Trump Pardons D'Souza, And Other Stories

President Trump has pardoned a man whom I like to think of as my favorite convicted felon.  Dinesh D'Souza, who had immigrated from India, worked for the Reagan administration, written several books, and produced several movies, has been pardoned by the president for his violation of a campaign finance law.  As noted by HotAir, who have a pretty thorough article on the story:

It was a curious case from the beginning, and so it’s fittingly coming to an end with a curious conclusion.

Townhall has this current report on the matter, and a look back to 2014, when they asserted that the prosecutors in D'Souza's case misled the judge.

The president is also considering clemency for Martha Stewart and former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.  Read more at The Washington Post, Fox News and USA Today.
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In other news:

From Arutz Sheva, Iran and Hezbollah are reportedly preparing to retreat from the Israeli border.  (H/T Gadi Adelman for the Tweet)

From the Express, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warns that a no-confidence vote against him will result in chaos.

From BiaNet, the E.U. will cut aid to Turkey.

From Breitbart London, the arrest and imprisonment of British journalist Tommy Robinson has attracted worldwide attention.

From Voice Of Europe, the man who stabbed two people on a train near Flensburg, Germany was a migrant from Eritrea.  (If you read German, read the story at the Spiegel.)

From Reuters, the German AfD party calls for a parliamentary inquiry into Chancellor Merkel's migrant policy.

From Russia Today, Croatian police fire on a van carrying migrants after it crashes a roadblock.

From ABC News, Denmark bans garments that cover the face.  (via The European Post)

From France24, a French pensioner goes on trial for allegedly helping two migrants to illegally enter France.

From Asharq Al-Awsat, Maronite Patriarch Bshara Al-Rai calls for encouraging Syrian refugees to go home.

From Sputnik International, "turmoil" could result if Italy stops using the Euro.

From the NL Times, after a Dutch Marine is found dead on Curacao, her husband is arrested.

From the Independent, the Muslim Council of Britain calls for the Tories to conduct an internal inquiry about Islamophobia within their ranks.

From the Metro, in Schiedam, the Netherlands, a Syrian man kills a police dog.

From the Daily Mail, in Australia, Pepsi allows its Muslim employees to swap holidays.

From Gatestone Institute, the "silencing the silencing" surrounding the trial of the above-mentioned Tommy Robinson.  (What happened to him reminds me of a scene in the original Planet Of The Apes movie, where Taylor, played by Charlton Heston, is led into an ape court.  If I recall everything correctly, after one of the apes points out that as a non-ape, Taylor has no rights under ape law, another states that "he's not being tried, he's being disposed of".)

From National Review, U.K. journalist Douglas Murray gives his take on Tommy Robinson.

From FrontpageMag, another take on Tommy Robinson.

From Fox News, Israel and Myanmar agree on how to teach each other's history.

From The Verge, Russia wants Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify.

From the New York Post, the noted 30-year-old deadbeat starts packing.

From CNN, Trump meets with Kim.  No, not that Kim.

From USA Today, Johnny Manziel will start his CFL career on the bench.  (via The Smoke Room)

And from The Babylon Bee, church ushers make sure that a first-time visitor fills out a connection card.

A Sasquatch's Double Dozen

Twenty-four, if I counted correctly, things in today's news and views:

From Radio Poland, the Polish economy continues to grow at a rate just over 5 percent.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the Express, the Turkish Lira continues lose value.

From Voice Of Europe, a noted non-Brit wants a Brexit do-over.

From Sputnik International, the German interior minister promises migration reform.

From EuroNews, regarding immigration, "failure is no longer an option".

From the Mirror, police stop an idiot from climbing scaffolding up to Big Ben.  (The line between "badass" and "stupid people" can sometimes be difficult to discern, but I'm giving this one the latter.  The story comes via Breitbart London.)

From the NL Times, according to the Dutch office for economic policy analysis, cryptocurrencies becoming stabilized could cause a new financial crisis.

From Breitbart London, according to a leader of the German party AdF, western Europe has a problem of "self-hate".

From Deutsche Welle, a man stabs two people and is fatally shot by police in Flensburg, Germany.

From Euractiv, Iraqi Kurdish diplomat Falah Mustafa Bakir has some advice for Europe on how to help the Middle East.

From Russia Today, the E.U. supports democracy, when the result is something they agree with.

From The Slovak Spectator, Uber gets a second chance in Slovakia.

