As July comes to its end, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Al Sharpton's career is not one of fighting for civil rights, but of spouting lies and inciting violence.
From FrontpageMag, Baltimore's worst rats are of the two-legged variety.
From Townhall, it's easy today to be a racist.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the Democrats debate as if the presidency of Barack Obama never happened.
From the Washington Examiner, former Vice President Joe Biden (D) will need more than Obama's legacy to win his party's nomination.
From The Federalist, it's time for the Trump administration to put appropriate pressure on corrupt Central American elites to end the border crisis.
From American Thinker, let's remember Jamestown, because the left won't.
From CNS News, my former congressman John Delaney (D-MD) challenges Senators Sanders (I-VT) and Warren (D-MA) on health insurance.
From LifeZette, during yesterday's debate, here's who flunked the communications skills test.
From NewsBusters, DNC Chairman Tom Perez greatly exaggerates the danger from climate change.
From The Conservative Woman, tell U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson that amnesty for illegal immigrants is not a good idea.
From Free West Media, Johnson signs on to the U.S. plan against Iran.
From the Express, the real goal of the E.U. in Brexit talks is allegedly not a deal, but something else.
From the Evening Standard, a former Scotland Yard police officer criticizes Mayor Sadiq Khan on London's knife crime.
From the (U.K.) Independent, despite Johnson's claims, the U.K.'s chief Brexit negotiator heads to Brussels.
From the (Irish) Independent, a male convicted sex offender is caught wandering around an Irish school in women's clothing.
From CBC News, the RCMP scales down, but does not give up, its search for two murder suspects.
From Global News, U.S. President Trump announces a planned system to allow Americans to import prescription drugs from Canada.
From CTV News, a famed tracker doesn't know what the RCMP should do next to locate the two suspects.
From TeleSUR, police evict over 300 families the Frei Bonn Camp in Calama, Chile.
From Morocco World News, U.S. Secretary of Health Alex Azar recognizes the "strong ties" between the U.S. and Morocco.
From The Portugal News, a Portuguese nurse living in Ireland will cycle back to Portuguese to raise money for Greenpeace.
From El País, the world's largest accessible geode opens Pilar de Jaravía, Spain.
From RFI, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe pledges "total transparency" in the investigation of the death of Portuguese visitor Steve Caniço.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland's Federal Court rules that foreigners working in Switzerland but living outside it are not entitled to work integration measures.
From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini allows migrants to disembark from the coast guard ship Gregoretti.
From EuroNews, Italy strikes a deal with five E.U. countries over the migrants.
From the Malta Independent, customs authorities find 40 million contraband cigarettes at Malta Freeport.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia modifies its ID cards to accommodate longer names.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Russia will continue to support Serbia against Kosovo.
From Ekathimerini, two dozen fires break out in Greece in 12 hours.
From the Greek Reporter, the Jordanian royal family visits the Greek island of Skiathos.
From Novinite, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev holds a meeting on swine fever.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's parliament accepts the resignation of the head of the country's anti-corruption commission.
From Radio Bulgaria, the U.S. welcomes Bulgaria's decision to purchase F-16 fighter jets from the U.S.
From Romania-Insider, the city of Bucharest wants to take a census of pets. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Agerpres.)
From Russia Today, samples taken from detained opposition activist Aleksey Navalny show no signs of poison.
From Sputnik International, India opens a technical liaison unit in Moscow.
From The Moscow Times, Navalny's personal doctor is skeptical about the above-mentioned diagnosis.
From the Hungary Journal, soon-to-be-former German Chancellor Merkel visits Hungary.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian minority elections are scheduled for October 13.
From Hungary Today, disposal experts detonate four World War II-era bombs in Tatárszentgyörgy, Hungary.
From About Hungary, Hungarian border police stop 35 illegal migrants at the border with Serbia.
From The Slovak Spectator, foreign volunteers help restore the Brekov Castle.
From Radio Praha, Czech archaeologists use sugar to preserve a 7000-year-old well.
From Polskie Radio, Polish lawmakers honor the heroes of the 1944 uprising against the Germans.
From the CPH Post, Denmark considers regulating laughing gas in response to its abuse by young people.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany decides against joining the U.S. naval missions to the Straits of Hormuz.
From the NL Times, British citizens fleeing Brexit immigrate to the Netherlands.
From Dutch News, not just Brits, but Poles and Indians move to the Netherlands.
From VRT NWS, what's new in Belgium tomorrow?
From Euractiv, the Mediterranean is the most waste-polluted sea in or around Europe. (You can also read the article in French.)
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey is displeased with Interpol's decision against issuing a red notice for FETÖ members.
From Turkish Minute, Turkey denies reported deportations of some Syrians.
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus will build more migrant reception facilities and calls for fairer migrant distribution in the E.U. (I found an article from this source yesterday linked onto Twitter by the "Weird News" account, and decided to use it in yesterday's post. I then decided that a source from Cyprus would be a good addition.)
From Rûdaw, over 100 Iraqi MPs will go on the Hajj.
From Arutz Sheva, an Israeli Arab captured by ISIS wants to be brought home.
From The Times Of Israel, 500 years after the Inquisition, about 10,000 Sephardi Jews apply for Spanish or Portuguese citizenship.
From The Jerusalem Post, U.S. envoy (and Trump son-in-law) Jared Kushner meets with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
From YNetNews, the Palestinian Authority regards the Trump-Netanyahu summit as a ploy to boost the prime minister's chances in the upcoming election.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt considers making the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh more environmentally friendly.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi justifies a database for Egyptians as a national security measure.
From StepFeed, Burger King releases a "whopper" of an ad in Saudi Arabia.
From Radio Farda, why are Iranian hardliners more strictly enforcing the hijab?
From IranWire, the Iran-Iraq war produced "the most amateurish cease-fire".
From Dawn, a Pakistani tourist claims to have been deported from the airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka despite having valid documents.
From The Express Tribune, according to a Pakistani military spokesman, cease-fire violations by Indian troops "indicate their frustration".
From Pakistan Today, in Kazakhstan, is there "censorship or national security?"
From Khaama Press, the Taliban issues contradictory statements about an IED explosion that killed 34 civilians.
From The Hans India, a coffee billionaire who had gone missing is found dead.
From the Hindustan Times, driving drunk while in India is going to cost more.
From ANI, according to Indian activist Shayara Bano, the law against the triple talaq will be good for society and for women.
From India Today, in 28 months, almost 500 Bangladeshis have been deported from India.
From the Daily Mirror, several Asian countries stop accepting foreign waste.
From the Colombo Page, the World Muslim League donates $5 million to support the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks.
From TOLO News, more on the IED attack in Afghanistan. (via Scroll(dot)in)
From Premier, Muslims save Christians from an attack by al-Shabaab in Kutulo, Kenya.
From Palestinian Media Watch, on the 17th anniversary of the bombing at Hebrew University, the Palestinian Authority pays the bombers 4.3 million Shekels.
From Gatestone Institute, Turkey threatens to restart the migrant crisis in Europe.
From The Jakarta Post, the volcano Mount Kerinci on Sumatra erupts.
From The Straits Times, protesters in Hong Kong face 10-year jail terms.
From the Borneo Post, fire and rescue personnel save a man in Kota Bharu, Malaysia from a horrid situation.
From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian senator is under fire for calling for a law to protect men from seduction.
From The Mainichi, a Tokyo accountant is accused of helping foreigners renew their resident statuses by creating fake tax documents.
From The Stream, could we all just put away the race card?
From LifeNews, abortions in South Carolina fall to a historic low.
