Saturday Stuff

Here on a Saturday that so far is sunnier than I expected are some things going on:

From The Moscow Times, the Kremlin says that it's not backing the Libyan forces under eastern commander Khalifa Haftar.  (Libya was a cluster[bleep] when the Benghazi attack happened, and it's a cluster[bleep] now.)

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban outlines his party's plan to stop immigration.

From The Slovak Spectator, nine lookout towers to see in Slovakia.

From Radio Poland, Poland will purchase American F-35 fighter jets.

From Deutsche Welle, Germans protest high rents in their large cities.

From VRT NWS, the U.S. demands from Belgium an explanation about humanitarian visas given to 1,502 Syrians.

From France24, French "yellow vest" protesters stage their "Act 21".

From RFI, to prepare for the latest "yellow vest" protests, Paris closes some of its Metro stations.

From the Express, three countries line up to dump the U.K. out of the E.U. without a deal.

From BBC News, U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond is "optimistic" about Brexit talks which include the Labour Party.

From the Evening Standard, despite the delay in Brexit, the U.K. removes "European Union" from its passports.

From the (U.K.) Independent, Oxford University will review the honorary degree it bestowed upon the Sultan of Brunei.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's Minister for European Affairs speaks about Brexit.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Taoiseach says that E.U. country which vetoes a further Brexit extension "would not be forgiven".

From The Irish News, the E.U.'s chief Brexit negotiator will talk with the Taoiseach in Dublin.

From CBC News, according to Statistics Canada, legal cannabis is more expensive than black market cannabis.

From Global News, people in Calgary create an anti-hate task force.

From Morocco World News, Spain will offer rescue training and boats to Morocco.

From the Malta Independent, the NGO ship Alan Kurdi is on its way to the Spanish island of Majorca.

From Malta Today, rival Libyan military leaders make contradictory claims.

From Total Croatia News, a picture book is created in a bid to preserve the Istro-Romanian language.

From Ekathimerini, Greek police and migrants clash for the third day.

From the Greek Reporter, migrants refuse to leave the Diavata camp in northern Greece.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey's ruling party asks for a recount for all votes in Ankara.

From Rûdaw, dozens of Shiites captured by ISIS are still missing.

From Arutz Sheva, Blue and White leader Yair Lapid accuses Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of lying.  (If no candidate accuses any other candidate of lying, the election is a failure.)

From The Times Of Israel, fighters in Syria supported by the U.S. claim to have stopped an ISIS prison break.

From The Jerusalem Post, about 10,000 Gazans protest at the border with Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi calls for international action in Libya.

From Egypt Today, a Ptolemaic-era tomb is discovered in Egypt's Sohag governate.

From Radio Farda, many towns in Iran's Khuzestan province are evacuated as dams reach their capacity.

From Khaama Press, a large-scale operation in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province is concluded after 70 ISIS-K terrorists are sent to their virgins.

From Khaosod, two border police are shot dead while praying in a mosque in Yala, Thailand.

From National Review, the Democratic 2020 presidential candidates continue to "un-impress".

From Townhall, contrary to media allegations, President Trump did not refer to asylum seekers as "animals".

From The Washington Free Beacon, pro-life groups get ready to fight for the born alive bill.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump says that he has not seen the Mueller report.

From American Thinker, czy Kazimierz Pułaski był kobietą?  (If so, I would have to change "był" to "była".)

From LifeZette, Jussie Smollett is not yet out of the woods.

From the New York Post, a hostage held by ISIS in the Philippines swims to freedom.

From The Washington Post, a man in New York has been charged with threatening to kill Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

From NewsBusters, liberals, please remove the media bias plank from your own eye.

And from Twitchy, who did a better job of faking a southern accent, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) or then-senatorial candidate Hillary Clinton (D-NY, formerly AR)?  (In my opinion, Mrs. C. did a better job.  She probably listened to the southern accent quite often during her time in Arkansas.)