From the Daily Mail, ISIS claims responsibility for the attack in Liège, Belgium.

From Gatestone Institute, 64 organizations designated as FTOs still have social media accounts.

From National Review, the "educated elite" is neither.

From FrontpageMag, the media blames President Trump for something that happened under his predecessor.

From Townhall, Trumps signs the "right to try" legislation.  (The article contains the typo "singed".  I'm not sure I want to hear him sing.)

From the Tennessean, gubernatorial candidate Diane Black (R) blames pornography and violent movies for school shootings.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, stocks bounce back after yesterday's selloff in response to Italy's political problems.

From the Memphis Business Journal, two Planned Avoidance of Parenthood affiliates merge into one.  (via LifeNews)

From LifeNews, 2,750 places where women can go for health care, other than PP.

From The Federalist, "has Trump been good for comedy?"

From NewsBusters, NBC calls SCOTUS Justice Ginsberg a "rock star".

And from USA Today, the makers of Ambien tell Roseanne that the drug does not cause racism.

Tuesday Tidings

While the last Tuesday in May is underway, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, an "Allahu akbar" breaks out in Liège, Belgium.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at HLN.)

From Flanders News, more on what happened in Belgium.

From the Express, an E.U. official doesn't like Italians voting the way they did.

From Ekathimerini, hundreds of Kurds seeking asylum refuse to return to their camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From Breitbart London, about 40 convicted terrorists are due to be released from French prisons this year or next.

From Radio Poland, Poland objects to E.U. budget cuts.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From New Europe, if you're in Austria and want government benefits, sprechen Deutsch, bitte.

From the NL Times, the Dutch economy is doing well, but wages lag behind.

From Sputnik International, a Danish politician thinks that the current migration crisis could become even worse than 2015.

From the Vanguard, suspected Islamists behead ten people in northern Mozambique.

From BICOM, Hamas does what Hamas usually does.

From Struggle For Hindu Existence, in Indian, police arrest three Muslims for an alleged hate video against Hindus.

From Quadrant, "the war on Tommy Robinson".

From Culture Watch, "Tommy Robinson and the death of Britain".

From Fox News, a rejected asylum seeker in Germany burns himself.

From PopZette, Roseanne Barr opens mouth, inserts foot, and loses her show.

From The Verge, a fact-check of Mercury 13, a documentary about NASA's female astronaut trainees.

From LifeNews, in 2017, the U.S. had the fewest births in since 1987.

From National Review, "the post-war order is over", but not because of President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, as they keep moving leftward, the Democrats have no brakes.

From Townhall, the media blasts Ivanka Trump for a photo of her holding her son.

From IndyStar, justice catches up to a man from Indiana.  (This story give new meaning to the song title Indiana Wants Me.  The story comes via the New York Post.)

From the New York Post, would anyone like a slightly used flight helmet?

From Page Six, Caitlyn Jenner will not be attending her son's wedding.  (As I may have previously mentioned, now that Caitlyn no longer has Bruce's original equipment, I now refer to her as "her".)

And from Time, please do not use the volcano to roast your marshmallows.

Links For Memorial Day

In the United States, today is Memorial Day, when we remember the people who gave their lives in service to their country.  The weather here in Maryland has been damp and surprisingly cool, which perhaps fits with the somber nature of today's observance.  Here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, Dutch MP Geert Wilders calls on the U.K. to release Tommy Robinson.

From The Brussels Times, two Belgian women in Syria take their own country to court.

From the Express, the Italian governing coalition collapses when their president vetoes the prime minister-designate's choice for economy minister.

From ANSA, the Italian president gives former spending review chief Carlo Cottarelli a mandate to form an interim government.

From Breitbart London, some Italians are calling for the impeachment of their president.

From The Local IT, Italy prepares for a caretaker government and new elections.

From The Guardian, more on the situation in Italy.

From the NL Times, in the Netherlands, electric cars cost less per month to operate than diesel cars.

From Dutch News, 90 percent of sex crime perpetrators in the Netherlands are known to their victims.

From Deutsche Welle, refugees and police clash in Dresden, Germany.

From Euractiv, a Romanian MEP says that the E.U. needs a "proper" migration budget.

From Jewish News Syndicate, an Algerian blogger is sentenced to ten years for interviewing an Israeli official.

From Gatestone Institute, "you're not allowed to talk about it".

From Sp!ked, we need to stop calling them "Asian grooming gangs".

From Twitchy, the selective left-wing outrage over immigrants.