From the New York Post, Jeffrey Epstein reportedly wanted to turn a ranch in New Mexico into a baby-making factory.
From The Blaze, the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates for the first time since 2008.
From the Daily Caller, left-wingers get angry at actor Mario Lopez for saying that it's "dangerous" for parents to let their kids choose their gender.
And from ABC News, where "A" means "Australian", a man charged with car theft arrives at his trial in a stolen car. (I suppose that you could credit him with being consistent.)
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Tuesday Tidings
Here on the last Tuesday in July 2019 are some things going on:
From Free West Media, an arson attack against an AfD politician Arendsee, Germany is investigated as an attempted murder.
From Deutsche Welle, an Eritrean man suspected of pushing a woman and her son onto train tracks is investigated for murder.
From the CPH Post, in Copenhagen, you can go from bicycle to recycle.
From Polskie Radio, a Catholic priest is attacked in Szczecin, Poland.
From Radio Praha, why were Prague's city councilors thrown out the window 600 years ago?
From The Slovak Spectator, the Slovak embassy in the U.S. decides to unveil a bust of statesman Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian town of Füzér is friendly to wolves. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Sokszínű Vidék.)
From Hungary Today, Hungarians living outside Hungary are eligible for student loans. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, 31 illegal immigrants are found in a Budapest man's van in Polgár, Hungary. (Once again, this shows that migrants don't merely migrate, but are smuggled or trafficked.)
From Russia Today, move over, Baltimore rats, here are Sochi's cockroaches.
From Sputnik International, a Moscow city court keeps Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny in jail.
From The Moscow Times, "It's time for radical measures", says opposition leader Lyubov Sobol.
From Romania-Insider, Romania's interior ministry will acquire medical and search-and-rescue helicopters.
From Novinite, a Roman wall is found in Sofia, Bulgaria.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's deal to buy F-16s from the U.S. is published in the State Gazette.
From Radio Bulgaria, the number of human trafficking victims in Bulgaria varies from 400 to 550 each year.
From Ekathimerini, a suspected accomplice to a murder in Greece is arrested in Bulgaria.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece uses an unmanned blimp to monitor the flow of migrants. (I can see where such a device could be used on our borders, as a supplement to the wall. Perhaps it can be made to be a Trump baby blimp, which might scare away a few would-be illegal aliens. Of course, my preferred design would be a copy of Pink Floyd's pig balloon.)
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the mayor of Durrës, Albania is barred from entering the U.S.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia strengthen their cooperation on searching for people missing due to wars.
From ANSA, the Siracusa prosecutor's office opens an investigation regarding the coast guard ship which is carrying 115 migrants.
From Malta Today, customs officials in Freeport, Malta intercept thousands of bottles of fake perfumes and shampoos.
From SwissInfo, the above-mentioned Eritrean man has also been wanted by the Swiss police.
From El País, why an airline stopped a woman in a bodysuit from boarding a plane.
From The Portugal News, the body of a Portuguese man is pulled from the Loire River in France.
From Morocco World News, acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez praises Morocco's "notable" progress. (The article does not include the term "acting" nor the accent on the "a" in the man's last name. However, I've learned about both from El País.)
From France24, more on the Portuguese man whose body was found in the Loire.
From RFI, the French inventor of the flyboard will make a second attempt at crossing the English Channel.
From the Express, could the E.U. turn against the Irish government over the Brexit backstop?
From the Evening Standard, climate change protesters target the wrong building. (As far as I'm concerned, climate change activists will always be targeting the wrong building until they find the embassy of China, by far the world's largest carbon dioxide producer.)
From the (U.K.) Independent, a man hits a railroad passenger with a hammer and pushes him onto the tracks.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Varakdar tells U.K. Prime Minister Johnson that the "backstop is necessary".
From the Irish Examiner, Johnson appear to snub Varadkar's invitation to hold Brexit talks in Dublin.
From the NL Times, Dutch police seek an alternative for women who wear burkas after they are banned.
From Dutch News, more Dutch people report medical problems after using laughing gas.
From CBC News, a man from Sudbury, Ontario now living in Alberta gave the two murder suspects a ride, before they were announced as wanted.
From Global News, Halifax, Nova Scotia moves toward allowing residents to keep chickens in their backyard. (According to Papa Bigfoot, backyard chickens were pretty common during his teen years in Pennsylvania, which roughly corresponded to America's involvement in World War II.)
From CTV News, the RCMP pulls away from York Landing, Manitoba after the two murder suspects are not found there.
From TeleSUR, six Venezuelan farmers are reportedly killed by Colombian paramilitary forces.
From The Jakarta Post, customs officials in Indonesia's Riau Islands send seven containers of plastic waste back to France and Hong Kong.
From The Straits Times, police in Hong Kong arrest 44 protesters for rioting.
From The Borneo Post, the demand for Malaysian palm oil increases.
From Free Malaysia Today, poaching and depletion of prey push the Malaysian tiger toward extinction.
From The Mainchi, the Japanese government picks Jomon-era sites for World Heritage designation.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka bans all imported liquor which doesn't have a "foolproof" sticker.
From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan Navy arrests six Indian men who boat was carrying 2379 kilos of beedi leaves.
From The Hans India, Indian Prime Minister Modi hails the passage of a bill against the triple talaq.
From the Hindustan Times, police in Jammu and Kashmir kill a top Jaish-e-Mohammad commander.
From ANI, according to India's law minister, the bill against triple talaq stands for justice and equality, not religion.
From India Today, nearly 500 Indian Sikh pilgrims enter Pakistan for a celebration of the birth of the Sikh religion's founder.
From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists get droned.
From Dawn, five people are killed in a blast outside a police station in Quetta, Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, a Pakistani civilian is killed allegedly by shelling by Indian troops across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefs E.U. envoys on India's behavior in Kashmir.
From Radio Farda, Singapore detains two Iranian ships carrying liquified natural gas.
From IranWire, an Iranian activist has accumulated seven arrests and eight years in prison for defending the rights of workers.
From StepFeed, a violent brawl breaks out during a "folk song" at a wedding feast in Baalbek, Lebanon, leaving three people dead.
From Egypt Today, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly holds a meeting to reveal Egypt's solid waste recycling plan.
From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, the United Right could win 12 seats in the Knesset.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel's security cabinet grants Palestinians 700 building permits.
From The Jerusalem Post, the IDF practices drills for evacuating communities near the Gazan and Egyptian borders.
From YNetNews, Germany disciplines its diplomats over anti-Israel and anti-Semitic social media "likes".
From Rûdaw, Syrians deported from Turkey find their homeland unfamiliar.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey can benefit from properly collected plastic waste.
From Turkish Minute, acting on anonymous tips, police in Istanbul, Turkey apprehend 40 illegal migrants.
From the Lancaster Telegraph, an Islamic gathering in Blackburn, Lancashire, England produces a massive parking problem. (Did they ever find those 4,000 holes?)
From the WA Today, Australia's Labor Party calls for former Breitbart editor Raheem Kassam to be banned from entering the country.
From Gatestone Institute, "Turkey adopts Eurasianism".
From The Conservative Woman, the great thing about Boris is that he drives the lefties nuts. (Sounds like what President Trump does on the other side of the Pond. Come to think of it, with his blonde hair, doesn't Boris kind of resemble a younger version of Trump?)
From National Review, contrary to what some believe, Catholicism and communism don't mix.
From FrontpageMag, the U.S. finally has a president who will stand up to Al Sharpton.
