Links For The End Of July

As another month comes to a close, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, refugees visit their "dangerous homelands", often at taxpayer expense.  (This raises an interesting question.  If their homelands were so dangerous that they had to leave, how are they now safe enough to visit?  To what extent have the conditions changed?  If you read Flemish, read the story at HLN.)

From Breitbart London, the Libyan Coast Guard takes 611 migrants back to Libya.  (If you read Italian, read the story at Il Giornale.)

From the Daily Mail, almost 400 migrants are stranded in Algeciras, Spain.

From the Express, the E.U. plans to put out a "four or five page" document outlining their future relationship with the United Kingdom.

From Deutsche Welle, Jews in western Europe think that anti-Semitism is on the rise.

From the Evening Standard, six boys arrested for attacking a women get police protection.

From Radio Poland, unemployment in Poland drops to 3.7 percent, and Russia will allow Polish prosecutors to visit the site of the plane crash which killed Poland's president.  (The latter story comes via Voice Of Europe.)

From Russia Today, a man blows himself up on a football (a.k.a. soccer) field in Vervier, Belgium.  (If you read French, read the story at SudInfo.  If you read Flemish, read the story at De Standaard.)

From Dutch News, population growth in the Netherlands has been slowed by a flu epidemic.

From the Mirror, in Langsa, Indonesia, a couple seen having sex outside of marriage is given a very stinky punishment.

From The Telegraph, a man in Blackburn, Lancashire allegedly forged a letter from his mosque claiming that he was single in order to commit bigamy.  (Has he ever seen those 4,000 holes?)

From WBAL, a roadside bomb kills 11 people on a bus in Afghanistan.

From FrontpageMag, the left's willful blindness toward the persecution of Christians and abuse of women in Muslim countries.

From The Slovak Spectator, "car sales in Slovakia break records".

From National Review, the origins of our possible second Civil War.

From Townhall, some of the tax increases necessary to pay for Bernie Sanders's "Medicare for all".

From The Washington Free Beacon, the federal government has spent over $400,000 to compare "gender variant" youth with cisgender youth.  (This amount of money is very small by government budget standards.)

From The Daily Caller, "how our intelligence agencies helped Putin weaken America".

From Breitbart Texas, a weapons bust reveals an arms supply line between Mexico City and Texas.

From Twitchy, journalist Katie Pavelich reminds lefties how they used to hate the Koch brothers.

From Arkansas Online, Medicaid funding for two Planned Parenthood clinics in Arkansas is blocked by a judge.  (via LifeNews)

From LifeNews, Catholic hospitals in Ireland stand against a government proposal that would force them to perform abortions.

From CNS News, the owner of an auto shop receives death threats after an escaped illegal alien is caught there.

From Fox News, Ball State will no longer require SAT or ACT scores for admission.

And from Breaking Burgh, President Trump's critics concede that he does indeed have more followers than Abraham Lincoln.

Monday Links

Another Monday, another round of the bah-dah, bah-da-da-duh going on:

From the Hungary Journal, Prime Minister Viktor Orban counter-attacks his opponents.

From NWS, three quarters of Belgian local police forces are understaffed.

From the Express, mystery surrounds the last words of the MH370 pilot.

From Voice Of Europe, a Danish Imam calls for the Muslim invasion of Europe.

From Sputnik International, a French citizen launches a petition to urge lawmakers to impeach President Macron.

From Dutch News, four cyclists killed in Tajikistan were attacked with knives.

From the South China Morning Post, more on the fatal attack on the cyclists.

From the Daily Mail, a manhunt is underway for up to 20 migrants who stowed away on a vegetable truck.

From the Evening Standard, nine burglars armed with machetes invade a home.

From Radio Poland, vandals attack an office of Poland's ruling party.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Business Review, four countries share the highest employment rate among migrants born outside the E.U.  (BR is a Romanian site.)

From CNN, President Trump will meet the new Italian prime minister.

From Politico, a look at Europe's front pages.

From Breitbart London, according to "experts", European judges will not allow the U.K. to expose the ISIS "Beatles" to the death penalty.  (According to one definition, an "expert" is someone more than 25 miles from home and carrying a briefcase.)

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Palestinian TV show hands out money to people who deny Israel's existence.

From The Globe And Mail, Afghani women report rapes committed by ISIS terrorists.

From Standard Media, a Kenyan teacher faces blasphemy charges for allegedly trampling on a Koran.  (SM is a Kenyan site.)

