicts that British living standards will soon improve.

From WestMonster, wages are rising in Britain.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Deutsche Welle, about 150 Islamists are held in German prisons.

From Novonite, according to Frontex, about 60% fewer illegal migrants entered the E.U. in 2017 than in 2016.

From Euractiv, also according to Frontex, about two thirds of the illegal migrants entering the E.U. in 2017 were from Africa.

From the Express, a Bulgarian official has urged four E.U. member states to drop their border restrictions.

From Al Arabiya, accused rapist Tariq Ramadan, currently being held in France, might also be facing charges in the United States.

From 10 News, in Sweden, three migrants have been sentenced for torturing a mentally ill man.

From Gatestone Institute, the hijab has become the entry point for Islam in Britain.

From WJLA, a teenager in Maryland who allegedly brought a loaded handgun into his high school had a large stash of weapons at home.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, a teenager accused of being a "crisis actor" denies the charge.

From Moneyweb, twelve "weird and wonderful" facts about the South African national budget.

And from Penn Current, weird stuff about cultured meat.

UPDATE:  Here's one more.  From The Verge, is Twitter purging bots, or cracking down on conservatives?

Billy Graham 1918-2018

Billy Graham, the Southern Baptist preacher who became known as "America's Pastor", died earlier today at the age of 99, at his home in Montreat, North Carolina.  He had suffered from a number of ailments, such as Parkinson's disease, prostate cancer, hydrocephalus and pulmonary problems.

William Franklin Graham Jr. was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 7, 1918 to William Franklin Graham Sr. and the former Morrow Coffey.  After graduating high school in 1936, Graham attended Bob Jones College for one semester, before transferring to Florida Bible Institute and later to Wheaton College in Illinois, where he earned a degree in anthropology.  He was ordained in 1939 in Palatka, Florida by a group of Southern Baptist clergymen.  He married Ruth Bell, whom he had met at Wheaton.

Graham was known for his public rallies, which he called Crusades.  He was acquainted with every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Barrack Obama.  He was involved with the civil rights movement, desegregating his Crusades starting in 1953, and inviting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to join him during a 16-week revival in New York City.  Graham also founded an evangelistic association, co-founded the Lausanne Movement, organized training conferences for evangelists around the world, wrote an advice column which appeared in newspapers, wrote about 30 books, and received too many honors to list here.  For more information, read the link above.

Graham was predeceased by his wife in 2007, and is survived by their five children, 19 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren.  Ruth Graham is buried at the Billy Graham Library, where he will likewise be interred.

Read more at CNN, NBC News, ABC News, CBN News and CBS News.

Some Things For Tuesday

Some things going on out there, other than unseasonably warm weather here in the eastern U.S.:

From The Federalist, TV host Mike Rowe says that "politically charged conversations" won't stop bad people from doing bad things.

From The Daily Caller, the majority of Americans now support President Trump's tax cuts, but two major media outlets won't tell you that.

From LifeNews, in Columbia, South Carolina, a car carrying a 15-year-old girl who wanted an abortion pulls up to pro-lifers, and one rider gives them a surprising message.

From CNS News, a comedian at Comedy Central shows his anti-Christian bigotry.  (I challenge him to say about Mohammed what he said about Jesus.)

From Accuracy In Media, a Washington Post fact-checker gives Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) four Pinocchios for his statement on the alleged "gun show loophole".

From Voice Of Europe, the leader of Italy's Lega Party wants to deport 500,000 migrants.

From ANSA, the leader of Frontex claims that Italy "is on the right track" with respect to deportations.

From ANSA Med, Bosnian officials are worried about the return of 30,000 Bosnians who have been denied asylum.

From Breitbart London, three people have been detained in southern France in connection with the terror attacks in Barcelona last summer.

From the NL Times, according to a Dutch police union, the Netherlands is turning into a "narco state".  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Guardian, the estimated number of child sexual abuse victims in Rotherham, U.K. has been raised to 1,510.  (via WestMonster)

From the Express, U.K. officials draw up plans to withhold Brexit payments from the E.U.

From Russia Today, U.K. police are "powerless" to stop "upskirters".

From France24, Iran criticizes Sweden for giving citizenship to a professor convicted of spying.

From UNPO, to force a man to surrender to them, Iranian authorities arrest 10 members of his family.  (The "UN" in "UNPO" does not stand for "United Nations".)

From The Lybia Observer, a Saudi extremist cleric instructs a warlord on how to build his army.

From Coconuts Jakarta, a 14-year-old Indonesian boy claims to be able to lay eggs.  (Is this satire?)

From Gatestone Institute, French President Macron tries to appease Islam.

From the New York Post, thousands of young Russian women are exploited by "virginity dealers".

From Page Six, two TV stars can't agree on the definition of "hooking up".

From Cycling News, the bikes of this year's NAHBS.