From Townhall, the "U.N. is hypocritical to condemn Israel on women's rights". (When the number of Saudi Arabian women who are allowed to drive a car without a male guardian in the car passes the number of Israeli women who fly military aircraft, please inform us all.)
From The Washington Free Beacon, a Democratic Virginia delegate interrupts President Trump's speech at Jamestown. (See below for a story about the speech itself.)
From the Washington Examiner, a bipartisan group of congresscritters introduces a bill to create a coin commemorating baseball's Negro Leagues.
From The Federalist, the Democratic identity politics civil war expands into their campaign committee.
From American Thinker, no, mass shootings are not a white thing.
From CNS News, HUD Secretary Ben Carson lists three ways to reduce your chances of being poor.
From LifeZette, Trump shines a light on Democrat-dominated failed urban areas, which the Democrats naturally don't like.
From The Stream, Trump commemorates 400 years of representative government in America.
From Accuracy in Media, a CNN photo editor resigns after his anti-Semitic Tweets are discovered.
From LifeNews, former Vice President Biden (D) wants to force Americans to fund abortions.
From the New York Post, Biden stretches his lead over other Democrats and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). (Considering that Democrats generally support abortion, his desire to force Americans to pay for them probably sits well with his fellow Dems. Perhaps they could nominate a Biden/Sanders ticket. Why let over 150 years of experience go to waste?)
And from In-Cyprus, according to a bishop in Morphou, Cyprus, with all the abortions going on, mourning the child victims of a serial killer is hypocritical.
From Free West Media, an arson attack against an AfD politician Arendsee, Germany is investigated as an attempted murder.
From Deutsche Welle, an Eritrean man suspected of pushing a woman and her son onto train tracks is investigated for murder.
From the CPH Post, in Copenhagen, you can go from bicycle to recycle.
From Polskie Radio, a Catholic priest is attacked in Szczecin, Poland.
From Radio Praha, why were Prague's city councilors thrown out the window 600 years ago?
From The Slovak Spectator, the Slovak embassy in the U.S. decides to unveil a bust of statesman Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian town of Füzér is friendly to wolves. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Sokszínű Vidék.)
From Hungary Today, Hungarians living outside Hungary are eligible for student loans. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, 31 illegal immigrants are found in a Budapest man's van in Polgár, Hungary. (Once again, this shows that migrants don't merely migrate, but are smuggled or trafficked.)
From Russia Today, move over, Baltimore rats, here are Sochi's cockroaches.
From Sputnik International, a Moscow city court keeps Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny in jail.
From The Moscow Times, "It's time for radical measures", says opposition leader Lyubov Sobol.
From Romania-Insider, Romania's interior ministry will acquire medical and search-and-rescue helicopters.
From Novinite, a Roman wall is found in Sofia, Bulgaria.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's deal to buy F-16s from the U.S. is published in the State Gazette.
From Radio Bulgaria, the number of human trafficking victims in Bulgaria varies from 400 to 550 each year.
From Ekathimerini, a suspected accomplice to a murder in Greece is arrested in Bulgaria.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece uses an unmanned blimp to monitor the flow of migrants. (I can see where such a device could be used on our borders, as a supplement to the wall. Perhaps it can be made to be a Trump baby blimp, which might scare away a few would-be illegal aliens. Of course, my preferred design would be a copy of Pink Floyd's pig balloon.)
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the mayor of Durrës, Albania is barred from entering the U.S.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia strengthen their cooperation on searching for people missing due to wars.
From ANSA, the Siracusa prosecutor's office opens an investigation regarding the coast guard ship which is carrying 115 migrants.
From Malta Today, customs officials in Freeport, Malta intercept thousands of bottles of fake perfumes and shampoos.
From SwissInfo, the above-mentioned Eritrean man has also been wanted by the Swiss police.
From El País, why an airline stopped a woman in a bodysuit from boarding a plane.
From The Portugal News, the body of a Portuguese man is pulled from the Loire River in France.
From Morocco World News, acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez praises Morocco's "notable" progress. (The article does not include the term "acting" nor the accent on the "a" in the man's last name. However, I've learned about both from El País.)
From France24, more on the Portuguese man whose body was found in the Loire.
From RFI, the French inventor of the flyboard will make a second attempt at crossing the English Channel.
From the Express, could the E.U. turn against the Irish government over the Brexit backstop?
From the Evening Standard, climate change protesters target the wrong building. (As far as I'm concerned, climate change activists will always be targeting the wrong building until they find the embassy of China, by far the world's largest carbon dioxide producer.)
From the (U.K.) Independent, a man hits a railroad passenger with a hammer and pushes him onto the tracks.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Varakdar tells U.K. Prime Minister Johnson that the "backstop is necessary".
From the Irish Examiner, Johnson appear to snub Varadkar's invitation to hold Brexit talks in Dublin.
From the NL Times, Dutch police seek an alternative for women who wear burkas after they are banned.
From Dutch News, more Dutch people report medical problems after using laughing gas.
From CBC News, a man from Sudbury, Ontario now living in Alberta gave the two murder suspects a ride, before they were announced as wanted.
From Global News, Halifax, Nova Scotia moves toward allowing residents to keep chickens in their backyard. (According to Papa Bigfoot, backyard chickens were pretty common during his teen years in Pennsylvania, which roughly corresponded to America's involvement in World War II.)
From CTV News, the RCMP pulls away from York Landing, Manitoba after the two murder suspects are not found there.
From TeleSUR, six Venezuelan farmers are reportedly killed by Colombian paramilitary forces.
From The Jakarta Post, customs officials in Indonesia's Riau Islands send seven containers of plastic waste back to France and Hong Kong.
From The Straits Times, police in Hong Kong arrest 44 protesters for rioting.
From The Borneo Post, the demand for Malaysian palm oil increases.
From Free Malaysia Today, poaching and depletion of prey push the Malaysian tiger toward extinction.
From The Mainchi, the Japanese government picks Jomon-era sites for World Heritage designation.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka bans all imported liquor which doesn't have a "foolproof" sticker.
From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan Navy arrests six Indian men who boat was carrying 2379 kilos of beedi leaves.
From The Hans India, Indian Prime Minister Modi hails the passage of a bill against the triple talaq.
From the Hindustan Times, police in Jammu and Kashmir kill a top Jaish-e-Mohammad commander.
From ANI, according to India's law minister, the bill against triple talaq stands for justice and equality, not religion.
From India Today, nearly 500 Indian Sikh pilgrims enter Pakistan for a celebration of the birth of the Sikh religion's founder.
From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists get droned.
From Dawn, five people are killed in a blast outside a police station in Quetta, Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, a Pakistani civilian is killed allegedly by shelling by Indian troops across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefs E.U. envoys on India's behavior in Kashmir.
From Radio Farda, Singapore detains two Iranian ships carrying liquified natural gas.
From IranWire, an Iranian activist has accumulated seven arrests and eight years in prison for defending the rights of workers.
From StepFeed, a violent brawl breaks out during a "folk song" at a wedding feast in Baalbek, Lebanon, leaving three people dead.
From Egypt Today, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly holds a meeting to reveal Egypt's solid waste recycling plan.
From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, the United Right could win 12 seats in the Knesset.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel's security cabinet grants Palestinians 700 building permits.
From The Jerusalem Post, the IDF practices drills for evacuating communities near the Gazan and Egyptian borders.
From YNetNews, Germany disciplines its diplomats over anti-Israel and anti-Semitic social media "likes".
From Rûdaw, Syrians deported from Turkey find their homeland unfamiliar.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey can benefit from properly collected plastic waste.
From Turkish Minute, acting on anonymous tips, police in Istanbul, Turkey apprehend 40 illegal migrants.