From Gatestone Institute, "child brides in Turkey".

From Big League Politics, Germans use weighted trucks to prevent Muslim terrorists from attacking gays.

From The Daily Caller, Iran's terrorist regime has been treated as legitimate for far too long.

From the New York Post, President Trump offers to meet with Iranian leaders with "no preconditions".  (Didn't Trump's predecessor once use that phrase?)

From Fox News, striking Spanish cab drivers block the streets.

From LifeNews, at an clinic in Chicago, two woman are hospitalized due to botched abortions.

From LifeZette, a magazine coaches women how to "relax" and feel "empowered" while undergoing an abortion.

From The Federalist, the facts about the Trump Tower meeting are incriminating, but not for the president.

From Reuters, Walmart's "last mile" delivery plan hasn't worked out very well so far.

From Legal Insurrection, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) decides to back SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the "Medicare for all" proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would cost $32 trillion.  ("Feel the Bern", indeed.)

From CNS News, the DOJ sues to revoke the American citizenship of a convicted drug smuggler.

From National Review, how liberals believe that impeachment is inevitable.

From The Verge, the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy petitions Disney to rehire James Gunn.

And from the Babylon Bee, the Obamas celebrate their women's rights legacy by attending a Jay-Z concert.

Sunday Stuff

On a Sunday that has largely lived up to the name, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, contrary to governmental claims, migrants are not good for the economy.

From Premier Christian Radio, of the 1,112 Syrian refugees taken in by the U.K., the number of Christians was zero.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Guardian, according to U.K. politician Nigel Farage, former Donald Trump adviser (and my fellow Hokie) Steve Bannon could help bring about populist victories in E.U. elections next year.

From Russia Today, Italian Interior Minister Salvini claims that the E.U. is trying to "swindle" the U.K. in their Brexit negotiations.

From the Sunday Express, some U.K. conservatives are in "open revolt" against Prime Minister May's white paper.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the number of migrants prevented by Turkey from reaching Europe has increased by 60 percent.

From the South China Morning Post, a Coptic Christian couple escapes Egypt to be detained in Hong Kong.

From Eurasia Review, the E.U. praises the passage of expanded autonomy for the Islamic southern part of the Philippines.

From Gatestone Institute, the rise of Salafists in Germany.  (The last three stories were found at The Religion Of Peace.)

From Breitbart London, watch boatloads of invaders migrants land in Spain.

From Canada Free Press, did we just dodge another 9/11?  (Put into the chatroom of the English Defense League show on BlogTalkRadio.)

From National Review, "understanding trade deficits".

From Townhall, 25 people, including 22 illegal aliens, have been charged with various crimes committed under stolen Puerto Rican identities.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) wants SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh's records from his time in the executive branch.  (Kavanaugh has been a federal judge for 12 years, which is 12 years more pre-SCOTUS judicial experience than that of Justice Elena Kagan.)

From The Daily Caller, a book about the "dangerously clever" founding father Albert Gallatin.  (I have visited his estate in southwestern Pennsylvania, known as Friendship Hill.)

From CNS News, according to a guest in CNN, a lawsuit may be blocking some illegal alien family reunifications.

From Computer World, if you want Microsoft Office next year, it'll cost you more.

From LifeZette, according to presidential adviser Larry Kudlow, President Trump should not be blamed for inheriting the "broken world trading system".

From The Washington Times, conservative billionaire Charles Koch warns that Trump's trade war could cause a recession.

From Fox News, after a nationwide ground stop caused by a system error, American Airlines is flying again.

From the New York Post, Sean Spicer's lawyer denies that he used a racial slur in high school.

And from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson wants to flatter Russell Wilson in the sincerest way.

Links For National New Jersey Day

Today's most interesting Twitter hashtag is #NationalNewJerseyDay, so while you're driving around a traffic circle, gambling in Atlantic City, having someone else pump your gas, or swatting at the New Jersey state bird, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, according to a Syrian MP, the White Helmets are part of al Qaeda.

From Deutsche Welle, Italy is investigating German NGO rescue workers.

From Breitbart London, there have been 55,000 illegal migrant sea crossings so far this year.

From the (Irish) Independent, Spain's coast guard has been "overwhelmed" by the migrant crossings.

From the Express, a White Paper by U.K. Prime Minister May prevents a "socialist utopia" from being established.

From Total Croatia News, thanks to effective Border Police work, Croatia remains secure without barbed wire.