And from WTSP, in the Tampa, FL area, an anonymous painter has been portraying people's pets.

Links For President's Day

Today is President's Day, an official holiday in the United States.  Although it has origins in observations of George Washington's and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays, it now refers to all American presidents.  Thus, you can honor any president you want, from Washington to Trump.  But even though today is a holiday, things still keep going on out there, such as:

From From LifeNews, a Canadian Catholic bishop believes that Christians are being turned into "second class citizens".

From The Daily Caller, an Iranian airline used Turkish front companies to acquire American-made equipment, thus skirting sanctions.

From Fox News, some errors and missed warning signs which have preceded mass shootings.

From The Federalist, the heroes of the Florida high school shooting.

From American Thinker, how that left ignores gun violence in the black community.

From Philly(dot)com, a Boy Scout, age 11, gets summoned for jury duty.

From the Chronicle, U.K. city leaders meet with the E.U. Brexit chief, but not yet with the U.K. Brexit Secretary.

From Russia Today, a British man in Egypt dies after life support is turned out, due to unpaid bills.

From Christianity Today, Hungary's prime minister calls Christianity "Europe's last hope" against Islam.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the Daily Star, two people have been killed in a knife attack in Toulouse, France.

From the Express, the Netherlands refuses to pay more to the E.U. to make up for Brexit.

From WestMonster, the Eurosceptic party AfD has overtaken SPD as Germany's second most popular party.  (If you read German, read more at the Welt.)

From Breitbart London, ISIS claims responsibility for the church shooting in Dagestan.

From the New Statesman, how French President Macron plans to transform the E.U.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov disagrees with the E.U.'s approach to the Balkans.

From Deutsche Welle, France changes their immigration laws to both streamline the asylum process and make deportations easier.

From the NL Times, about 30 asylum seekers in the Netherlands have suspicious passports.

From Euractiv, the Czech Social Democratic Party picks their new leader.

From Malta Today, senior Maltese military officers are worried about the right winning the upcoming Italian elections.

From Voice Of Europe, a video comparing the treatment of poor elderly with that of illegal migrants.

From FrontpageMag, Antifa (who deserve to be called Profa) interfere with ICE.

From National Review, "Romney is a misfit for America".  (Due to his impending Senate campaign, I get to use the "Romney" label again, after a four-year hiatus.)

From The Hill, a motorcade driver is detained for having a gun in his car near Mar-a-Lago.

From the New York Post, an Olympic skater has a major wardrobe malfunction.

From Page Six, actor Sylvester Stallone is not dead.

And from WTSP, there's more weird weather on the way.

Sunday Links

As President's Day weekend continues, here are some more things going on out there:

I feel compelled to discuss the first story in some detail.  The Guardian asks why sex scandals aren't sticking to President Trump like they did with President Clinton.  Let me try to answer.  First, a quote from the article:

Did not Bill Clinton get impeached not so long ago, over an extramarital affair? And has not Trump’s conduct – which has been tied to a second payment before the election to a former Playboy model – been just as egregious, if not worse?

To directly answer the first question, Clinton was not impeached for having an extramarital affair.  He was impeached for perjury (for lying under oath about the affair) and obstruction of justice.  This point seems to be lost on The Guardian, as the words "perjury", "obstruction", "justice" and "oath" do not turn up in the article when I use my browser's "find" function.  As for Trump's conduct being at least as bad as Clinton's, that might be a matter of opinion, depending on how many affairs makes one man's conduct worse than the other's, and if I recall correctly, Mr. Bill seemed to have had quite a few.  (The article comes via HotAir.)

Continuing with the things going on:

From The New York Times, an "allahu akbar" breaks out at a church in the Russian region of Dagestan.  (This comes via Fox News, who link other sources.)

From the Sunday Express, Russian security forces kill a terrorist ringleader in the northern Caucasus.

From Breitbart Video, Rush Limbaugh proposes an amnesty deal for illegal aliens.  (via American Lookout)

From Townhall, seven things we can do to stop school shootings.

From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli pilot who was injured when he was shot down over Syria has been released from the hospital.  (H/T Gadi Adelman for the Tweet)

From Yahoo News, the Saudi Arabian government will allow women to open a business without the permission of a male guardian.

From Voice Of Europe, according to a Swedish politician, his country is already having "small civil wars".  (The story also appears in the Hungarian site Magyar Hirlap, so if you read Hungarian, read it there.)

From Bloomberg, as he faces reelection, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban "warns of Europe's demise".

From Reuters, Orban calls for an "anti-migrant alliance".

From Flanders News, the Belgian government has recovered a record amount of money in the battle against social fraud.

From Deutsche Welle, delegates at the Munich Security Conference discuss how to stop post-caliphate jihadis.

From Sputnik International, at the Munich Security Conference, leaders don't agree on how to make Europe safer.  (I could offer a few suggestions, but that could be part of a different post.)