From FrontpageMag, more on the left's outrage over President Trump's "animals".

From Townhall, real conservatives should not bow down to liberals.

From Fox News, U.S. marshals arrest a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping.

From CBS Baltimore, Ellicott City, Maryland starts cleaning up after a horrible flash flood.

From the New York Post, Kilauea is spewing out vog.  (The term "vog" is neither a typo nor a borrowing from science fiction.  The volcano really is producing vog.)

From TMZ, the royal newlyweds will honeymoon in the land of polite people and ice hockey.  (via Page Six)

And from Yahoo News, the man who swam across the Atlantic will try to swim across the Pacific.  (If this doesn't deserve the "badass" label, I don't know what does.)

Sunday Links

Here on the last Sunday of May are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, about 5,000 members and supporters of AfD protest in Berlin.  (If you read German, read the story at Die Welt.)

From the Sunday Express, the time when Brexit occurs has been revealed.

From the Daily Mail, even while Brexit looms, the U.K. allocates over ₤800,000 for European Parliament elections.

From Breitbart Jerusalem, the Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry asks the E.U. to stop funding groups which drive boycotts against Israel.

From Breitbart London, President Macron and Prime Minister May celebrate Ireland's pro-abortion vote.

From Sky News, Theresa May comes under pressure to allow Northern Ireland to change their abortions laws.  (via Sputnik International)

From Total Croatia News, according to polls, the E.U. is becoming less popular in Croatia.

From Stars And Stripes, Spain rescues 366 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea.

From Russia Today, Turkey and Gazprom agree on the construction of a pipeline that will bring natural gas to southern Europe via Turkey.  (Will all those environmentalists who protested the Keystone XL go over to Turkey and protest this new pipeline?  I won't hold my breath.)

From CyprusMail, Cyprus plans to resettle ten families of Syrian refugees.

From Deutsche Welle, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says that E.U. border guards should be used in Africa.

From France24, Spanish cities are getting "fed up" with Airbnb-style rentals.

From TRT World, Bosnia tries to cope with the inflow of Syrian refugees.

From The Jerusalem Post, Kurds in a migrant camp in Lesbos, Greece are attacked for allegedly not fasting during Ramadan.  (TJP uses the spelling "Lesbos".  In other places, I've seen "Lesvos".)

From Gatestone Institute, the "swift injustice" meted out to Tommy Robinson.  (This one was Tweeted by Vito of Global Patriot Radio, and also found at The Religion Of Peace.  Some news gets around quickly.)

From Townhall, in California, Democrats could be facing a "self-inflicted disaster".

From the New York Post, former President Bush the Elder returns to the hospital.

And from CNN, a HHS official claims that his agency is not "legally responsible" for losing track of nearly 1,500 unaccompanied immigrant children.

Another American Returns Home, And Other Stories

Joshua Holt, an American who had been detained in Venezuela nearly two years ago, has been released and is on his way back to the United States.  He and his Venezuelan wife Thamy were arrested just after their wedding.  Holt was accused of stockpiling weapons, but was never given a trial.  Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Bob Corker (R-TN) worked to secure the Holts' release.

Read more at NBC News, CNN, CBS News and USA Today.

That's three Americans released from North Korea and one from Venezuela in recent weeks, the latter along with his wife, all without any terrorists or criminals being released from American custody.
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In other things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, some reactions to the arrest of British journalist Tommy Robinson.

From the Express, Lega party leader Matteo Salvini tells Germany that the Italian government will not choose a finance minister to Germany's liking.

From Reuters, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz thinks that the E.U. should pay more heed to American security concerns when it decides how to address U.S. sanctions on Iran.  (Bardzo dziękuję, panie ministrze.)

From the Greek Reporter, tensions continue in the migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From Deutsche Welle, the German military has identified dozens of extremists among its own members.

From ZeroHedge, President Erdoğan tells his fellow Turks to stick with the Lira.

From Russia Today, thousands of French people protest against President Macron's proposed layoffs.

From Flanders News, a Belgian pub formerly owned by terrorists is now a community center.

From the Evening Standard, a man is hospitalized after being stabbed near an Underground station in London.

From Ekathimerini, relations between Greece and Turkey have "entered uncharted territory" after Greece grants asylum to a Turkish serviceman.

From Sputnik International, according to E.U. budget commissioner Guenther Oettinger, Germany needs to spend more on defense to meet its NATO requirements.