From the Lancaster Telegraph, an Islamic gathering in Blackburn, Lancashire, England produces a massive parking problem. (Did they ever find those 4,000 holes?)
From the WA Today, Australia's Labor Party calls for former Breitbart editor Raheem Kassam to be banned from entering the country.
From Gatestone Institute, "Turkey adopts Eurasianism".
From The Conservative Woman, the great thing about Boris is that he drives the lefties nuts. (Sounds like what President Trump does on the other side of the Pond. Come to think of it, with his blonde hair, doesn't Boris kind of resemble a younger version of Trump?)
From National Review, contrary to what some believe, Catholicism and communism don't mix.
From FrontpageMag, the U.S. finally has a president who will stand up to Al Sharpton.
From Townhall, the "U.N. is hypocritical to condemn Israel on women's rights". (When the number of Saudi Arabian women who are allowed to drive a car without a male guardian in the car passes the number of Israeli women who fly military aircraft, please inform us all.)
From The Washington Free Beacon, a Democratic Virginia delegate interrupts President Trump's speech at Jamestown. (See below for a story about the speech itself.)
From the Washington Examiner, a bipartisan group of congresscritters introduces a bill to create a coin commemorating baseball's Negro Leagues.
From The Federalist, the Democratic identity politics civil war expands into their campaign committee.
From American Thinker, no, mass shootings are not a white thing.
From CNS News, HUD Secretary Ben Carson lists three ways to reduce your chances of being poor.
From LifeZette, Trump shines a light on Democrat-dominated failed urban areas, which the Democrats naturally don't like.
From The Stream, Trump commemorates 400 years of representative government in America.
From Accuracy in Media, a CNN photo editor resigns after his anti-Semitic Tweets are discovered.
From LifeNews, former Vice President Biden (D) wants to force Americans to fund abortions.
From the New York Post, Biden stretches his lead over other Democrats and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). (Considering that Democrats generally support abortion, his desire to force Americans to pay for them probably sits well with his fellow Dems. Perhaps they could nominate a Biden/Sanders ticket. Why let over 150 years of experience go to waste?)
And from In-Cyprus, according to a bishop in Morphou, Cyprus, with all the abortions going on, mourning the child victims of a serial killer is hypocritical.
Monday, July 29, 2019
Monday Mania
"It's just another manic Monday", said Prince as quoted by the Bangles, so here on Monday are some of the manic things going on:
From National Review, "how extreme is the Equality Act?"
From FrontpageMag, why the SCOTUS decision on the wall is win for President Trump and for Americans.
From Townhall, Democrats who slammed Trump for slamming congresscritter Elijah Cummings (D-MD) get their "cup" of "shut your face".
From The Washington Free Beacon, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticizes Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris's health care plan.
From the Washington Examiner, former Vice President Biden gets endorsed by three guys having over two centuries of experience.
From The Federalist, the seven times Special Counsel Mueller played dumb before Congress.
From American Thinker, why Mayor Pete (D-South Bend, Indiana) is wrong about religion, abortion and homosexuality.
From CNS News, in 2018, Baltimore's mayor claimed to be able to smell the rats.
From LifeZette, Trump calls calls congresscritter Elijah Cummings's bluff, and other stories.
From NewsBusters, liberals push abortion, using video games.
From The Conservative Woman, what U.K. Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson needs to understand.
From Snouts in the Trough, the E.U. paints itself into a corner, but there's a way out.
From the Express, according to a former Tory parliamentcritter, Boris is "not bluffing" about Brexit. (A parliamentcritter is the U.K. equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)
From the Evening Standard, a group of parliamentcritters predicts that cannabis will become legal in the U.K.
From the (U.K.) Independent, don't underestimate Boris, says the U.K.'s new chief Brexit negotiator.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish gardaí investigate a burglary at a mosque in Galway, Ireland.
From the Irish Examiner, Boris gets jeered as he arrives in Edinburgh, Scotland to meet with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
From CBC News, Canada's attorney general comes out against a legal challenge to Canada's passenger bill of rights.
From Global News, the RCMP receives a "credible tip" about the fugitive two murder suspects.
From CTV News, "stay inside" if you're in the area where the suspects are thought to be, says the RCMP.
From TeleSUR, 52 people are killed in a riot at a prison in Brazil.
From France24, an environmental group files a lawsuit over the danger of lead poisoning from the Notre Dame fire.
From RFI, three people are killed in a gangland shooting in Ollioules, France.
From EuroNews, Egan Bernal, as anticipated yesterday, becomes the first Colombian to win the Tour de France.
From VRT NWS, the European Court of Justice rules that the Belgian government should have done an environmental study before extending the work life of the Doel nuclear reactors.
From the NL Times, in the Netherlands, fake cops are arrested by real ones.
From Dutch News, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent bring an 11-year-old Dutch girl back from Syria. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)
From Deutsche Welle, the German government is split over whether to join a naval mission in the Straits of Hormuz.
From Free West Media, due to recent violence, a pool in Düsseldorf, Germany imposes an identification requirement.
From the CPH Post, Denmark's share of the world's economy has shrunk over the years.
From Polskie Radio, 15 percent of migrants from Poland reportedly want to return. (If you tell Polish people to go back, 15 percent of them apparently will agree with you.)
From Radio Praha, the unauthorized removal of graffiti from a bridge in Prague is criticized.
From The Slovak Spectator, a factory in Slovakia for making batteries for electric cars is planned for 2020.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the E.U. needs to focus on protecting its borders.
From Daily News Hungary, police patrolling in Buda Castle wear Hussar uniforms. (The city Budapest is the union of two cities named Buda and Pest, on opposite sides of the Danube.)
From Hungary Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban will meet new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
From About Hungary, Orban sees a "very difficult" time ahead for Europe's economy.
From Russia Today, several parts of Siberia are plagued by wildfires.
From Sputnik International, two U.S. congresscritters urge Trump to apply new sanctions to Russia over the alleged poisoning of Sergei Skripal.
From The Moscow Times, some reaction to the protests in Moscow and the resulting police crackdown.
From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI receives a delegation of Hajj pilgrims.
From The Portugal News, a Portuguese vessel helps in the rescue of 39 migrants near the Greek island of Samos.
From El País, the young migrants who changed Spain's deportation policies.
From SwissInfo, a Swiss telescope designed to look for exoplanets is cleared for launch.
From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Conte condemns the blindfolding of an American suspected of killing a police officer in Rome.
From Euractiv, more than 130 migrants aboard an Italian Coast Guard vessel are still not allowed to disembark.
From the Malta Independent, Mayor Pete Buttigieg leads his fellow Democratic U.S. presidential candidates in money spent on private jet travel. (Buttigieg's father emigrated from Malta to the U.S. The interest Maltese sources take in Mayor Pete is thus quite understandable.)
From Total Croatia News, according to Croatia's president, the Holocaust must not be forgotten.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, politicians in Bosnia and Hercegovina still dispute whether to join NATO.
From Ekathimerini, Greek exporters to the U.K. face possible tariffs.
From the Greek Reporter, refugees and migrants in Greece run their own newspaper.
From Novinite, Bulgarian authorities disrupt an organized crime group that was trafficking migrants and exploiting women.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarians protest against their nominee for prosecutor-general.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria starts to build a new research facility in Antarctica.
From Romania-Insider, Romanians outside Romania can start registering for the country's upcoming elections.
From Hürriyet Daily News, in the Turkish province of Burdur, there's an ancient city and lots of lavender.
From Turkish Minute, arrest warrants are issued for 41 Turkish NCOs for alleged Gülen links.