From Sputnik International, Twitter denies "shadow banning" conservatives, but the "facts say otherwise".  (I did find this article posted on, you guessed it, Twitter.)

From the Deccan Chronicle, in Bangla Desh, a photographer is fired and beaten up for taking a picture of a couple kissing.

From Rappler, in Afghanistan, terrorists attack a midwife training center.

From Jamie Glazov Productions, jihad denial in Toronto.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, researchers in Malaysia develop an app which helps the hearing-impaired to learn the Koran.

From The Washington Times, Montana will quarantine some boats because of mussels.

From Legal Insurrection, Burger King fights the "pink tax".

From Fox News, this coming Tuesday, go to Chipotle for some free guacamole.

From National Review, a man in Mississippi has been tried six time for the same murder.

From Townhall, the GOP won't help themselves by appeasing the left.  (If you ask me, this is something which all Republicans need to get through their thick skulls.)

From The Daily Caller, the underreported crimes committed by illegal aliens this month.

From The Washington Free Beacon, left-wing billionaire George Soros spent over $10 million on lobbying during the second quarter of 2018.

From Live Journal, a very uncomfortable program by the Unpleasant Blind Guy.  (He wants it shared, so here you go, UBG.)

From The New York Post, pictures from yesterday's lunar eclipse, which could not be seen here in North America.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, three former Virginia Tech football players practice at the Washington Redskins camp.

And from Breaking Burgh, Russia recalls their top spy in the U.S. to provide updated instructions.

Economic Growth And Other Stories

Starting with some good economic news, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, during this year's second quarter, GDP grew by an annual rate of 4.1 percent, which according to some people, wasn't going to happen.

From NewsBusters, according to NBC's Chuck Todd, President Trump might have "over-hyped" the economy.

From Accuracy In Media, the media say that Trump's 4.1% won't last.  (Considering that economic growth can fluctuate quite a bit, I'd say that to some extent they're right.)

From The Daily Signal, how your kid's capitalism could put you in jail.

From CBS Los Angeles, at Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star, a fight breaks out.  (via the New York Post)

From The Daily Caller, centrist Republicans in Congress could help themselves by passing "net neutrality" legislation.

From Politico, the federal housing chief is under investigation for sexual harassment.

From CNS News, why young adults are leaving states that don't have right-to-work.

From BizPac Review, California's ban on plastic straws is based on research conducted by a nine-year-old.

From Voice Of Europe, a Pakistani migrant has been arrested for trying to start a fire in Greece.

From EuroNews, lack of trust among E.U. member states is undermining the bloc's immigration deal.

From Radio Poland, according to the head of Poland's Law and Justice Party, no changes are needed for the Polish government.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Telegraph, police in London arrest three suspects after a car chase ends with a shootout.  (via Breitbart London)

From the Express, according to a professor of European politics, a second Brexit vote would be a "disaster".

From ANSA, minors are forced into having sex in order to cross the French-Italian border.

From Palestinian Media Watch, the Egyptian girl who didn't know that she was a Jew.  (She's now the Egyptian translator for PMW.)

From Gatestone Institute, "dignity for the Palestinians".

From FrontpageMag, the "occupy ICE" camp in Portland, Oregon has been shut down.

From National Review, in a reaction to an article in FiveThirtyEight, what percentage of the American population must rely on Catholic hospitals?  (The link to the FTE article is in the NR article.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Trump administration announces that most detained families have been reunited.

From the Daily Press, season ticket sales for Old Dominion football appear to have been boosted by Virginia Tech being on their schedule.

From the New York Post, a camera on a crane in St. Petersburg, Russia catches a full-circle rainbow.

And from The Babylon Bee, the CEO of Twitter apologizes for letting conservatives use the platform.

Thursday Tidings

Another Thursday, another hot day, and another slew of things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, Italian Interior Minister Salvini announces plans for a "zero tolerance" policy for criminal migrants.

From the Daily Mail, almost 600 invaders migrants storm the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungary's House Speaker expresses sympathy for the victims of the fires in Greece.

From the Express, as the U.K. Tories bicker, UKIP makes a comeback.

From Reuters, Portugal wants the U.K. to continue accepting certain E.U. migrants.

From Radio Poland, let's all say witamy do Zjednoczonych Stanów to the Polish foreign minister.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Dutch News, American chip-maker Qualcomm withdraws its bid to acquire the Dutch company NXP, due to disapproval from Chinese regulators.  (The Chinese have authority to approve or disapprove business transactions between the U.S. and the Netherlands?  Interesting how that works.)