From France24, accused rapist Tariq Ramadan is hospitalized in France.

From Gatestone Institute, "looking for ways out of the maze" which is Syria.  (Instead of maze, you could say "cluster[bleep]".)

From the Anchorage Daily News, a large "weird-looking" fish washes ashore in Haines, Alaska.

From the Liverpool Echo, some relatively unknown "weird diseases".

And from the New York Post, farts on a plane cause an emergency landing.

Some Saturday Stuff

The weekend is here, with more stuff:

From the New York Post, the Florida school shooter has a history of abusing his mother.

From CNN, the shooter showed "violence and mental instability at home".

From NBC News, President Trump visits the hospitalized shooting victims.

From ZeroHedge, FBI director Christopher Wray faces pressure to resign.

From Bizpac Review, taxpayers pay for limos and alcohol.

From Voice Of Europe, the real women's march takes place in Berlin.

From Gatestone Institute, how Islam views non-Muslim women.

From Breitbart London, the U.K. government cuts off funds to Oxfam due to an aid worker sex scandal.

From the Express, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says that E.U. regulations "are crushing normal people".

From Flanders News, in Belgium, a passenger without a ticket punches a train guard.

From the Turkish Minute, 8,480 Turkish nationals sought asylum in Germany in 2017.

From Russia Today, an Israeli journalist goes undercover as a Syrian refugee.

From the Daily Mail, three suicide bombers kill at least 19 people at a fish market in Nigeria.

From BBC News, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May tells the E.U. to not block the post-Brexit security agreement.  (via The Religion Of Peace)

From National Review, "is there an obstruction case against President Trump?"

From Townhall, a reporter suggests that more abortions would have prevented the Florida shooting.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a bipartisan group of human rights activists support Trump's nominee for head of the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration.

And from ABC News, Ester Ledecka from the Czech Republic couldn't believe that she won the gold medal for the Olympic super-G.

Friday Links

Some things going on out there, including stories related to the recent shooting at a high school in Florida:

From NBC News, the FBI did not "follow protocols" after receiving a tip on the eventual shooter.  (via Gateway Pundit)

From Legal Insurrection, the FBI admits as much.

From the New York Post, in seven years, deputies were called to the shooter's house 39 times.  (He's 19 years old.  That would mean that they first visited his house when he was 12.  Was he, even at that age, doing things which brought the cops to his house, or was it the actions of another family member?)

From Fox News, portraits of the victims.

From LifeNews, no, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is not afraid of CNN.

From CNBC, Special Counsel Mueller has indicted 13 Russians for allegedly interfering with the 2016 presidential election.

From ABC News (the Australian site), an Australian judge states that a group of Muslim defendants wanted to kill as many infidels as possible.  (via Breitbart Jerusalem)

From the Express, German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not rule out a bespoke Brexit deal.

From Russia Today, a British man is arrested on terror charges, for fighting against ISIS.  (That's right.  He's being accused of terrorism for fighting against terrorists.)

From Voice Of Europe, the EU, which already collects €219 per Dutch citizen per year, wants €261 next year.  (If you read Dutch, read more at De Telegraaf.)

From WestMonster, French police arrested more than 1,200 migrants smugglers last year.  (Haven't I previously said that the migrants are being smuggled?)

From City A.M., Brexit or not, London is "still attracting more foreign tech talent than other European cities".

From Sputnik International, the French party National Front wants to change its name.

From the Express & Star, the British party UKIP faces a "make or break" vote to decide on their leadership.

From Eurasia Review, according to the E.U., Turkey's role in the refugee crisis is important but could use some improvement.

From Euractiv, French President Macron is "praised" as his country's economy improves.

From the Star(dot)kiwi, a Muslim teenager in New Zealand planned a vehicle ramming and stabbing terror attack.

From the Sasiat Daily, in Liverpool, England, fans of soccer star Mohamed Salah chant "I'll be Muslim, too" in his honor.

From FrontpageMag, a German activist gets red-pilled about Muslim refugees.

From Townhall, how government error helped enable some recent mass shootings.

And from Quartz, a South African realizes that Korea is cold.

Music Break

I haven't posted one of these all year, so here we go:

First up is Shooz by Styx, from the Crystal Ball album, their first with Tommy Shaw.  He and James Young wrote this blues-influenced number, with Shaw taking the lead vocals.  Shaw also plays slide guitar, while Young also contributes a "straight" guitar solo.

Links For Ash Wednesday And Valentine's Day

Today is both Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day.  So as you present your heart-shaped gift to your significant other, remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return.  If you think that's unusual, please also note that this coming Easter coincides with April Fool's Day.

Some things going on today:

From the Boston Globe, Poca, I mean, Senator Warren (D-MA) speaks.