From Rûdaw, the Iraqi federal police are unable to protect the Kakai from ISIS, say some Kakai. (The Kakai are Kurds who follow the religion Yarsanism.)
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu supports building plans for Arabs in Area C.
From The Times Of Israel, a Canadian court rules that wines made in Israeli settlements cannot be labeled "Made in Israel".
From The Jerusalem Post, will the planned visit by Russian President Putin give Netanyahu a pre-election boost?
From YNetNews, two Israeli right-wing parties unite under leader Ayelet Shaked.
From Egypt Today, President al-Sisi reaffirms Egypt's support for the Sudanese people.
From StepFeed, Egypt issues an arrest warrant for a man seen belly dancing on a ferry.
From Radio Farda, the government of Iran has a difficult time making food available.
From IranWire, Iran's Quds Force has new tactics for bypassing sanctions.
From Dawn, according to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, those who forcibly convert people to Islam do not understand Islam.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan plans to invite representatives of the Afghan Taliban to Islamabad.
From Pakistan Today, according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi, Pakistan needs national unity to achieve a regional peace.
From Khaama Press, Afghan Security Forces destroy a house-borne IED and a small weapons cache.
From The Hans India, the orbit of the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 has been raised for the third time.
From the Hindustan Times, Indian Prime Minister Modi tests his survival skills on Man vs Wild. (It's very rare that a politician deserves the "badass" label, but he gets it for this adventure.)
From ANI, some Kanwariya pilgrims are pelted with stones near a mosque in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India.
From India Today, India's Lok Sabha passes a bill to repeal 58 old laws.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's prime minister is expected to testify to the parliamentary committee appointed to investigate the Easter Sunday attacks.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's president claims that 90 percent of the country's people support his policies against drugs.
From The Caldron Pool, a Christian man arrested in London for "islamophobic" preaching wins £2,500 for wrongful arrest.
From Gatestone Institute, how Palestinian leaders deal with freedom of expression.
From The Jakarta Post, three alleged marijuana suppliers are arrested in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. (As I've mentioned before, getting involved in illegal drugs in Muslim countries is a sure way to ruin your own life.)
From The Straits Times, the unrest in Hong Kong has not been good for businesses.
From The Borneo Post, over 14,800 women have reportedly used the Malaysian government's free cervical cancer tests.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian police seize 18 suspected drug traffickers, over 70 kilos of drugs, cash, jewelry, and five luxury vehicles. (Did I mention that you don't want to be involved in drugs in Muslim countries?)
From The Mainichi, two Japanese men are sentenced to prison in Australia for smuggling lizards.
From Fox News, the TSA reminds passengers to avoid bringing grenades or rocket launchers on planes.
From WPVI-TV, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) wants the federal government to take action against flying umbrellas.
From Twitchy, Turning Point USA reporter Benny Johnson goes into Baltimore and talks to the residents.
From The Stream, Baltimore is indeed in bad shape, but don't give up on the place.
From The Sunday Post, a U.K. surgeon who separated conjoined twins once flunked out of med school. (via the New York Post)
From CNN, Attorney General William Barr decides that having a relative in the U.S. does not by itself justify an asylum claim. (via The Blaze)
From the New York Post, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signs a law extending the time for background checks on gun purchases.
And from The Babylon Bee, millions of Rodents Of Unusual Size start migrating from Fire Swamp to Baltimore.
From National Review, "how extreme is the Equality Act?"
From FrontpageMag, why the SCOTUS decision on the wall is win for President Trump and for Americans.
From Townhall, Democrats who slammed Trump for slamming congresscritter Elijah Cummings (D-MD) get their "cup" of "shut your face".
From The Washington Free Beacon, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticizes Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris's health care plan.
From the Washington Examiner, former Vice President Biden gets endorsed by three guys having over two centuries of experience.
From The Federalist, the seven times Special Counsel Mueller played dumb before Congress.
From American Thinker, why Mayor Pete (D-South Bend, Indiana) is wrong about religion, abortion and homosexuality.
From CNS News, in 2018, Baltimore's mayor claimed to be able to smell the rats.
From LifeZette, Trump calls calls congresscritter Elijah Cummings's bluff, and other stories.
From NewsBusters, liberals push abortion, using video games.
From The Conservative Woman, what U.K. Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson needs to understand.
From Snouts in the Trough, the E.U. paints itself into a corner, but there's a way out.
From the Express, according to a former Tory parliamentcritter, Boris is "not bluffing" about Brexit. (A parliamentcritter is the U.K. equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)
From the Evening Standard, a group of parliamentcritters predicts that cannabis will become legal in the U.K.
From the (U.K.) Independent, don't underestimate Boris, says the U.K.'s new chief Brexit negotiator.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish gardaí investigate a burglary at a mosque in Galway, Ireland.
From the Irish Examiner, Boris gets jeered as he arrives in Edinburgh, Scotland to meet with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
From CBC News, Canada's attorney general comes out against a legal challenge to Canada's passenger bill of rights.
From Global News, the RCMP receives a "credible tip" about the fugitive two murder suspects.
From CTV News, "stay inside" if you're in the area where the suspects are thought to be, says the RCMP.
From TeleSUR, 52 people are killed in a riot at a prison in Brazil.
From France24, an environmental group files a lawsuit over the danger of lead poisoning from the Notre Dame fire.
From RFI, three people are killed in a gangland shooting in Ollioules, France.
From EuroNews, Egan Bernal, as anticipated yesterday, becomes the first Colombian to win the Tour de France.
From VRT NWS, the European Court of Justice rules that the Belgian government should have done an environmental study before extending the work life of the Doel nuclear reactors.
From the NL Times, in the Netherlands, fake cops are arrested by real ones.
From Dutch News, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent bring an 11-year-old Dutch girl back from Syria. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)
From Deutsche Welle, the German government is split over whether to join a naval mission in the Straits of Hormuz.
From Free West Media, due to recent violence, a pool in Düsseldorf, Germany imposes an identification requirement.
From the CPH Post, Denmark's share of the world's economy has shrunk over the years.
From Polskie Radio, 15 percent of migrants from Poland reportedly want to return. (If you tell Polish people to go back, 15 percent of them apparently will agree with you.)
From Radio Praha, the unauthorized removal of graffiti from a bridge in Prague is criticized.
From The Slovak Spectator, a factory in Slovakia for making batteries for electric cars is planned for 2020.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the E.U. needs to focus on protecting its borders.
From Daily News Hungary, police patrolling in Buda Castle wear Hussar uniforms. (The city Budapest is the union of two cities named Buda and Pest, on opposite sides of the Danube.)
From Hungary Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban will meet new European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
From About Hungary, Orban sees a "very difficult" time ahead for Europe's economy.
From Russia Today, several parts of Siberia are plagued by wildfires.
From Sputnik International, two U.S. congresscritters urge Trump to apply new sanctions to Russia over the alleged poisoning of Sergei Skripal.
From The Moscow Times, some reaction to the protests in Moscow and the resulting police crackdown.
From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI receives a delegation of Hajj pilgrims.
From The Portugal News, a Portuguese vessel helps in the rescue of 39 migrants near the Greek island of Samos.
From El País, the young migrants who changed Spain's deportation policies.
From SwissInfo, a Swiss telescope designed to look for exoplanets is cleared for launch.
From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Conte condemns the blindfolding of an American suspected of killing a police officer in Rome.
From Euractiv, more than 130 migrants aboard an Italian Coast Guard vessel are still not allowed to disembark.