From the Evening Standard, President Trump postpones his next summit with President Putin.

From Russia Today, Facebook cracks down on alleged right-wing "fake accounts" in Brazil.

From The Spectator, Europe's answer to migration is to throw money at it.

From The Slovak Spectator, the Tatra mountains in northern Slovakia are recovering from floods.

From the NL Times, some Dutch cities use gritters to deal with softening asphalt.

From Sputnik International, the U.K. home secretary starts an investigation into the ethnic makeup of grooming gangs.

From Gatestone Institute, multiculturalism in France in June 2018.

From AP News, body cam footage show that police assumed that there were multiple shooters in the Las Vegas massacre.

From National Review, what feminists really should do for boys.

From Townhall, the left-wing media can't deal with satire about congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

From The Washington Free Beacon, unions deducted nearly $150 million in union dues from Medicaid caregivers' paychecks.

From The Daily Caller, President Trump reveals what President Obama told him about Kim Jong-un.

From Fox News, a couple who were fugitives for 18 years have finally been caught in Mississippi.

From BBC News, a Colombian drug gang puts out a hit on a drug-sniffing dog.  (via Fox News)

From Ultimate Classic Rock, the son of the inventor of liquid paper recovers from heart surgery.

From the Journal-News, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) announces that he will run for Speaker.  (via LifeNews)

From CBS News, Facebook stock suffers the largest one-day loss in U.S. history.

And from Breaking Burgh, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown will use a helicopter during the upcoming season.

Various And Sundry

Some various and sundry, or maybe sun-dried if not rain-dampened, things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, Hungary will not be politically blackmailed by the E.U.

From the Express, the chairman of Barclays refutes the idea that Brexit will destroy Britain.

From The Local ES, Spain rescues 500 migrants in a single day.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Local FR, things are getting hot in Paris and northern France.

From Sputnik International, Italian Interior Minister Salvini scorns Europe's offer to pay states for taking in migrants.

From the Daily Mail, Bosnia will strengthen its border defenses.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković meets with Austrian Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Karin Kneissl.  (How's that for a title?)

From BBC News, dozens are killed by suicide attacks on election day in Pakistan, and a "lake" of liquid water has been reportedly found under a Martian ice cap.

From NDTV, ISIS claims responsibility for the shootings in Toronto.

From the Independent, ISIS suicide bombings kill over 200 people in Syria.

From Arab News, an Indonesia Christian is sentenced to four years in prison for a Facebook post satirizing Mohammed.

From ABC News (the Australian site), Indonesian Muslims have their tattoos removed.

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinian Authority cracks down on students.

From National Review, the Obama administration reportedly approved a grant of $200,000 for an al-Qaeda affiliate in Sudan.

From FrontpageMag, the Toronto gunman is officially not a terrorist.

From Townhall, when operating a government program, beware the unintended consequences.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Russian authorities arrest two alleged NATO spies.

From Accuracy In Media, will the media ever hold accountable the person who vandalized President Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

From LifeNews, Sandra Merritt asks a court to dismiss the charges against her for exposing Planned (Avoidance of) Parenthood.

From CNS News, according to Trump transition team member Ken Blackwell, the president has asked China to stop "stealing" and "cheating".

From Fox News, a Marine Corps ring found on a beach has been reunited with its owner.

From The Verge, author Timothy Zahn has written another novel for Star Wars fans.

From The Daily Caller, does expelling students for using "wrong" pronouns violate free speech?

From NewsBusters, two outlets freak out over Attorney General Sessions joining in a "lock her up" chant.

From The Irish Sun, a man with no male part tricked women into having sex, during which he used foreign objects.  (Why he lacks the normal equipment is not explained.  The story comes via the New York Post.)

From the New York Post, a wildfire forces parts of Yosemite National Park to close.

And from The Babylon Bee, after a minimum wage hike, a youth pastor is replaced by a kiosk.

Tuesday Things

With a week left in this month, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, Spain's new socialist government has caused an "explosion" of illegal migrant crossings of the Mediterranean Sea.

From Sputnik International, a Greek court gives two Ukrainian people smugglers sentences of 180 years each.  (Have I mentioned that migrants are not merely migrating, but are being smuggled?  These two guys should hope that no one ever proves that reincarnation is real.)