From the Washington Examiner, a former governor of Warren's state is expected to announce his Senate candidacy tomorrow.

From The Baltimore Sun, three men are in custody after an SUV attempted to crash into the NSA campus at Fort Meade.

From FOX 6 NOW, an active shooter has been reported at a Parkland, Florida high school.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart London, Sweden's church is expected to lose a million members in the next ten years.

From the Express, the leader of the German Social Democrat party resigns.

From Russia Today, NATO will open new command centers in Germany and the United States.

From Voice Of Europe, according to an Italian criminologist, the Nigerian mafia has infiltrated Italy.

From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda remains popular.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Greek Reporter, the flow of migrants into Greece decreased in January.

From Human Rights Watch, female refugees face a high risk of sexual violence in migrant centers on Greek islands.

From the NL Times, a Dutch company introduces the flying car.  (If you have about half a million Euros lying around, you can get one for yourself.)

From France24, the Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister dies at age 78.

From Sputnik International, Belgian and U.K. police bust a migrant smuggling operation.  (As I keep saying, the migrants are not merely migrating.  They are being trafficked.)

From the Evening Standard, U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson warns that stopping Brexit would be a "disastrous mistake".

From Euractiv, the founder of Friends of Europe says "Brussels must bite the bullet" when it comes to immigration policy.  (This is an opinion piece, and does not necessarily reflect the views of Euractiv.)

From the Weekly Standard, an open letter from a UCLA sociology professor to the Bruin Republicans about hosting Milo for a speech.  (Yes, that Milo.)

From National Review, America's "crumbling" infrastructure is a myth.

From FrontpageMag, two notable groups don't like Valentine's Day.

From the Daily Post, a Muslim group in Nigeria warns law schools not to ban the hijab.

From the Daily Sabah, a church in Vaxjö, Sweden backs a Muslim request to broadcast the call to Friday prayer.

From the New York Post, a shooting range connected to President Trump's sons is generating too much noise for the comfort of its neighbors.

From The Sun, meet North Korea's "Megaton Twins".

From the Laredo Morning Times, a woman becomes infected with eyeworms.

And from Inverse, contrary to legend, Pope Gregory the Great did not exempt baby rabbits from the Lenten ban on eating meat on Fridays.

Links For Fat Tuesday

Today is Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.  The day is commonly referred to by the French rendering Mardi Gras.  So as we stuff ourselves, here are some things going on:

From the Los Angeles Times, New Orleans celebrates their 300th birthday.

From WNEP, some strange items are falling off parade floats today.

From The Daily Caller, the painter who produced the portrait of former President Barrack Obama has included some interesting subject matter in previous paintings.

From The Hill, an envelop containing white powder was sent to the building in which Obama leases office space.

From The Washington Times, the Oregon legislature considers making health care a right.

From Fox News, a former Massachusetts motor vehicle clerk goes to prison for scheming to provide false documents to illegal aliens.

From CNN, an illegal alien is detained by ICE, after calling police about a trespasser.  (via Pirate's Cove)

From BBC News, a family of antibiotic compounds has been found in dirt.

From Greek Reporter, the E.U. tells Turkey to respect the sovereignty of the member states.

From ANSA, Italy and Frontex, the E.U. border agency, disagree on migrant arrivals.

From Russia Today, the Dutch foreign minister resigns after admitting that he lied about Vladimir Putin.

From Voice Of Europe, an 87-year-old Belgian man is almost kicked to death for criticizing Islam.

From The Guardian, a U.K. judge refuses to withdrawn the arrest warrant on Julian Assange.

From Euronews, E.U. Council President Donald Tusk arrives in Vienna to discuss Austria's upcoming E.U. presidency.

From Deutsche Welle, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warns that the E.U.'s armed forces will not replace NATO.

From Sputnik International, E.U.Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini calls for an integrated E.U. military.

From the Mirror, a Russian SWAT team guns down two ISIS fighters in Ingushetia.  (Ingushetia is an area of Russia close to Chechnya.)

From The Local FR, 11 homeless people die in Paris in six weeks.

From Dawn and the "you can't make this stuff up" department, Iran claims that westerners spy on their nuclear program with lizards and chameleons.

From DNA, a mosque turns away 25 families because they voted for the wrong political party.

From National Review, #MeToo will not chase President Trump from office.

From Townhall, liberals went nuts when Attorney General Jeff Sessions talked about "the Anglo American heritage of law enforcement".

From the New York Post, the Islamic terrorist who set off a time bomb in the New York neighborhood of Chelsea gets a life sentence.

From PageSix, newscaster Katie Couric apologizes after misidentifying the source of Dutch skating talent.

From News(dot)com(dot)au, some weird facts about Valentine's day.  (Tomorrow is 2/14, but it's already 2/14 in Australia.)

And from the Phoenix New Times, Arizona might be the world's leader in weird adopt-a-highway signs.