Saturday Links - Part 1

On a rainy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, as the post-World War II order ends, nothing is replacing it.

From Townhall, the media should apologize due to the IG report.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a sanctuary movement spreads in Virginia in response to proposed gun bans.

From the Washington Examiner, an Illinois army veteran is charged with threatening to shoot a Republican congressman.

From American Thinker, the "frightening" abuse of power by Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY).

From LifeZette, according to former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the "American people are smarter and better" than the Democrats think.

From NewsBusters, congresscritter Devin Nunes (R-Cal) is "mocked for being right".

From Canada Free Press, Democrats are angry "like caged animals".

From CBC News, U.S. customs officials search Canadian parcels being delivered to Campobello Island, which travel through Maine.

From Global News, two pizzerias in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec catch fire within 20 minutes.

From CTV News, Canadian skin banks are ready to help victims of the volcanic eruption in New Zealand.

From TeleSUR, a "concert for dignity" is put on in Chile to mark eight weeks of social unrest.

From The Mainichi, the Japanese city of Hiroshima decides to demolish two buildings that survived the atomic bombing at the end of World War II.

From the Borneo Post, the King of Malaysia is proud that his son has graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian government seeks to provide migrants in the state of Sabah with vaccines.

From The Straits Times, according to President Halimah Yacob, Singapore can learn much from Germany's education system.

From The Jakarta Post, according to Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Indonesia does not want the caliphate system of government.

From the Daily Mirror, the birthday of a Buddhist leader is marked by religious observances.

From the Colombo Page, so far this year, 100 people have died of dengue in Sri Lanka.

From The Hans India, the Indian Supreme Court might hear some petitions against the recently-passed Citizenship Act on December 18th.

From the Hindustan Times, in the Indian state of Assam, a truck driver is killed when people protesting against the Citizenship Act set his vehicle on fire.

From ANI, India's Narcotics Control Bureau busts an international drug cartel.

From India Today, Internet service will remain suspended in 10 districts in Assam until this coming Monday.

From Khaama Press, if you're in prison in Afghanistan, and wish to have your sentence reduced, read a book.

From Dawn, the Islamabad High Court Bar Association reinstates 60 of its members.

From The Express Tribune, former Pakistani military leader Pervez Musharraf seeks a stay in his trial for treason.

From Pakistan Today, according to Pakistan's minister for science and technology, the country's Supreme Court does not have the power to tell its parliament how to legislate.

From Daily Pakistan, Pakistan urges Muslim countries to devise a joint strategy to prevent desecration of the Koran.

From Radio Farda, Iranian authorities arrest 136 for allegedly carrying unlicensed firearms.

From IranWire, the family of a Kurdish poet killed while protesting wants to be left alone to mourn his death.

From StepFeed, 18 hillarious Tweets from the Arab world.

From The New Arab, former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is sentenced to two years of house arrest for corruption.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish parliament condemns the U.S. Senate resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey's prison population increased by 14 percent in 2018.

From Rûdaw, Syrian Kurdish opera singer Mizgin Taher performs for her fellow Internally Displaced Persons.

From In-Cyprus, BirdLife Cyprus joins an environmental education project for the blind and visually impaired.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, his New Right party will run independently in the upcoming elections.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel welcomes UNESCO's rejection of a Belgian carnival including anti-Semitic displays for its Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to former Likud party politician Moshe Feiglin, his Zehut party will not run in the upcoming Israeli elections.

From YNetNews, according to Israeli saxophonist Daniel Zamir, "leaving Israel makes you come back as a better Jew".

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi launches the third World Youth Forum in Sharm el-Sheikh.

From Egypt Today, a small royal Sphinx is discovered at the Egyptian archaeological site of Tuna el-Gebel.

From Morocco World News, a Moroccan student is named the Best Arab Inventor.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, North Africans reportedly assault a blind woman on a train in Switzerland.

From the Livingston Ledger, an imam in Australia criticizes an Islamic TV network.

From Gatestone Institute, dealing with reality in Sweden.  (The last three links, and the story from Daily Pakistan above, come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From The Stream, during Advent, "your work matters".

From the eponymous blog of Tim Gamble, updates from the coup, er, um, impeachment.

From Fox News, according to Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Republican might call Hunter Biden as a witness if the impeachment goes to trial.

From the Daily Caller, former Vice President Biden falsely claims to have found Republican votes for Obamacare.

From the New York Post, among the most Tweeted topics in 2019 are President Trump and an egg.  (Would this make Trump the eggman?  Goo-gook-a-joob!)

And from The Peedmont, the snack bar at the Staples Mill Road Amtrak station is now taking reservations for Christmas dinner.