From Middle East Monitor, the E.U. will pay $7,000 per migrant to the states willing to take them.  (The articles links to the Financial Times, which is behind a paywall.)

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban offers help to Montenegro in protecting its borders.

From the Express, the Euro is struggling to stay afloat.

From the Evening Standard, police use tear gas to disperse protesters who had thrown bales of hay onto the course of the Tour de France.

From the NL Times, over 200 Dutch officials call for their foreign minister to increase diversity in his department.

From Radio Praha, police in the Czech Republic detained 2,376 illegal aliens in the first half of this year.  (Most were from other European countries, which means that enforcing immigration laws against does not require animus toward non-white migrants.)

From The Scotsman, according to some MPs, both the U.K. and the E.U. are behaving badly.

From Deutsche Welle, the Polish Senate speaker says that his country is not against Europe.  (I couldn't help but notice that the article's two authors have Polish names.)

From Euractiv, Greece seeks help in fighting its wildfires.

From Ekathimerini, the wildfire east of Athens has claimed 50 lives.

From FrontpageMag, the "usual excuse" for jihad in Toronto.

From France24, an imam in Denmark is charged for his alleged call to kill Jews.

From the Daily Mail, two Muslim teenagers Australia stand trial for allegedly planning a terror attack.

From EUObserver, the E.U. will restrict resettlement options for migrants.

From National Review, we're now in the greatest mass hysteria in American history.

From Townhall, the media's double standard on "campaign finance laws".

From The Washington Free Beacon, the "real war" is not against Russia.

From CNS News, roughly one in five illegal alien children could not be reunited with the adults who brought them into the United States because of the adults' criminal history.

From The Verge, in Massachusetts, Juul Labs is under investigation for allegedly getting minors to vape.

From LifeZette, minor league baseball player Tim Tebow undergoes surgery.

From Fox News, four things to know about new Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie.

From The Federalist, President Trump's views notwithstanding, tariffs are not the greatest.

From Accuracy In Media, the media say that Trump is wagging the dog on Iran.

From LifeNews, the abortion pill has killed 22 women and injured thousands more.

From the New York Post, Italian police have recovered a desk illegally taken from Italy after World War II.  (If you read Italian, read the story at La Stampa.)

And from The Daily Caller, California, they tried to warn ya.

Brief Music Break

In 2013, the band Poco released the album All Fired Up, including the song Neil Young, written and sung by Rusty Young, who tries to explain that he and Neil are not siblings.  Even so, there is a connection, because Rusty Young founded Poco with Jim Messina and Richie Furay, who had been members of Buffalo Springfield, which also included....you guessed it....Neil Young.



You may also listen directly on YouTube.

Monday Links

As another workweek starts, here are some things going on:

From the Ottawa Citizen, a man armed with a knife attempted to stab a member of the Ceremonial Guard at Parliament Hill in Ottawa.  (H/T Gary Kuemper, who put this in the BTR chatroom of the Red Fox Blogger)

From SBS News, three men have been arrested in connection with a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy in Worcester, England.  (H/T the Red Fox Blogger herself)

From the Express, adult migrant males marry underage girls in order to obtain E.U. passports.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Telegraph, six people are arrested after a woman with a slit throat staggers out of a hotel.

From Voice Of Europe, three migrants convicted of rape get "very low sentences".  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Fria Tider.)

From Sputnik International, the Hungarian government warns that mass migration has led to increased anti-Semitism is Europe.

From Breitbart London, three men, two of whom are "possibly Turkish", invade a home in south London.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic is having record low unemployment, which attracts foreigners.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Slovak Spectator, unemployment rises slightly in Slovakia.

From France24, French police clear 450 migrants from a park in Nantes.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has a vision, while his opponents don't.

From Deutsche Welle, is Turkey headed for an economic crash?

From the Evening Standard, two people are killed and 12 injured in a mass shooting in Toronto.

From the NL Times, two Moroccans have been arrested in Rotterdam for allegedly planning attacks in the Netherlands and France.

From OPIndia, a Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by Muslims over an affair with a Muslim woman.  (The Dalits are people who were formerly called "untouchables".)

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian minister in charge of Islamic affairs says that the country is not LGBT-friendly.

From CGTN, 11 people are killed in a suicide attack at a Nigerian mosque.

From FrontpageMag, "Muslims vs. free speech".

From National Review, FISA applications show that the FBI relied on an unconfirmed dossier.