From Euronews, Ireland has voted to repeal the part of its constitution which bans abortion.

From The Slovak Spectator, multilingual people to gather in Slovakia.

From the Daily Mail, an ISIS terrorist wanted in Australia is currently in a "dorm-room style setting" in a Turkish prison.

From The Muslim News, three Canadian Army cadets will likely be expelled after defacing a Koran.

From GhanaWeb, besides fasting during the daytime, Muslims observing Ramadan have another abstinence requirement.  (The last three stories were found at The Religion Of Peace.)

From AhlulBayt News Agency, 900 bodies are exhumed from mass graves around Raqqa, Syria.

From Fox News, seven people die from asphyxia due to a fire set by rioting prisoners in an Iraqi jail.

From Townhall, how does kneeling during the National Anthem fight injustice?

From Philly(dot)com, how to deal with alcohol if you're on a keto or paleo diet.

From NewsBusters, President Obama's alleged "spygate" is nothing new.

From Arutz Sheva, a British blogger who denied the Holocaust in song is convicted of "offensive, indecent or menacing messages".

From the New York Post, the president of USC will resign due to a sex scandal involving a gynecologist.

And from Yahoo News, walking and chewing gum at the same time might just have some health benefits.  (via HotAir)

Another Shooting, Another Car Attack, And Other Stories

Earlier today, two incidents took place, each of type which has become ominously too common.

In Noblesville, Indiana, a student at Noblesville West Middle School reportedly shot and injured another student and a teacher.  The suspect is described as a male 7th grader.

Read more at WISH TV, the Indy Star, Fox 59, ABC 7 and the Chicago Tribune.
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In Portland, Oregon, a car jumped a curb on the campus of Portland State University and hit three women on the adjacent sidewalk, before driving away.  Two of the victims reportedly suffered life-threatening injuries.

Read more at KOIN, KATU, The Oregonian, ABC News and Global News.
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In other stories:

From The Daily Signal, how to honor the fallen on this Memorial Day.

From The American Conservative, I will not check my privilege.

From PoliZette, President Trump is seeking more tax cuts.

From CNS News, Trump tells graduating Midshipmen, "We are respected again".

From ZeroHedge, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says that the FBI wasn't spying on the Trump campaign, just doing some "benign information gathering".

From the Express, the U.K. and the E.U. continue to bicker about the border with Ireland.

From Deutsche Welle, the German Federal Police join an investigation into the city of Bremen's asylum procedure for refugees.

From Flanders News, two suspects in the 2015 terror attack in Paris have been detained in Belgium.

From Middle East Monitor, the magazine Charlie Hebdo (the target of another terror attack) satirizes the student union leader at Sorbonne University.

From BBC News, some Syrian refugees are leaving Europe.

From Voice Of Europe, an Austrian political scientist thinks that the migrant crisis will lead to civil war.

From Breitbart London, the children of migrants and foreigners will be allowed to spy for the U.K. government.  (Or will they just get to benignly gather information?)

From Dutch News, the Netherlands and Australia blame Russia for the loss of flight MH17.

From the NL Times, homeless shelters are overcrowded in the Netherlands' four large cities.

From The Slovak Spectator, students of the Technical University in Košice construct Slovakia's first car powered by compressed air.

From The Star, a Sudanese woman appeals her death sentence, received for killing her husband when he tried to rape her.

From The Sasiat Daily, the amir of Jamaat-ud-Dawa blames the U.N. for attacks against Muslims.

From the New Straits Times, 14 people in Malaysia are arrested for either public eating during Ramadan or close proximity.

From Russia Today, Russian President Putin warns of an unprecedented financial crisis.

From the Independent, British journalist Tommy Robinson is arrested near a court house in Leeds.

From HotAir, when it comes to the NFL's new rule against kneeling during the National Anthem, "spare me your crocodile tears".

From National Review, contrary to an opinion in TNYT, the Second Amendment is not tainted by slavery.

From Townhall, "the commencement speech you never hear".

From the New York Post, how Coney Island was transformed by the president's father.

And from KXAN, a woman in Texas gives herself some exposure.

More Thursday Things

Other than the cancellation of the Trump/Kim summit, here are some things going on:

From The Washington Post, President Trump pardons boxer Jack Johnson.  (From what I understand, Johnson was prosecuted under the Mann Act, but his actions occurred before the Mann Act was passed.)

From CNN, actor Morgan Freeman is accused of sexual harassment.

From ABC News, Harvey Weinstein will turn himself in.

