Tuesday Things

Here on the second day of April and of the work week are some things going on:

From National Review, the border crisis is not being driven by Mexico's president, but by our speaker.

From Townhall, how Alyssa Milano misuses the Bible.

From the Washington Examiner, Milano's willingness to believe female accusers appears to have been inconsistent.  (I've known about such inconsistency for a long time, due to the unwillingness of the "I believe Anita Hill" crowd to take Paula Jones's accusations seriously.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Department of Labor stands up for Mickey D's.

From The Federalist, sorry, but there ain't no Palestine.

From American Thinker, contrary to what the media might say, the problem with the border is not about avocados.

From CNS News, DHS Secretary Nielsen orders "emergency surge operations" at the southern border.

From NewsBusters, NBC sends weatherman Al Roker to "ground zero for climate change" in Alaska.

From Daily News Houston, America's ISIS bride claims that she would be a "model citizen" if allowed to return.  (via LifeZette)

From LifeNews, House Republicans file a petition to bypass Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) and have a vote on a bill against infanticide.

From The Daily Caller, the woman accusing Virginia's lieutenant governor of rape demands actions from the state's legislature.

From FrontpageMag, the BDS movement has failed dismally when it comes to tourism.

From The Conservative Woman, speaking against anti-Semitism is now racist.

From Arutz Sheva, a left-wing Israeli group demonstrates for imprisoned terrorists.

From The Times Of Israel, Hamas denies any exchange of prisoners with Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority starts an investigation into the death of a detainee.

From YNetNews, Hamas gives Israel demands concerning treatment of prisoners.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's Red Sea governate will ban single-use plastic materials.

From Rûdaw, Kurdistan security claims to have helped repatriate two boys from Syria to Saudi Arabia.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish parties place their objections to some election results.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey's ruling party puts up victory posters in Istanbul, where it lost.

From Ekathimerini, the leaders of Greece and North Macedonia take a selfie.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek planes will patrol North Macedonian airspace.

From Novinite, Bulgaria's foreign minister goes to Washington, for a NATO meeting.  (I'd say that she looks a bit like a certain former vice presidential candidate.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, political leaders from the Republika Srpska demand that the Bosnian Constitutional Court annul a previous decision.  (The country Bosnia and Hercegovina comprises two political units, of which the Republika Srpska is one.  The other is the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, informally called the Bosniak-Croat Federation.  The Bosniaks are mostly Muslim, but the name mainly has regional rather than religious connotations.)

From Total Croatia News, Croatian right-wing parties will run together in the European parliamentary elections.

From the Malta Independent, the president of Mission Lifeline tells a court that "it's an honour to save lives".

From Malta Today, Maltese police arrest four men allegedly in possession of 65 kilos of cannabis.

From ANSA, the Italian House unanimously approves a provision against revenge porn.

From El País, a Spanish fireman faces charges of aiding human traffickers for rescuing migrants from a sinking boat.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan intellectuals sign a petition against a law making French the scientific language of the country's schools.

From France24, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika submits his resignation.

From RFI, a 19-year-old man is sentenced for attacking two Roma in Paris.  (The Roma are commonly known as Gypsies.)

From the Express, Brexit supporters Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson are "furious" that Prime Minister May has chosen to work with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

From the Evening Standard, on the other hand, Corbyn is "very happy" to work with May.

From the Independent, British Transport Police find two "malicious obstructions" on railway lines.

From the Irish Examiner, French President Emanuel Macron promises that Ireland will not be abandoned if there is a no-deal Brexit.

From The Irish Post, religious holidays could be phased out in Catholic schools in Ireland.

From VRT NWS, Belgian railroads will test a new alarm system for pedestrians.

From the NL Times, a McDonald's in Best, Netherlands removes its statue of Michael Jackson.  (Yes, there is a place in the Netherlands named Best.)

From Dutch News, Dutch MPs support a plan to ring-fence the rights of British nationals in case of a no-deal Brexit.

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Merkel faces questions from students on a variety of subjects.

From Radio Poland, Poland will focus on human rights during its month-long turn as president of the U.N. Security Council.

From Radio Praha, salmonella is found in a shipment of chicken from Poland to the Czech Republic.

From The Slovak Spectator, Macron congratulates his new Slovak counterpart.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian opposition MPs call upon Fidesz MP János Pócs to resign.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban urges Hungarian living outside the E.U. to vote in the European elections.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From About Hungary, The Times gets it wrong about Orban and anti-Semitism in Hungary.

From Russia Today, a Russian bot recognizes Prime Minister Medvedev.  (Our new robot overlords are colluding with Russia.)

From Sputnik International, people are injured in an explosion at a military academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

From The Moscow Times, Russia claims to have opened a helicopter training center in Venezuela.

From CBC News, how Canada's government hopes that its new "carbon tax" will work.  (Could someone in the media north of the U.S. please say or write the word "dioxide"?  You don't have to agree with me about carbon dioxide or how it effects the climate.  I'm only asking for acknowledgement that it's the compound carbon dioxide, and not elemental carbon, that's being emitted by our vehicles and various industries.)

From CTV News, a woman in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia fights off a cougar who was trying to drag away her son.

From Mexico News Daily, evidence from Mayan farms shows that their economy was more complex than previously thought.  (I have one more page left on this site this month, even though it's a new month.  What's going on here?)

From Radio Farda, the latest on the floods in Iran.

From Dawn, three Pakistani soldiers have been killed by firing across the Line of Control by Indian forces in Kashmir.

From The Express Tribune, despite firing across the Line of Control, Pakistan still wishes for talks with India.

From Khaama Press, Afghan Special Forces send 37 more terrorists to their virgins.

From Condé Nast Traveller, Dubai opens the world's first Koran-based theme park.

From The Hans India, Indian troops destroy seven Pakistani posts across the Line of Control in retaliation for ceasefire violations.  (Does this site have a different bias than the Pakistani sites above?  I'm not surprised that it does.)

From the Malay Mail, Malaysia's National Labour Advisory Council is studying guidelines for a Muslim dress code in the private sector.

From Urdu Point, a mosque cleric allegedly kidnapped and sold a woman in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

From Gatestone Institute, the real accomplices to the murders in Christchurch, New Zealand.

From the South Florida Sun Sentinel, a woman carrying two Chinese passports and a device containing malware is arrested after visiting Mar-a-Lago.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio suspends reducing fire department staff after an exposé by the New York Post.

And from Global News, a man in Pennsylvania shows how not to behave in a grocery store.