From Townhall, President Trump is looking to terminate the security clearances of officials inherited from his predecessor.

From The Washington Free Beacon, at the OZYFEST, Hillary Clinton's "sad carnival".

From Philly(dot)com, why recycling is now a money loser for Philadelphia.

From LifeZette, a group supporting SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh plans to blitz red states which have Democratic senators.

From Accuracy In Media, NBC tries to make "theybies" a thing.

From the New York Post, Paul Manafort's trial has been postponed until July 31st.

From LifeNews, a pro-life group is run out of a government-run fair in Lambeth, England.

From The Washington Times, the father of police shooting victim Justine Ruszczyk Damond releases a statement on the lawsuit he has filed.

From Variety, stock in Alphabet soars despite the company being fined $5 billion by the E.U.

From ESPN, Tim Tebow's minor league baseball career suffers a setback.

From Fox News, if you have $3.9 million lying around, you can buy David Cassidy's old house.

And from The Babylon Bee, violence has been officially redefined.

Sunday Stuff

As the rain finally abates, for a while, anyway, here are some more things going on:

From Deutsche Welle, Germany claims success with a program intended to help migrants find better lives in their home countries.

From Ahval, the number of Turks granted asylum in Germany has doubled from last year.  (If you read Turkish, read the story at T24.)

From Voice Of Europe, a Muslim family in Almere, the Netherlands knocks out a cop.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at Omroep Flevoland.)

From France24, Malta will accept 19 migrants rescued from a capsized boat.

From the Sunday Express, the "remain" side of the Brexit referendum had an "unfair advantage" (and they still lost).

From Breitbart's National Security, Pope Francis calls for "decisive" action to prevent migrant deaths in the Mediterranean.

From EuroNews, Poland sends firetrucks to Sweden to help fight the wildfires there.

From TRT World, more migrants are trying to move through Romania.

From The Economic Times, a suicide bomber at the Kabul airport kills 11 people.

From Sky News, 11 South African taxi drivers are killed in an ambush after attending a funeral.  (via Fox News)

From AhlulBayt News Agency, a French national soccer player will help fund a mosque in his native Mauritania.

From Breitbart Texas, migrant deaths and rescues increase due to hot weather in the border region.

From The Daily Caller, left-wing media reporters blame President Obama's mistakes with Russia on President Trump.

From The Washington Times, a waiter at a trattoria in Rome is fired from writing an anti-gay slur on a dinner bill.

From the New York Post, a private investigator claims to have warned a Missouri duck boat company about design flaws in their boats.

From National Review, "the first nationalist".

From Townhall, "liberals get a does of their own medicine".

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senate Democrats fault Supreme Court nominee Brett Cavanaugh for supporting the very same law that they once supported.

From Fox News, Francesco Molinari wins the British Open, becoming the first Italian to win a Major golf tournament.

And from The American Conservative, the "view from your table".

Links For A Rainy Saturday

As it's been raining all day here in my part of Maryland, with temperatures below normal, here are some things going on, near and far:

From Voice Of Europe, the Italian government decides to take care of Italians first.

From the Express, British politician Nigel Farage warns Prime Minister Theresa May that a Brexit betrayal will spark a huge backlash.

From the Daily Mail, two members of May's cabinet disagree over E.U. workers in the U.K.

From Deutsche Welle, Syrian government forces advance as aid from Russia and France arrives.

From Sputnik International, Ecuador will reportedly withdraw its asylum for Julian Assange.

From Russia Today, more investors are turning to gold.

From The Conservative Woman, "is Britain becoming the Third World, or are we already there?"

From France24, the incident where an aide to French President Macron allegedly committed an assault might have been the subject of a cover-up.

From VRT, Belgium's National Day parade is held in Brussels.

From the Evening Standard, according to Tory MP Jacob Rees-Moog, Britain is header for a "no-deal" Brexit.

From Middle East Monitor, the U.N. appeals for safe passage for 140,000 people stranded in Syria.

From ABC News, one survivor and two bodies for a capsized migrant boat land in Spain.

From Gatestone Institute, in Turkey, an American pastor sits in prison while ISIS members roam free.

From NewsBusters, the media have another Trump meltdown.

From Breitbart Video, Rachel Maddow "feels very palpable" that President Trump is a foreign agent.  (I vaguely recall some of us right-wingers having similar ideas about Trump's predecessor, but I digress.)