From LifeNews, the Maryland legislature rejects a bill to ban dismemberment abortions.

From Voice Of Europe, a girl in Staffanstorp, Sweden tells about how the town's gangs mistreat people.

From the Express, the Eurozone rejects new members.

From the Daily Sabah, the E.U. plans to spend €1.5 million to help refugees in Turkey.

From Anadolu Agency, Turkey condemns the decision of a Greek court to give asylum to a soldier accused of involvement in the 2016 coup.  (The article calls the soldier a "putschist", which comes from the German word putsch.)

From The Local IT, two people are killed when a train hits a truck in Northern Italy.

From Breitbart London, the Huffington Post has a "freak-out" over the new Italian government.

From the NL Times, the amount of illegal cannabis in the Netherlands seems to have been greatly underestimated.

From StepFeed, people react to a Muslim speaker's "misogynistic interpretation of women".

From The New Arab, in Pakistan, a mob demolishes a historic Ahmadi mosque.

From Iraqi News, Iraq will prosecute people for publicly violating the Ramadan fast.

From Gatestone Institute, is UNRWA maintaining a "Palestinian Refugee" fraud?

From American Thinker, how sharia and the West are incompatible.  (The title refers to "Islam", but it's really Islamic law, known as "sharia", that the writer is concerned with.)

From FrontpageMag, has Canada been hit by a "beach jihad"?

From ABC10, a crematorium sends ashes skyward.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, scientists try to explain why our brains are so big.  (Explaining our big egos, on the other hand, is probably beyond science.)

From Page Six, Harvey Weinstein's estranged wife's chauffeur is arrested for allegedly damaging a camera.

And from Quartz, NASA is making a very cold laboratory in space to study quantum mechanics.

Trump Cancels U.S.-N.K. Summit Meeting

It looks like "Rocket Man" and "Dotard", to use their pet names for each other, will not be meeting in person as previously planned.  President Trump has called off the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which was to have taken place this coming June in Singapore, informing Kim in a letter.

Read more at CNN, CBS News, The New York Times, the Independent and Fox News.
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In related stories:

One writer at National Review says "good riddance".

And from Townhall, here's what led up to the cancellation.

Links For World Turtle Day

Today is #WorldTurtleDay on Twitter, so while you watch these turtles or listen to these other turtles, or if you just like turtles, here are some things things going on:

From Philly(dot)com, an associate of President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to tax fraud.

From Fox News, Trump's son in law gets his full security clearance back.

From NewsBusters, Trump's pro-life speech at a Susan B. Anthony List gala is largely ignored by the media.

From LifeNews, at the same gala, Trump's former campaign manager receives an award.

From Breitbart's Big Government, "Spygate" revelations appear to vindicate Trump, radio host Mark Levin, and Brietbart itself.

From Breitbart Sports, the NFL votes to fine teams that tolerate anthem kneeling.

From the Express, the E.U. risks "chaos" by including the U.K. in their 2019 budget.

From Voice Of Europe, after 10 years of allowing women-only swimming, Beckum, Germany now also has men-only swimming.

From Radio Poland, fewer Poles want to leave Poland to find work.  (Some of my ancestors did that sort of thing, except for Poland not being independent back then.  The story comes via Voice Of Europe.)

From ANSA, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says that the E.U. will be "vigilant" on the rights of African migrants in Italy.  (If you read Italian, a related article in that language is also on ANSA, and was linked by The European Post.)

From Deutsche Welle, France's interior minister orders Paris to evacuate its migrant camps.

From The Local ES, the Catalan crisis could derail Spain's 2018 budget.

From Flanders News, Belgians have sent about €200,000 to jihadis in Iraq and Syria.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands does not recognize the results of the Venezuelan election.

From Russia Today, the media's most hysterical takes on the new Italian government.

From Reuters, people in Velika Kladusa, Bosnia "help migrants but worry about security".

From Breitbart London, 76 percent of polled U.K. voters think that the peers in the House of Lords are "out of touch" with the people.

From The Slovak Spectator, the number of foreigners in Slovakia is increasing, but more slowly than in other E.U. countries.  (Most of my ancestors, except for those who left what is now Poland to find work, left what is now Slovakia to find work.)

From Sputnik International, Swedish conservatives propose legislation to deal with the "moral police" and "honor-related oppression".

From The Times Of India, according to Amnesty International, Rohingya fighters killed Hindu villagers in Myanmar last August.

