First up is a YouTube video from the Heritage Foundation about immigration and the principles which should be followed when trying to legislate a solution. At around 4:00, the speaker advises against "a comprehensive deal". As I realized years ago, when a politician proposes anything which includes the word "comprehensive", be afraid, be very afraid.
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On to today's things going on:
From National Review, Democratic presidential candidate Bob O'Rourke is slammed for not quite supporting the Green New Deal.
From TownHall, the Poway, California synagogue shooter is not a Christian.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the share of American adults under incarceration reaches a 20-year low.
From the Washington Examiner, from either the left or the right, anti-Semitism is evil.
From The Federalist, the one thing anti-Semites have in common is a hatred of Israel.
From American Thinker, the 3.2 percent economic growth under President Trump outdoes Obama and Bush the Younger.
From CNS News, the rabbi of the Poway synagogue thanks Trump for offering "comfort and consolation".
From LifeZette, Cook County, Illinois State's Attorney Kim Foxx gets subpoenaed.
From FrontpageMag, the Christophobia following the Sri Lanka bombings.
From Snouts in the Trough, are government statistics racist?
From Free West Media, a French author is indicted for his "condoms for Africa" Tweet.
From EuroNews, U.K. police ask crime victims to hand over mobile phones and social media passwords.
From Euractiv, Europe's largest business lobby warms to French President Macron's carbon tariff idea.
From the Express, Brexit supporter Iain Duncan Smith outlines his solution.
From the Evening Standard, to protect birds, keep your cat indoors. (My parents had a cat which could catch low-flying birds out of the air, so it might not be a bad idea.)
From the (U.K.) Independent, Scottish minister Nicola Sturgeon promises that Scotland "will lead by example" on climate change. (If there's a Chinese consulate in Scotland, protesting in front of it might help just a bit.)
From the (Irish) Independent, taxi drivers in Dublin declare the city center "a warzone". (Although my spellchecker rejects "warzone", I must use this word, instead of "war zone", to quote the article correctly.)
From the Irish Examiner, Irish civil rights activists call upon the government to repeal censorship legislation.
From CBC News, 2,000 Canadian military personnel assist volunteers dealing with floods in three provinces.
From Global News, Saskatchewan residents are expected to pay the most carbon dioxide tax out of four provinces, but could see the highest rebates.
From CTV News, according to B'nai Brith Canada, online hate is fueling a rise in anti-Semitism.
From Mexico News Daily, Mexico sends the U.S. a diplomatic note requesting faster movement of cross-border traffic. (I think that this is the last MND article I can view this month. Like I may have said earlier, if our border wasn't being crashed by numerous migrants from Central America, we'd have more Border Patrol agents available to man the ports of entry.)
From France24, architects advise French President Emmanuel Macron to exercise caution in rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral.
From RFI, French authorities arrest four people for allegedly planning an attack on security forces, including a minor who had tried to join ISIS.
From El País, now that the election results are in, how will Spain be governed?
From Reuters, Portugal's fuel truck drivers might stage another strike. (The article was linked at The Portugal News.)
From Morocco World News, Oxfam calls Morocco "one of the most unequal countries in Africa".
From the Malta Independent, a Maltese citizen is arrested for fraud in New York.
From Malta Today, to prevent illegal dumping into Maltese sewers, 3,000 manholes will be sealed.
From ANSA, two members of a neo-Fascist gang are arrested for alleged rape.
From SwissInfo, when anarchists set off bombs in Geneva, Switzerland.
From Total Croatia News, the bear necessities come to the Pelješac peninsula.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovar leaders outline their demands at the Berlin Summit talks.
From Ekathimerini, the colors of the Parthenon marbles. (During my first trip to Greece in 1999, my tour group learned that Greek temples and their sculptures were not originally bare rock, but were painted various colors.)
From Novinite, 400 Bulgarians will be investigated for buying luxury items while not reporting any income.
From Russia Today, Russian students petition for the removal of a statue of Bolshevik revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky. (Removing statues of historical figures isn't just for American leftists anymore.)
From Sputnik International, an order of chicken wings from a McDonald's in Beijing includes feathers.
From The Moscow Times, uncontaminated Russian crude oil still hasn't traveled as far as Belarus.
From the Hungary Journal, a Hungarian government spokesman slams the European Commission's figures on trust in the member states' judicial systems.
From Daily News Hungary, despite the rain, 10,000 Hungarians ride their bike in Budapest.
From Hungary Today, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto accuses the U.N. of siding with terrorists. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, claims by The Guardian that Hungary is "starving" asylum seekers are not true.
From The Slovak Spectator, a Slovak court declines to dissolve the "far-right" People's Party. (Due to the use of the term "far right" as a slur against people who want their country to be governed by its own elected legislators instead of international organizations such as the E.U., I choose to use quotes around this term. This is not to say that this party isn't "far-right", but since its desired policies are not set forth in the article, I don't know whether the label is deserved.)
From Radio Praha, for the fifth day, the Czech Republic deals with the cutoff of Russia crude oil, due to contamination.
From Radio Poland, Polish drivers reportedly need to slow down.
From Deutsche Welle, the "climate emergency" trend catches on in German-speaking countries. (Those countries have Chinese embassies and consulates, don't they?)
From the NL Times, it's another hand grenade.
From Dutch News, authorities in Amsterdam set up a task force to deal with grenades and other explosives.
From VRT NWS, 1 in every 9 Belgian children grow up in families in which no one works. (American left-wing politicians will sometimes talk about "working families", but these might be called "non-working families".)
From Hürriyet Daily News, since the 2016 coup attempt, the Turkish military has dismissed 15,540 personnel.
From Turkish Minute, "unidentified masked men" push asylum seekers trying to enter Greece back across the Evros River into Turkey.
From Rûdaw, for the first time in five years, the leader of ISIS makes a video appearance.
From Arutz Sheva, according to a former Shin Bet officer, social media can be used to stop synagogue shootings.
From The Times Of Israel, Australia opens a trade and defense office in Jerusalem.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority faces financial collapse.
From YNetNews, the Knesset, including 40 new members, gets ready to meet.
From Egypt Today, mummies and artifacts from a tomb near Aswan, Egypt are exhibited.
From Radio Farda, closing the Strait of Hormuz would be risky for Iran.
From Dawn, the Pakistani Senate passes a bill against child marriage.
From The Express Tribune, the U.S. and Pakistan see a "historic opportunity" to end the conflict in Afghanistan.
From Pakistan Today, Saudi Arabia will allow 16,000 more Pakistanis to attend the Hajj.
From Khaama Press, a Taliban sniper is sent to his virgins.
From the Hindustan Times, Indian authorities arrest an ISIS-linked suspect who was allegedly inspired by the Sri Lanka attacks.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission calls for the country's citizens to refrain from reprisals.
From Al Masdar News, the Libyan National Army claims to have evidence that Turkey is supporting ISIS, and the leader of ISIS is reportedly trapped in the Syrian desert.
From TeleSur, Libya's grand mufti urges Muslims to boycott the Hajj because of crimes committed by the Saudi government.
From Gatestone Institute, Turkey is harsher on journalists than on ISIS members.
From CBS News, an Army veteran is arrested for allegedly plotting to detonate an IED.
From Billboard, the 50th anniversary celebration of Woodstock has been cancelled. (via Yahoo Entertainment)
And from the New York Post, a college baseball player makes an amazing catch, even with the fence in the way.
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