From Fox 59, a survivor of the duck boat disaster describes her experience.  (via the New York Post)

From The Daily Caller, a former acting director of ICE has some criticism for Michelle Wolf and her ICE-ISIS video.

From The Washington Free Beacon, after their lawsuit against oil companies is dismissed, Baltimore files another one.

From Townhall, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is right about the International Space Station.

From the New York Post, an opinion column calls Elon Musk "a total fraud".

From Fox News, a historic airplane crashes in Texas, as everyone on board survives.

From Yahoo News, the British Tempest fighter jet "could be the future".

From The Verge, watch the first trailer for the upcoming Godzilla movie.

From Variety, former football player Michael Strahan will host ABC's new GMA hour.

From The Slovak Spectator, a tourist route in Slovakia, including an area called Little Croatia.

And from Breaking Burgh, on the reality show Undercover Boss, Vladimir Putin will be disguised as a White House intern.

Links For Moon Landing Day

Today is the 49th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin putting their footprints on the lunar surface.  Here are some things going on:

From The Local DE, several people are injured by a knifeman of unspecified ethnicity on a bus near Lübeck, Germany.

From the Daily Mail, in the same story, the knifeman is reportedly "from Iran".

From Voice Of Europe, hundreds of refugees camp out in a park after being evicted from a house in Nantes, France.

From Breitbart London, Ireland's premier threatens to disallow British planes from Irish airspace if Britain takes back their fishing rights.

From the Express, former Italian Prime Minister Renzi rants during an interview and gets cut off.

From the NL Times, according to the IMF, a "hard" Brexit will hit the Dutch economy.

From Sputnik International, an aide to French President Macron is arrested for alleged violence during a May Day demonstration.  (If you read French, read the story at FranceInfo.)

From The Guardian, their Friday briefing.

From The Local SE, E.U. countries send fire-fighting aircraft to Sweden.

From Euractiv, Spain's Supreme Court drops the arrest warrant against former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont.

From Arutz Sheva, a Turkish man attacks Jews in front of a Kosher restaurant in Vienna.

From Gatestone Institute, in Turkey, exposing the crimes of ISIS is regarded as terrorism.

From International Business Times, an Islamic school in India has issued fatwas against eyebrow plucking, waxing and shaving.

From StepFeed, an Egyptian causes outrage by singing verses from the Koran.

From NBC DFW, a mosque near Houston catches fire in an apparent arson.

From The Slovak Spectator, a movie shows how rock & roll helped win the Cold War.

From FrontpageMag, the real collusion with Russia, or B-B-B-Bernie and the Bolsheviks.

From National Review, although former President Obama's statements in South Africa are hypocritical, they're still true.

From Townhall, ICE arrests dozen of illegal aliens, most with criminal records, in Newark, New Jersey.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Republican National Committee chooses Charlotte, North Carolina to host their 2020 convention.

From The Washington Post, Senate Republicans drop their effort to reimpose sanctions on the Chinese company ZTE.  (via The Verge)

From Life News, injuries resulting from the abortion pill have greatly increased in recent years.

From The Federalist, most Americans don't care very much about alleged Russian collusion.

From TechRadar, five new missions to Mars are in the works.

From the New York Post, 13 people were killed when a duck boat capsized on a lake in Missouri.

From Fox Business, Aston Martin reveals a flying car.

And from The Babylon Bee, after hitting Tim Tebow with a pitch, an opposing pitcher suffers Mrs. Lot's fate.

A Few Things For Thursday

Some things going on out there:

From Voice Of Europe, a Belgian politician predicts a civil war in Europe.

From the Daily Mail, in England and Wales, killings and knife crime have soared.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the Express, the U.K. trade secretary warns that a "no deal" Brexit could harm E.U. economies.

From the NL Times, in the Netherlands, "experts" are calling for stricter sex crime laws.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calls for an E.U. "crisis cell" on migrants.

From Sputnik International, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Orban discuss Islamism and anti-Semitism, the "challenges of [the] 21st century".

From Russia Today, billionaire George Soros criticizes Presidents Obama and Trump.

From BBC News Info, an imam in India seeks a ban on televised debates on Islam and sharia.

From Jamie Glazov Productions, "how Israeli ingenuity repairs the world".

From Gatestone Institute, "designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist entity".

From FrontpageMag, the facts left out by the pro-open-borders left.

From National Review, the Ninth Circuit affirms its injunction against California's ban on "large-capacity" magazines.