From Arutz Sheva, researchers claim to have discovered Iran's secret ICBM facility.  (H/T Gadi Adelman for the Tweet)

From FrontpageMag, in Western cities, the bollards are popping up.

From National Review, how the investigations into Hillary Clinton's emails and Donald Trump's alleged Russia collusion are intertwined.

From Townhall, the Democrats roll out the second version of their "better deal".

From BBC News, a German candy company removes an image depicting Meghan Markel as a piece of chocolate.  (The company thus gets the "stupid people" label, for using the pic in the first place.  The story comes via the New York Post.)

From the New York Post, former New York Met Lenny Dykstra gets busted for drugs.

And from The Verge, being a Whovian just got a lot easier.

"Animals" And Other Matters

President Trump has recently drawn some flak for calling the criminal gang known as MS-13 "animals".  While some believe that referring to humans as "animals" is never justified, and others argue that the term is justified when done in response to behavior, as explained by Dennis Prager in National Review, I think that the real unfairness is toward literal animals.  This is because animals kill to feed themselves, or to defend themselves, their offspring, their pack, or their territory.  In other words, animals kill out of necessity, in order to survive.  On the other hand, criminals have no such need.  They kill out of malice, greed, or some other vice from the dark side of our nature, things that have nothing to do with survival.  Sometimes, the murder can be downright sadistic.  In a sense, the actions of human criminals are worse than those of animals because humans choose to commit violence, without any need to do so.  So let's all stop being unfair to animals.
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In other items:

From Voice Of Europe, violence in schools in Vienna increase twelvefold in three years. (If you read German, read the story at Kronen Zeitung.)

From Deutsche Welle, the German interior minister is coming under pressure for his handling of "massive irregularities" in asylum case processing.

From Breitbart London, a German court refuses a request to have former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont rearrested.

From Flanders News, Israel summons three ambassadors to explain their country's votes at the UNHRC.

From Sputnik International, according to British Defense Minister Gavin Williamson, Brexit will make NATO "even more important".

From Radio Poland, Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party is polling better their rivals.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the NL Times, an Apache helicopter pilot will receive the highest honor within the Dutch military.

From the Express, European economists are "furious" over economic reforms proposed by French President Macron and E.U. leader Juncker.

From the Gateway Pundit, some good new on the Trump economy that the MSM won't tell you.  (One item needs to be put into perspective.  This April, the federal government had its largest-ever monthly surplus.  This has to be at least partly due to the tendency of people owing federal taxes to file their returns in April.)

From Russia Today, in a city where carrying a knife is illegal, four men are stabbed in five days.

From Euractiv, Turkish President Erdoğan holds an election rally - in Bosnia.

From International Organization For Migration, the latest numbers in seaborne migrant arrivals and deaths.

From BBC News, a Labour Party constituency boss is suspended for Tweets about ISIS and a female politician.

From the Evening Telegraph, a man in Dundee, Scotland convicted of assault will not be punished until after the end of Ramadan.

From Dawn, Nigerian girls refuse to attend school for fear of being kidnapped by Boko Haram.

From RS-News, mosques in China are required to fly the Chinese flag.

From American Thinker, "jihad via the ballot box".

From FrontpageMag, a former child bride defends herself against jihad denial.

From Townhall, the GOP takes the lead in the Reuters generic ballot poll.

From the Boston Globe, some of Trump's Tweets are written by staffers, who deliberately use bad grammar.  (via the New York Post)

From Politico, former President Jimmy Carter thinks that his current successor could deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that the main responsibility for school safely lies with state and local governments.

From ABC4 News, let them eat (censored) cake.  (via Fox News)

And from the Babylon Bee, Democrats warn that defunding Planned Parenthood could lead to a huge drop in campaign donations.

Monday Links

As the latest workweek starts, here are some things going on:

From The Daily Caller, over 100 conservatives call on Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) to run for Speaker.

From NewsBusters, New York Times columnist Tom Fried offers his opinion on the U.S. embassy moving to Jerusalem, and it ain't pretty.

From LifeNews, pro-life groups stand up for victims of sex trafficking.

From PoliZette, former CIA Director John Brennan, from his Tweet, appears worried about being exposed.

From Philly(dot)com, former President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama sign with Netflix.

From Voice Of Europe, in Germany, the AfD party sues Chancellor Merkel over her refugee policy.

From Breitbart London, the U.K. is slammed for failing to prosecute FGM.