From the Malta Independent, Mayor Pete Buttigieg leads his fellow Democratic U.S. presidential candidates in money spent on private jet travel. (Buttigieg's father emigrated from Malta to the U.S. The interest Maltese sources take in Mayor Pete is thus quite understandable.)
From Total Croatia News, according to Croatia's president, the Holocaust must not be forgotten.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, politicians in Bosnia and Hercegovina still dispute whether to join NATO.
From Ekathimerini, Greek exporters to the U.K. face possible tariffs.
From the Greek Reporter, refugees and migrants in Greece run their own newspaper.
From Novinite, Bulgarian authorities disrupt an organized crime group that was trafficking migrants and exploiting women.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarians protest against their nominee for prosecutor-general.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria starts to build a new research facility in Antarctica.
From Romania-Insider, Romanians outside Romania can start registering for the country's upcoming elections.
From Hürriyet Daily News, in the Turkish province of Burdur, there's an ancient city and lots of lavender.
From Turkish Minute, arrest warrants are issued for 41 Turkish NCOs for alleged Gülen links.
From Rûdaw, the Iraqi federal police are unable to protect the Kakai from ISIS, say some Kakai. (The Kakai are Kurds who follow the religion Yarsanism.)
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu supports building plans for Arabs in Area C.
From The Times Of Israel, a Canadian court rules that wines made in Israeli settlements cannot be labeled "Made in Israel".
From The Jerusalem Post, will the planned visit by Russian President Putin give Netanyahu a pre-election boost?
From YNetNews, two Israeli right-wing parties unite under leader Ayelet Shaked.
From Egypt Today, President al-Sisi reaffirms Egypt's support for the Sudanese people.
From StepFeed, Egypt issues an arrest warrant for a man seen belly dancing on a ferry.
From Radio Farda, the government of Iran has a difficult time making food available.
From IranWire, Iran's Quds Force has new tactics for bypassing sanctions.
From Dawn, according to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, those who forcibly convert people to Islam do not understand Islam.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan plans to invite representatives of the Afghan Taliban to Islamabad.
From Pakistan Today, according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi, Pakistan needs national unity to achieve a regional peace.
From Khaama Press, Afghan Security Forces destroy a house-borne IED and a small weapons cache.
From The Hans India, the orbit of the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 has been raised for the third time.
From the Hindustan Times, Indian Prime Minister Modi tests his survival skills on Man vs Wild. (It's very rare that a politician deserves the "badass" label, but he gets it for this adventure.)
From ANI, some Kanwariya pilgrims are pelted with stones near a mosque in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India.
From India Today, India's Lok Sabha passes a bill to repeal 58 old laws.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's prime minister is expected to testify to the parliamentary committee appointed to investigate the Easter Sunday attacks.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's president claims that 90 percent of the country's people support his policies against drugs.
From The Caldron Pool, a Christian man arrested in London for "islamophobic" preaching wins £2,500 for wrongful arrest.
From Gatestone Institute, how Palestinian leaders deal with freedom of expression.
From The Jakarta Post, three alleged marijuana suppliers are arrested in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. (As I've mentioned before, getting involved in illegal drugs in Muslim countries is a sure way to ruin your own life.)
From The Straits Times, the unrest in Hong Kong has not been good for businesses.
From The Borneo Post, over 14,800 women have reportedly used the Malaysian government's free cervical cancer tests.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian police seize 18 suspected drug traffickers, over 70 kilos of drugs, cash, jewelry, and five luxury vehicles. (Did I mention that you don't want to be involved in drugs in Muslim countries?)
From The Mainichi, two Japanese men are sentenced to prison in Australia for smuggling lizards.
From Fox News, the TSA reminds passengers to avoid bringing grenades or rocket launchers on planes.
From WPVI-TV, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) wants the federal government to take action against flying umbrellas.
From Twitchy, Turning Point USA reporter Benny Johnson goes into Baltimore and talks to the residents.
From The Stream, Baltimore is indeed in bad shape, but don't give up on the place.
From The Sunday Post, a U.K. surgeon who separated conjoined twins once flunked out of med school. (via the New York Post)
From CNN, Attorney General William Barr decides that having a relative in the U.S. does not by itself justify an asylum claim. (via The Blaze)
From the New York Post, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signs a law extending the time for background checks on gun purchases.
And from The Babylon Bee, millions of Rodents Of Unusual Size start migrating from Fire Swamp to Baltimore.
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Sunday Links
As we get to another sunny and very warm Sunday, here are some things going on:
From Free West Media, Austria issues an arrest warrant for a suspected "Russian spy".
From SwissInfo, a cyber attack targets users of a Switzerland-based email who have investigated Russian intelligence.
From the Malta Independent, protesters against tree removal in Attard, Malta tie themselves to the trees.
From Malta Today, police arrest 46 people for drug possession at a festival in Marsa, Malta.
From The Portugal News, a Portuguese engineering firm develops an ecologically friendly surfboard.
From Morocco World News, dog breeds from northern latitudes are becoming popular in Morocco.
From France24, Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal is set to win the Tour de France.
From RFI, French vintners worry about U.S. President Trump's claim that U.S. wine is better than theirs.
From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urged to use the "Brexit key" against Remainers.
From the Evening Standard, the British woman who accused a gang of 12 Israelis of raping her is arrested on suspicion of filing a false complaint. (It might be interesting to read what my usual Israeli sources say about this development. Keep reading. Meanwhile, what is this "believe all women" that you speak of?)
From BBC News, the U.K. sends a second warship to the Persian Gulf.
From the (U.K.) Independent, according to a poll, the Labour Party would gain a lead over the Tories if they would replace Jeremy Corbyn as their leader. (If Labour could hold more seats in the House of Commons than the Tories, it would make their leader the new Prime Minister, and Boris "the Spider" Johnson the Minority Leader.)
From the (Irish) Independent, an Irishman illegally in the U.S. gets to know cuffs and shackles.
From the Irish Examiner, less than half of the Irish public is satisfied with Toaiseach Leo Varadkar's handling of Brexit.
From CBC News, some notable Canadian police manhunts.
From Global News, Catholics in Christmas Island, Nova Scotia appeal to Rome to keep their church open.
From Polskie Radio, Katowice, Poland deals with flooding.
From Daily News Hungary, opposition politicians slam Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's speech in Tusnad, Romania.
From Russia Today, Russia celebrates Navy Day with ship parades and shore assault demonstrations.
From Sputnik International, President Putin praises the Russian Navy.
From The Moscow Times, North Korea releases a detained Russian fishing boat.
From Novinite, foreign travelers are increasingly interested in visiting the interior of Bulgaria.
From The Sofia Globe, as a preventative measure against swine fever, 1000 pigs will be killed in Bulgaria's Dobrich region.
From Ekathimerini, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake near Athens is said to be an aftershock.
From the Greek Reporter, a look at Patmos, "the sacred land of the Aegean".
From Total Croatia News, a rally and a counter-rally mark the anniversary of an uprising in Srb, Croatia.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey drills 505 water wells in six African countries.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish nationalist groups attack Syrian migrants protesting in Istanbul.
From Rûdaw, Iraqi intelligence reportedly foils a "massive" terror plot.
From Arutz Sheva, a British woman will be indicted in Cyprus after admitting that her rape claims were false. (As noted above, I pretty much expected an Israeli source to report on this story.)
From The Times Of Israel, the IDF launches a drill to prepare for war in Gaza.
From The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli court releases an illegal immigrant and her Israel-born son from a detention center pending an appeal of her deportation case.
From YNetNews, more on the false rape case in Cyprus.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabry becomes the first female Arab juror at the Venice Film Festival.
