Wednesday Links

As the middle of another week rolls around, here are some things going on:

From Variety, facing bankruptcy, Harvey Weinstein's company seeks "stalking horse" bids.

From Breitbart Texas, a Brownsville cop is accused of smuggling her illegal alien boyfriend.

From PoliZette, in California, a GOP candidate for governor says that the state "needs a turnaround".  (To which I'd reply, "Good luck with that.")

From the New York Post, the suspected Florida high school shooter is charged with 17 counts of murder.

From Voice Of Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's chief of staff notices that conditions in Vienna have deteriorated.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister May is warned against using the fishing industry as "Brexit bait".

From EUObserver, the E.U. tries to deal with the "Dublin" asylum reform.

From Westmonster, many migrants arriving in Germany do so by airplane from other European countries, which would violate the "Dublin" rule.

From BBC News, the accused bomber of a London Underground station was allegedly trained by ISIS in Iraq.  (via Breitbart London)

From Handelsblatt and the "are you kidding?" department, members of the German AfD party tour Syria and claim that it's safe.

From Sputnik International, in Germany, a Syrian man fatally stabs his wife and claims that his actions are a warning to other women.

From The Old Continent, Google is reportedly building AI for military drones.

From Breitbart London, British politician Nigel Farage urges Poland and Hungary to keep criticizing the E.U.

From the NL Times, Amsterdam leads European cities in the amount of ecstasy in its wastewater.

From The Local FR, France plans to fully privatize the Paris airports.

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a Iranian cleric is arrested for calling the regime "repressive and unjust".  (I'd say that in doing so, they've proven his point.)

From The Jakarta Post, a mosque in Malaysia gets an unwelcome visitor.

From Rûdaw, an Iraqi-Canadian pleads guilty to helping orchestrate a truck bomb attack which killed five soldiers in Mosul, Iraq in 2009.

From Reuters, an Islamic university in Indonesia bans the burqa and full face coverings.  (And yet, when westerners suggest the same thing, we're called "racists" and "islamophobes".)

From Gatestone Institute, most Arabs allegedly don't care about the Palestinians.

From The Telegraph, three people have been attacked by with a knife in Vienna.  (Are conditions deteriorating in that city, as noted above?)

From FrontpageMag, a picture is worth 1,000 words, even if it's an ignored photo of then-Senator Obama.

From National Review, the largely successful challenge made by the Obama administration against Arizona's immigration law a few years ago might help President Trump against California.

From Townhall, rumors of Texas starting to turn blue have been greatly exaggerated.

From The Daily Meal, why Einstein went vegetarian during the last few years of his life.  (This site is not to be confused with the Daily Mail, although its creator(s) seem to have had a sense of humor.)

And from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, a Virginia Tech football player who once tried to commit suicide wants to help others.