From the NL Times, someone paints a swastika on a Dutch windmill.  (This is a modern wind machine, not an older wooden mill.)

From The Local FR, in France, three teenagers allegedly beat a man to death with a piece of wood.

From ANSA, the leaders of the Five-Star Movement and the League appear ready to report to Italian President Mattarella.

From the Express, French President Macron's proposed reforms for the E.U. could face a "moment of truth" due to developments in Italy.

From WestMonster, the European media "lose their marbles" over the new Italian government.

From Sputnik International, Germany is reportedly building deportation centers.

From The Jerusalem Post, fasting during Ramadan reportedly can cause medical problems.

From Albawaba, activists in Tunisia call for daytime eating to be allowed during Ramadan.

From the New Telegraph, worshippers in Gashua, Nigeria apprehend a female would-be suicide bomber.

From Netral News, police investigate a video showing pieces of a torn Quran scattered on a street in South Jakarta, Indonesia.

From Arab News, a mobile crane topples in Mecca, injuring the driver.

From National Review, President Trump is an outsider, but not quite like Andrew Jackson.

From Townhall, what you need to know about MS-13.

From FrontpageMag, hypocrisy in the debate over immigration.

From USA Today, reports of der Führer's death have not been exaggerated.

From Bloomberg, China reconsiders its birth limit policies.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein misses being unknown.

And from Thrillist, the state-by-state legality of weed.

UPDATE:  I've run across two more that I thought were worth mentioning.

From France24, France prepares to deal with more strikes.

And from Deutsche Welle, the governing coalition in Italy names the new prime minister.

Sunday Stuff

As the weather turns a sunnier in my area, here are some things going on:

From Middle East Monitor, Germany plans to spend €78 million on migrants during the next four years.

From Flanders News, a protest march devolves into a riot.

From Voice Of Europe, the Hungarian deputy prime minister calls the Christian pilgrimage to Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania a "spiritual powerhouse".

From Zero Hedge, Italy is become the epicenter of a "fateful shift" in the E.U.

From Russia Today, some European companies may withdraw from Iran.

From Reuters, Montenegro considers building a wall on their border with Albania.

From Breitbart London, Austria's vice chancellor objects to the prosecution of Generation Identity.

From Deutsche Welle, the German migration agency investigates the decisions of some of their branch offices.

From the Sunday Express, a former Irish diplomat calls Ireland's Brexit strategy "based on a bluff and a hope".

From Shy Society, a British MEP is convinced that "we are seeing The Great Replacement".

From Sputnik International, Turkish and Balkan intelligence agencies are investigating an alleged plan to attack Turkish President Erdoğan.

From La Stampa, the "Italians first" contract signed coalition partners Five-Star Movement and Liga Nord fails to alleviate the fears of European investors.

From Ahval, Albania must decide between Turkey and the E.U.

From Al Arabiya, an Egyptian preacher apologizes for saying "chicken will increase spirituality" in an advertisement.

From the Khaleej Times, authorities crack down on "fake Ramadan discounts".

From the NZ Herald, the leader of ISIS plans their "chilling new mission".

From Yahoo, ISIS fighters start to leave south Damascus.  (via The Daily Caller)

From Townhall, the Deep State is even bigger than you know.

From NewsBusters, CNN and NBC panels have no qualms about taking President Trump's "animals" comment out of context.

From Philly(dot)com, a review of Orbiter 3's play A People.

From the New York Post, NYU Abu Dhabi prevents journalists from filming a graduation speech given by former Secretary of State John Kerry.

From PoliZette, President Trump orders the DOJ to investigate the FBI's possible infiltration of his campaign.

From Computer World, yet more Microsoft Surfaces won't work with Windows 10 version 1803.

And from Decider, Alec Baldwin's SNL impression of Donald Trump might have been influenced by The Sopranos.

A Royal Wedding, And Other Items

This morning in London, Prince Henry (known as Harry) married Meghan Markle, an American actress.  She was walked down the aisle by Henry's father Prince Charles, her own father not attending.  If you wanted catch the start of the ceremonies on this side of the Pond, you had to turn on your TV at 4:00 a.m.  (Those time differences will get after you.)  Markle is divorced and American, but not the first of either categories to marry into the British royal family.  These were also true of Wallis Simpson, who married King Edward VIII after he abdicated the throne.  Since Henry is sixth in the line of succession (behind his father, his brother William, and William's three children), it is extremely unlikely he will ever have to choose between the throne and his wife.