From StepFeed, a startup wants to decentralize farming in the Arab World.
From Radio Farda, Iran calls a British proposal for protecting ships in the Persian Gulf "provocative". (How would it be more provocative than Iran's seizing of civilian oil tankers?)
From Dawn, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl tells Pakistan's government to step down by August or his entire organization marches to Islamabad.
From The Express Tribune, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, U.S. President Trump's offer to mediate on Kashmir was more than Pakistan expected. (The article links a post on Pakistan's government website.)
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan resumes normal operations.
From Khaama Press, why healthcare is an important issue in the upcoming Afghan elections.
From The Hans India, according to Indian Prime Minister Modi, those who spread hate in Kashmir won't succeed.
From the Hindustan Times, India rethinks its plans to buy armed drones from the U.S.
From ANI, Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu calls human trafficking "a violent crime against humanity".
From India Today, according to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ranjit Shrivastava, dead cows should be cremated, not buried.
From the Daily Mirror, the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka are likely to become the first terrorism case outside of India investigated by its National Investigation Agency.
From the Colombo Page, foreign travelers return to Sigiriya, a UNESCO site in Sri Lanka.
From News Of Bahrain, a man who murdered an imam is executed.
From Gatestone Institute, "an increasingly dangerous stand-off between civilizations".
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia's female flag-hoisting team will wear trousers to "move more easily".
From The Straits Times, Hong Kong police use teargas and rubber bullets against protesters who deviated from an approved route.
From The Borneo Post, a group of African men attack four policemen trying to arrest a Nigerian in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
From Free Malaysia Today, two battalions of Senoi Praaq are deployed against poachers.
From The Conservative Woman, there's a new Iranian hostage crisis, but don't blame Boris. (It appears that the U.K.'s new prime minister is often referred to by his first name. I'm hoping that my idea of adding "the Spider" will eventually catch on.)
From National Review, some new questions for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
From Townhall, one Baltimore resident sides with President Trump.
From The Washington Free Beacon, an interviewer has a hard time getting congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) to acknowledge Israel's right to exist.
From the Washington Examiner, the person handpicked to succeed Ricardo Rosselló as Puerto Rico's governor doesn't want the job.
From American Thinker, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) "blows a hole in Google".
From LifeZette, what's so hard to understand about the president fighting back against lies?
From NewsBusters, CNN host Jake Tapper doesn't challenge the hypocrisy of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Baltimore.
From Breitbart, a 2016 editorial by The Baltimore Sun agreed with then-candidate Trump. (Read the editorial here.)
From Scott Adams Says, "Baltimore, Joe Lockhart and other disasters".
From The Stream, "how to think like a terrorist".
From the New York Post, NYPD taser 1 - man with a knife 0.
And from Twitchy, congresscritter Jerry Nadler (D-NY) appears to have exposed the Democrats' impeachment fantasy "for what it REALLY is". (The emphasis by ALL CAPS is in the original title.)
From Free West Media, Austria issues an arrest warrant for a suspected "Russian spy".
From SwissInfo, a cyber attack targets users of a Switzerland-based email who have investigated Russian intelligence.
From the Malta Independent, protesters against tree removal in Attard, Malta tie themselves to the trees.
From Malta Today, police arrest 46 people for drug possession at a festival in Marsa, Malta.
From The Portugal News, a Portuguese engineering firm develops an ecologically friendly surfboard.
From Morocco World News, dog breeds from northern latitudes are becoming popular in Morocco.
From France24, Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal is set to win the Tour de France.
From RFI, French vintners worry about U.S. President Trump's claim that U.S. wine is better than theirs.
From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urged to use the "Brexit key" against Remainers.
From the Evening Standard, the British woman who accused a gang of 12 Israelis of raping her is arrested on suspicion of filing a false complaint. (It might be interesting to read what my usual Israeli sources say about this development. Keep reading. Meanwhile, what is this "believe all women" that you speak of?)
From BBC News, the U.K. sends a second warship to the Persian Gulf.
From the (U.K.) Independent, according to a poll, the Labour Party would gain a lead over the Tories if they would replace Jeremy Corbyn as their leader. (If Labour could hold more seats in the House of Commons than the Tories, it would make their leader the new Prime Minister, and Boris "the Spider" Johnson the Minority Leader.)
From the (Irish) Independent, an Irishman illegally in the U.S. gets to know cuffs and shackles.
From the Irish Examiner, less than half of the Irish public is satisfied with Toaiseach Leo Varadkar's handling of Brexit.
From CBC News, some notable Canadian police manhunts.
From Global News, Catholics in Christmas Island, Nova Scotia appeal to Rome to keep their church open.
From Polskie Radio, Katowice, Poland deals with flooding.
From Daily News Hungary, opposition politicians slam Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's speech in Tusnad, Romania.
From Russia Today, Russia celebrates Navy Day with ship parades and shore assault demonstrations.
From Sputnik International, President Putin praises the Russian Navy.
From The Moscow Times, North Korea releases a detained Russian fishing boat.
From Novinite, foreign travelers are increasingly interested in visiting the interior of Bulgaria.
From The Sofia Globe, as a preventative measure against swine fever, 1000 pigs will be killed in Bulgaria's Dobrich region.
From Ekathimerini, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake near Athens is said to be an aftershock.
From the Greek Reporter, a look at Patmos, "the sacred land of the Aegean".
From Total Croatia News, a rally and a counter-rally mark the anniversary of an uprising in Srb, Croatia.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey drills 505 water wells in six African countries.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish nationalist groups attack Syrian migrants protesting in Istanbul.
From Rûdaw, Iraqi intelligence reportedly foils a "massive" terror plot.
From Arutz Sheva, a British woman will be indicted in Cyprus after admitting that her rape claims were false. (As noted above, I pretty much expected an Israeli source to report on this story.)
From The Times Of Israel, the IDF launches a drill to prepare for war in Gaza.
From The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli court releases an illegal immigrant and her Israel-born son from a detention center pending an appeal of her deportation case.
From YNetNews, more on the false rape case in Cyprus.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabry becomes the first female Arab juror at the Venice Film Festival.
From StepFeed, a startup wants to decentralize farming in the Arab World.
From Radio Farda, Iran calls a British proposal for protecting ships in the Persian Gulf "provocative". (How would it be more provocative than Iran's seizing of civilian oil tankers?)
From Dawn, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl tells Pakistan's government to step down by August or his entire organization marches to Islamabad.
From The Express Tribune, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, U.S. President Trump's offer to mediate on Kashmir was more than Pakistan expected. (The article links a post on Pakistan's government website.)
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan resumes normal operations.
From Khaama Press, why healthcare is an important issue in the upcoming Afghan elections.
From The Hans India, according to Indian Prime Minister Modi, those who spread hate in Kashmir won't succeed.
From the Hindustan Times, India rethinks its plans to buy armed drones from the U.S.
From ANI, Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu calls human trafficking "a violent crime against humanity".
From India Today, according to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ranjit Shrivastava, dead cows should be cremated, not buried.
From the Daily Mirror, the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka are likely to become the first terrorism case outside of India investigated by its National Investigation Agency.
From the Colombo Page, foreign travelers return to Sigiriya, a UNESCO site in Sri Lanka.
From News Of Bahrain, a man who murdered an imam is executed.
From Gatestone Institute, "an increasingly dangerous stand-off between civilizations".
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia's female flag-hoisting team will wear trousers to "move more easily".
From The Straits Times, Hong Kong police use teargas and rubber bullets against protesters who deviated from an approved route.
