Thursday Things - Part 1

On a sunny and mild Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what is Rocket Man up to with his rockets?

From FrontpageMag, some of Dr. Ford's allies wanted "key witnesses" to lie about then-nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

From AP News, Colt stops producing AR-15 rifles for civilians.  (via Townhall)

From Townhall, CNN host Chris Cuomo and Bob O'Rourke get into it over the latter's proposed gun confiscation.  (Cuomo's brother is the governor of New York.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) pushes a bill to end frivolous spending at the end of the fiscal year.

From the Washington Examiner, a New Jersey man is arrested for allegedly scouting possible targets for Hezbollah.

From The Federalist, the media should just embrace their bias.

From American Thinker, the airline mechanic who had an ISIS video on his cell phone was trying to disable the same control system which had failed on two other planes which crashed.

From CNS News, President Trump visits a new section of border wall.

From LifeZette, a British gambling site gets more wagers for Hillary Clinton to get the 2020 nomination than for any other Democrat.

From NewsBusters, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) dunks on PolitiFact.

From Canada Free Press, another old photo of Justin Trudeau surfaces, which has nothing to do with facial darkening.

From CBC News, his brownface photo challenges Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau "to prove who he really is".

From Global News, police in Toronto, Canada will collect race-based information under a new policy.

From CTV News, a Canadian Liberal candidate's signs, which depict his face, are defaced with blackface.

From TeleSUR, Brazil will not speak at the U.N. climate summit.

From The Jakarta Post, over 100 sacred Balinese dances are banned from commercial use.

From The Straits Times, the Singapore Grand Prix will not vanish in the haze.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia offers to help Indonesia fight its forest fires.

From Free Malaysia Today, Indian authorities are reportedly considering using the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act against Islamic cleric Zakir Naik, currently in Malaysia.

From The Mainichi, representatives of over 190 countries are expected to attend the Japanese emperor's ascension ceremony.

From the Daily Mirror, a man who allegedly defrauded relatives of three Easter Sunday attack suspects is arrested in Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's president thanks China for 60 years of support.

From The Hans India, the U.S. agency NASA studies images of the area where the Indian lander Vikram failed to make a soft landing.

From the Hindustan Times, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has a last chance to contact Vikram before lunar night sets in.

From ANI, India's Defense Research and Development Organisation successfully tests a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile.

From India Today, five Afghans try to smuggle 370 capsules of heroin into India by ingesting them, and fail.

From Khaama Press, a young Taliban member admits that young Taliban fighters face sexual abuse from older fighters.

From Dawn, according to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, there will be no talks with India until to restores the former special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency releases a list of the country's 100 most wanted human traffickers.

From Pakistan Today, Prime Minister Imran meets with Saudi Arabian royals to discuss the situation in Kashmir.

From Radio Farda, after Saudi Arabia shows evidence of Iranian involvement in the attack on its oil facilities, Iran reacts with denials and threats.

From IranWire, an Iranian woman you should know.

From StepFeed, a Moroccan TV show is suspended after a guest urges men "to beat their wives".

From Rûdaw, the UAE follows Saudi Arabia in joining a coalition to protect navigation in the Gulf, but Iraq does not.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, the U.S. and Turkey will establish patrol bases in the Syrian safe zone.

From Turkish Minute, the European Court of Human Rights rules the Turkey violated the rights of two inmates held in prisons far from their homes.

From In-Cyprus, 12 people are rescued from the sea near Lanarca, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, 17 pro-Iran terrorists are sent to their virgins in eastern Syria.  (Like many articles, this one uses the euphemism "militants".  I don't.)

From Arutz Sheva, according to Yamina Chairwoman Ayelet Shaked, forming a bloc with the Likud party is "not a done deal".

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli political parties hold talks trying to break the current coalition impasse.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Blue and White party calls for a unity government without current Prime Minister Netanyahu.

From YNetNews, rocket warning sirens in southern Israel sound, but it's a false alarm.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's Immigration Ministry chooses chooses an ambassador for its "Speak Egyptian" initiative.

From Morocco World News, a British company makes a "significant" gas discovery in Morocco.

From The Stream, a fact check on Live Action cites an abortionist who openly criticizes the organization and its founder.

From the Daily Caller, Senators Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) push legislation to ban flavored e-cigarettes.

From Breitbart, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) calls the debate over D.C. statehood rooted in the "history of slavery".

From the Los Angeles Times, a federal judge blocks California's law that would force presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns.  (via The Blaze)

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a man shoots himself in the head with a crossbow, and lives.  (via the New York Post)

From Twitchy, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend, Indiana) calls Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) "extremely evasive" when asked about a middle class tax increase.

From Fox News, one Mr. Bill mocks another.  (Oh, nooooooo!)

And from Breaking Burgh, in what might be an 8th Amendment violation, actress Felicity Huffman is sentenced to 14 days of listening to Joe Biden talk about education.