Read more at Philly(dot)com, The Telegraph, BBC News, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, the Mirror and The Sun.
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In other stories:

From Russia Today, gunmen attack an Orthodox church in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

From The Times Of Israel, Iran waits for the E.U. to make the next move on the nuke deal.

From Sputnik International, the head of Iran's nuclear energy operation indicates that Iran has several options.

From Breitbart London, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán blames George Soros for rising anti-Semitism.

From Voice Of Europe, Europe needs free speech.

From Reveal, the dangerous migration from Libya to Italy.

From Total Croatia News, the bus convoy carrying migrants in Bosnia arrives in Mostar.

From UAWire, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that his country's troops will stay in Syria as long as Assad's government needs them.

From Dutch News, according to Dutch aid minister Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands will allocate €290 million to help refugees "in areas close to their homes".

From The Local IT, Italy awaits the nomination of their new prime minister.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Express Tribune, explosive devices kill eight people at a cricket stadium in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

From the Detroit Free Press, a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan considers banning Israeli military officers from visiting.

From American Thinker, "tough-minded realism is needed in the West's fight against Islam".

From Gatestone Institute, Islam and multiculturalism in France during this past April.

From The Blaze, a reporter in Houston "debunks the lies" about the Santa Fe shooting.

From NewsBusters, the return of the TV show Last Man Standing.

From Fox News, U.S. authorities raid houses and arrest a woman in connection with an alleged black market marijuana operation financed with money wired from China.

From The Verge, nine movie trailers worth watching.

From Breitbart Texas, Border Patrol agents arrest eight Bangladeshis near Laredo, Texas.

From National Review, how Winston Churchill was inspired by his ancestor the Duke of Marlborough.

From Townhall, the real collusion with Russia.

From the New York Post, recovering from kidney surgery, FLOTUS Melania Trump returns to the White House.

And from The LaBlue Review, a post-mortem on Virginia Tech's failed recruiting of an elite running back.

The Texas High School Shooting, And Other Stories

Yesterday, at least eight people, mostly students, were fatally shot at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas.  Two students, one believed to be the shooter, have been taken into custody.  There are reports that the attacker may also have thrown explosive devices within the school.

Read more at ABC13, Click 2 Houston, the Star-Telegram, Chron and CW39.

In a related story, from Twitchy, one person has already decided to blame the usual suspects.
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In other stories:

From NBC News, a man sneaks into a golf course owned by President Trump, rants against him, and shoots the roof.  (via Legal Insurrection)

From the National Catholic Reporter, all Chilean bishops offer Pope Francis their resignations.  (via The American Conservative)

From The Local ES, Spanish police break up a gang suspected of kidnapping migrants.

From Gatestone Institute, were the riots in Gaza really about the American embassy?

From Total Croatia News, Croatia offers to protect its border and to assist Bosnia-Hercegovina.

From Reuters, a convoy of buses carrying migrants in Bosnia is held up by a standoff between two police factions.

From Flanders News, the Belgian finance minister asks for a study on the cost of immigration.

From Sputnik International, according to a security expert, Britons will have to get used to policemen being armed.

From Dutch News, the E.U. tells the Netherlands that their resident permit fees are too high.

From Deutsche Welle, the WHO raises the risk rating for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo to "very high".

From Voice Of Europe, according to Hungary's foreign minister, "Poland and Hungary want a strong Europe that protects its borders".

From The Local DE, German Chancellor Merkel arrives in Russia.

From Russia Today, the Italian parties Five Star Movement and Liga Nord call for lifting sanctions against Russia.

From Breitbart London, a German radio broadcaster calls Ramadan and "old German custom".

From the Express, disappointed with the lack of support for Brexit in the House of Lords, U.K. Prime Minister May changes its composition.

From the Romford Recorder, a teacher who said that he would "fight" and "die" for Islam leaves his school in Rainham, U.K.

From American Thinker, "to know Muhammad is to know Islam".  (The last two links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Fox News, conservatives in the House defeat the farm bill.  (via Townhall)

From FrontpageMag, Los Angeles is becoming a "homeless hole".

From Local10, an airplane crashes after taking off from Havana, Cuba.  (via the New York Post)

From NBC12, the Dave Matthews Band fires their violinist for alleged sexual misconduct.

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio fears the "corporatization" of marijuana.

And from The Guardian, soon-to-be-royal Meghan Markel's wedding will greatly benefit her dog.  (via Page Six)