From The Borneo Post, a group of African men attack four policemen trying to arrest a Nigerian in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
From Free Malaysia Today, two battalions of Senoi Praaq are deployed against poachers.
From The Conservative Woman, there's a new Iranian hostage crisis, but don't blame Boris. (It appears that the U.K.'s new prime minister is often referred to by his first name. I'm hoping that my idea of adding "the Spider" will eventually catch on.)
From National Review, some new questions for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
From Townhall, one Baltimore resident sides with President Trump.
From The Washington Free Beacon, an interviewer has a hard time getting congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) to acknowledge Israel's right to exist.
From the Washington Examiner, the person handpicked to succeed Ricardo Rosselló as Puerto Rico's governor doesn't want the job.
From American Thinker, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) "blows a hole in Google".
From LifeZette, what's so hard to understand about the president fighting back against lies?
From NewsBusters, CNN host Jake Tapper doesn't challenge the hypocrisy of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Baltimore.
From Breitbart, a 2016 editorial by The Baltimore Sun agreed with then-candidate Trump. (Read the editorial here.)
From Scott Adams Says, "Baltimore, Joe Lockhart and other disasters".
From The Stream, "how to think like a terrorist".
From the New York Post, NYPD taser 1 - man with a knife 0.
And from Twitchy, congresscritter Jerry Nadler (D-NY) appears to have exposed the Democrats' impeachment fantasy "for what it REALLY is". (The emphasis by ALL CAPS is in the original title.)
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Saturday Stuff
At the end of another week, here are some things going on:
From National Review, the Mueller report misunderstands the rule against indicting a sitting president.
From The Washington Free Beacon, after introducing a bill against dark money, get the support of a dark money group. (Is "dark money" anything like the "dark matter" and "dark energy" that cosmologists talk about?)
From the Washington Examiner, only ten Democratic presidential candidates are likely to be included in the party's debates in September.
From American Thinker, the SCOTUS ruling on money for the border wall ends "the wall of irrationality over the border".
From LifeZette, congresscritter Mark Meadows (R-NC) wants voters to remember what the Democrats did with the Mueller hearings.
From NewsBusters, a New York Times bigwig lets out his #MeToo double standard.
From The Conservative Woman, the group Extinction Rebellion is not against the system, but are part of it.
From CBC News, whether plastic in the oceans will outweigh the fish by 2050 cannot be precisely determined.
From Global News, on a pedestrian bridge in Canada's Jasper National Park, a four-legged critter claims the right of way.
From The Jakarta Post, motorbike shock absorbers inspire Indonesian university students to invent a quake-resistant building foundation.
From The Straits Times, at least 17 people are injured in the latest protests in Hong Kong.
From The Borneo Post, police in Malaysia receive 483 reports over a Facebook page allegedly insulting Mohammed.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian authorities find 10 illegal aliens working for a solid waste handling firm. (The xenophobia! The racism! Oh wait, they're just enforcing immigration laws. That's only wrong when the U.S. does it. Never mind.)
From MalayMail, two Malaysian government agencies will continue monitoring insults to Islam and Mohammed on social media.
From The Mainichi, a fishing port in Tomioka, Fukushima, Japan, hit by the tsunami of 2011, reopens after eight years.
From the Daily Mirror, more on the reforms to Sri Lanka's Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act supported by women's rights groups. (Yesterday, I linked a related story from the Colombo Page.)
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife Maithree offer prayers at a temple in India.
From The Hans India, Indian security forces hill two militants in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Air Force receives the first four of 22 Apache helicopters from the U.S. (Thus, Asian Indians get aircraft named after a tribe of American Indians.)
From India Today, any reports of pictures of the earth taken by the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 are fake news.
From OPIndia, even after being cited for "inciting hate", a Muslim cleric allegedly operates a training camp inside a mosque.
From Khaama Press, the presidential election campaign gets started tomorrow - in Afghanistan.
From The Express Tribune, Ivanka Trump extends an offer to help empower Pakistani women.
From Pakistan Today, the U.S. approves the sale of a support package for Pakistan's F-16s.
From Radio Farda, after Iran releases nine Indian crewmen of a seized Panama-flagged tanker, India asks for the release of the other three.
From IranWire, the mother of a murdered political prisoner wants everyone responsible for his death, including prison officials, to be held accountable.
From Rûdaw, the Yezidis inaugurate their new spiritual leader.
From Arutz Sheva, three of the four Israeli Arab political parties announce a joint candidacy.
From The Times Of Israel, Cypriot police are reportedly ready to charge at least three Israeli teens with the gang rape of a British tourist.
From The Jerusalem Post, one Palestinian is killed and 56 others wounded in the latest weekly protest at the Gaza border fence.
From YNetNews, Israel works to keep Mediterranean ecosystems alive.
From Egypt Today, an art exhibit celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Suez Canal.
From Hürriyet Daily News, a temple built by the Urartian kingdom will be excavated.
From Ekathimerini, two Afghan migrants are injured with stab wounds in a brawl in Thessaloniki.
From the Greek Reporter, "major" archaeological discoveries are made at a Greek site known as Koutroulou Magoula.
From Novinite, the Bulgarian military wants to buy 150 armored vehicles.
From The Sofia Globe, according to Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva, Bulgaria strictly follows the E.U. rules for dealing with swine fever.
From Radio Bulgaria, how Bulgaria benefited from the Seven Saints.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia receives an initial indication that it will be allowed to join the Schengen zone.
From the Malta Independent, an Italian drug trafficker seeking to assemble a ring that would smuggle cocaine through Malta, is caught in Spain.
From SwissInfo, scientists in Zurich find a link between stress and the brain.
From The Portugal News, Cabo Verde is becoming a "storage place" for drugs.
From Morocco World News, the Polisario Front wants part of the money from the E.U.-Morocco fishing agreement.
From France24, France seeks a digital tax deal with the U.S.
From RFI, schools in Paris close while the area around Notre Dame Cathedral undergoes a lead cleanup.
From the Express, Australia seeks a post-Brexit deal with the U.K.
From the Evening Standard, renegade dissident republicans target a police station with an explosive device.
From the (U.K.) Independent, a senior Tory tells U.K. Prime Minister Johnson to tone down the rhetoric.
From the (Irish) Independent, an Irishman illegally present in the U.S. is in "uncertain territory".
From the Irish Examiner, despite objections, a large wind farm in County Galway is given the go-ahead. (Yes, I want carbon dioxide-free energy, but don't put that thing in my back yard.)
From VRT NWS, you can visit the moon in Antwerp, Belgium.
From Deutsche Welle, newly discovered testimony from a former Nazi cast doubt on the claim that a Dutch communist started the 1933 Reichstag fire.
From Polskie Radio, Poland commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising.
From Radio Praha, the Chinese embassy in the Czech Republic alleges fake news.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slanec Castle near Košice is undergoing renovation.
From Russia Today, over 1,000 people are detained after an unsanctioned rally in Moscow.
From Sputnik International, two Russian national guardsmen are injured at the rally.
From The Moscow Times, more on the rally and the resulting police crackdown.
From Gatestone Institute, Boris Johnson is already reviving the UK.'s standing. (May I call him "Boris the Spider", like the song by The Who? Would that be OK?)
From The Blaze, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has an "extremely blunt" message for congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
From Twitchy, while Democrats slam President Trump's comments on Baltimore, a statement from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wasn't very different.
From the New York Post, how New York, even without Amazon, can be the new Silicon Valley.
And from UPI and the "you can't make this up" department, on a cruise ship, a major brawl breaks out due to a passenger's clown costume.
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