As the rain comes down on the last Tuesday in April, here are some things going on:
From National Review, "a tale of two states" and how the reopening policies of their governors are regarded.
From FrontpageMag, inform the government about what your neighbors are doing, just like they do or did in communist countries.
From Townhall, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) has become "America's gaslighter in chief".
From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Debbie Mucarsel-Powell likes to dress up like an Indian, and like an Indian.
From the Washington Examiner, after South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) rejects a coronavirus lockdown, some people put on a parade for her.
From The Federalist, will Texas show America how to reopen from a coronavirus lockdown safely?
From American Thinker, the coronavirus has shown the horrors of left-wing governmental control.
From CNS News, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) notices how people outraged over Justice Kavanaugh's alleged past behavior show little interest in former Vice President Biden's accuser.
From LifeZette, Tennessee, Mississippi and Montana start to gradually reopen.
From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joy Reid wrongly claims that Europe is handling the coronavirus better than the U.S.
From Canada Free Press, a timeline for the new China syndrome.
From CBC News, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's coronavirus measures are working, but they're not yet out of the woods.
From Global News, Trudeau defends Health Canada's easing of some rules on bilingual labeling due to the coronavirus.
From CTV News, new modeling shows that Canada is flattening its coronavirus curve.
From TeleSUR, 28 former officials from Argentina's last dictatorship are sentenced to life in prison.
From The Portugal News, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announces the end of Portugal's coronavirus state of emergency.
From El País, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces "coronavirus deescalation measures".
From Euractiv, how Spanish farmers are helping to create a circular economy.
From France24, soccer and rugby won't resume in France until September.
From RFI, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe outlines his plan for France's gradual exit from its coronavirus lockdown.
From SwissInfo, cows in Switzerland proceed on their annual march up into the Alps, even with the coronavirus pandemic going on. (The article explains that during Spring, cows are marched from farms in valley up to mountain meadows, and back down during the fall. During my visit to Switzerland in the 1990s, my tour group go to learn about this tradition.)
From ANSA, according to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, there is a "strong risk" that the coronavirus could return if safety norms aren't observed.
From Free West Media, Italy closes for tourism for the rest of 2020.
From EuroNews, the final piece of the new bridge in Genoa, Italy is put into place.
From the Malta Independent, 20 migrants at a center in Marsa, Malta all test negative for the coronavirus.
From Malta Today, cruise passenger traffic drops in Malta by half in the first three months of 2020.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian galleries, museums and libraries could reopen in early May.
From Total Croatia News, the Croatian tourism industry considers whether "to open or not to open".
From Independent Balkan News Agency, did a company in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Hercegovina improperly import ventilators from China?
From Balkan Insight, the coronavirus keeps the Bosnian families of ISIS terrorists in camps in Syria.
From Ekathimerini, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveils Greece's plan for gradually lifting its coronavirus lockdown.
From the Greek Reporter, the Acropolis in Athens, Greece gets a facelift. (I visited Athens and the Acropolis in the 1990s, a few years after my trip to Switzerland.)
From Novinite, how one power plant affected generations of Bulgarians.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria cancels its annual Armed Forces Day parade due to the coronavirus.
From Radio Bulgaria, the coronavirus is expected to obliterate some jobs and create new ones.
From Romania-Insider, according to Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, removing some coronavirus restrictions doesn't mean a return to normal life after May 15th.
From Russia Today, Russian KAMAZ trucks brave cold Arctic conditions - without drivers.
From Sputnik International, Moscow starts analyzing blood samples to detect the coronavirus.
From The Moscow Times, President Putin extends Russia's coronavirus lockdown until May 11th.
From the Hungary Journal, according to chief medical officer Cecilia Muller, Hungary's number of persons infected with the coronavirus "is rising at an even rate".
From Daily News Hungary, medical universities map the spread of the coronavirus in Hungary.
From Hungary Today, restrictions on catering places in Hungary result in a decrease in the sales of beer.
From About Hungary, Hungary's Catholic Charity helps 25,000 needy families to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
From The Slovak Spectator, a portable ventilator designed by Slovak scientists goes into mass production.
From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic cancels the 2020 Karlovy Vary film festival.
From Polskie Radio, according to Polish official Janusz Kowalski, Poland might seize assets from the Russian company Gazprom if it doesn't obey a court ruling.
From the CPH Post, Copenhagen, Denmark will allow some outdoor sports to resume, with a maximum of 10 people.
From Voice Of Europe, Sweden can't expel a migrant convicted of eight sexual offenses.
From Deutsche Welle, according to migration experts, Germany should allow African migrants to obtain work visas for a cash deposit.
From the NL Times, Vodafone becomes the first mobile phone carrier to launch a 5G network in the Netherlands.
From Dutch News, according to a research project by the Mauritshius museum and Delft University, the girl depicted in the painting Girl with the Pearl Earring had eyelashes. (I've been to these places, too. See this blog's archives for May of 2017.)
From VRT NWS, 150 garbage collectors in Ghent, Belgium perform the haka, a dance created by the Maoris of New Zealand. (Is this cultural appropriation?)
From The Brussels Times, Belgian bishops want church services to gradually be restored.
From the Express, a graph shows that the U.K.'s coronavirus lockdown is working.
From the Evening Standard, the U.K.'s Royal Mail suspends letter delivery on Saturday due to the coronavirus.
From the (U.K.) Independent, there will be no relaxing of the U.K.'s coronavirus lockdown this week, says the prime minister's office.
From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish government is not yet ready to recommend easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
From the Irish Examiner, a "slight majority" of the Irish cabinet supports easing coronavirus restrictions for certain groups.
From The Conservative Woman, the money belongs to the U.K. taxpayers, not the chancellor.
From The Stream, should you love thy neighbor or love thy state?
From The Daily Signal, the generation that faced hunger, polio and World War II would not be impressed with us today.
From ZeroHedge, Politico quietly admits that its article about President Trump owing millions of dollars to China was fake news.
From Fox News, Lincoln cancels its new all-electric SUV due to the coronavirus.
From TechRepublic, 10 probably wrong things that you thought you know about blockchain.
From Breitbart, Prince Harry will introduce a new Netflix series based on Thomas The Tank Engine.
From the New York Post, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D) endorses former Vice President Biden's presidential candidacy.
And from Twitchy, Senator and "anti-Kavanaugh crusader" Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) explains why she supports Joe Biden.
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