From Townhall, Trump and Putin will meet again.

From Philly(dot)com, a man sentenced to 15 years for terror-related offenses is released after serving six years.

From CNS News, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration is sounding a "clarion call" for religious freedom.

From LifeNews, a baby was aborted at eight months and left to die, but was adopted instead.  (She wrote the article.)

From LifeZette, for practicing Christians, the Gospel means more than music or pastors.

From The Federalist, France doesn't like their World Cup win being called an "African victory".

From NBC 4, a New Jersey woman promises to pop the "Baby Trump" balloon.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, Wells Fargo is reportedly refunding their customers for account additions made without their full understanding.

From The LaBlue Review, a look at the Baltimore Orioles' trade of Manny Machado.

And from The Babylon Bee, a progressive is attacked on line for suggesting that his own side should be more civil.

Wednesday Whatnot

Today, I'd like to begin with a quote appearing in an article in National Review.

In the West's current debate around immigration, for example, it's not wrong to insist that national borders matter; whether you're a citizen or not is going to matter to a government, that laws need to be followed; that in the public realm newcomers should make an effort to adapt to the language and customs of their new home.

This passage comes from a recent speech by none other than former President Barrack Obama.  The article's author then asks,

How different would the Obama era look if he had emphasized that message at every opportunity? [emphasis in original]

I would add that nowadays, when right-wingers say the same things, we're sometimes accused of racism and xenophobia, and even likened to "nazis".  Why then, are these considerations legitimate when coming out of the mouth of an obvious left-winger?  Read the article at the NR link above.
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Here are some other things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, celebrations of France's World Cup victory have included a wave of groping.

From the Express, European Commission President Juncker says, "I'm not as think as you drunk I am."  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the NL Times, in Amsterdam, police find €2.2 million in the Dido Events Center.

From the Daily Mail, Germany considers legislation making it harder for people from four countries to claim asylum.

From Russia Today, President Trump claims that some people would rather see him "go to war" than get along with President Putin.

From ANSA, a Tunisian gas company ship carrying 40 migrants has been refused permission to dock by three countries.

From The Daily Caller, Trump calls low-immigration countries "successful".

From Sputnik International, 200 people identified as security threats have entered Sweden.

From France24, an American start-up wants to revive supersonic air travel.

From Arutz Sheva, a Jordanian journalist claims that Israel has set off earthquakes in an effort to collapse the Al-Aqsa mosque.

From MalayMail, Islamic authorities warn Malaysians against being influenced by LGBT culture.

From Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre, a firebomb attached to a balloon launched from Gaza lands in the playground of an Israeli kindergarten.

From TradeArabia, a U.S. blockchain is certified as sharia-compliant.

From Reuters, Iran has built a new centrifuge rotor factory. (via Breitbart's National Security)

From Gatestone Institute, Germany has a dysfunctional deportation system.

From FrontpageMag, an interview with congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).  (While doing a bit of research, I learned that there's an asteroid named after her.)

From Townhall, Trump just saved the American taxpayers "a ton of money" on Air Force One planes.

From CNS News, what Trump said in Helsinki "doesn't begin to compare" with what FDR said to Stalin.

From The Slovak Spectator, the Slovak foreign minister says that it's good that Trump and Putin met.

From LifeZette, why a "Trump Baby" balloon, similar to the one seen in London, might not fly in New Jersey.

From LifeNews, Missouri's governor signs a tax credit that will benefit pro-life pregnancy centers.

From Numbers USA, USCIS issues guidelines allowing visa adjudicators to deny incomplete applications.

From AccuWeather, "the swamp" got a record amount of rainfall yesterday.  (via Breitbart's Big Government)

From Breitbart's Big Government, a House bill funds 200 miles of the wall.

From Breitbart Texas, Border Patrol agents arrest three unaccompanied minors smuggling drugs across the Rio Grande.  (This shows that to oppose the wall is to support drug smuggling, and that the smuggling of drugs and people often are done together.)

From The Sacramento Bee, in San Francisco, non-citizens may vote in school board elections.

From Fox News, Delta wants to hire 8,000 new pilots over the next ten years.

From the New York Post, MGM is already facing a backlash for suing the victims of the Las Vegas concert shooting.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia Tech Night at a Richmond Flying Squirrels game will include former football coach Frank Beamer.

And from Breaking Burgh, Putin breaks Trump by getting him to say that there are five lights.