Tuesday, February 13, 2018

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 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 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 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 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.

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