Bigfoot's Place: September 2020

From Total Croatia News, a project to renovate hiking and cycling paths starts on the Croatian peninsula of Pelješac. (My 2007 tour group road through Pelješac on a small bus. If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, North Macedonia will participate in an intergovernmental conference by the end of this year.

From Balkan Insight, according to a member of its Government Crisis Staff, Serbia has "hugely" underestimated its coronavirus death toll.

From Ekathimerini, information on a bombing is found on a hard drive seized from the Athens apartment of a terror suspect.

From the Greek Reporter, an underwater cable is accidently cut, leaving most of Greece without internet service.

From Novinite, Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov issues three orders in connection with Bulgaria's extension of its coronavirus measures.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian parliament overrides President Roumen Radev's veto of a bill making amendments to the country's Judiciary Act.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria postpones its decision on acquiring more F-16 fighter jets until 2024.

From Romania-Insider, meet Bucharest's six district mayors.

From Russia Today, according to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia is not looking for any peacekeepers in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from the Russian-led CSTO.

From Sputnik International, Russia reportedly plans to launch two new modules to the International Space Station next year.

From The Moscow Times, Russia's second coronavirus wave is getting as its first.

From Daily News Hungary, Foreign Minister Judit Varga calls the Hungary chapter of the European Commission's Rule of Law Report "absurd" and "false".

From Hungary Today, an centenary exhibition on the Trianon Peace Treaty opens at the Hungarian National Museum. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From About Hungary, the Hungarian government is expected to decide today whether to reintroduce controls at its Schengen borders.

From The Slovak Spectator, the Slovak government is expected to declare a national emergency tomorrow due to the coronavirus for the second time this year.

From Radio Prague, according to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the Czech Republic's new coronavirus state of emergency will not have any "major new restrictions".

From Polskie Radio, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki unveils Poland's new cabinet.

From ReMix, an interview with Tomasz Sakiewicz, the editor-in-chief of Gazeta Polska.

From the CPH Post, a round-up of local news in Denmark, including the tenth and final troll created by artist Thomas Dambo, sculpted somewhere in the Copenhagen area of Sydhavnen.

From Deutsche Welle, 139 refugees arrive in Germany from the former Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From the NL Times, the Dutch single-day record for new coronavirus cases is "broken yet again".

From Dutch News, a chicken farm in Limburg, Netherlands wins the Wakker Dier award for the most deceptive food marketing.

From VRT NWS, seven parties reach a deal on forming a new government for Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, according to his father, new Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo "has no enemies".

From Euractiv, more on the formation of Belgium's new government.

From Free West Media, why are Armenian and Azerbaijani forces clashing in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh?

From the Express, the E.U. rejects five different Brexit proposals from U.K. negotiator David Frost.

From the Evening Standard, the satirical TV show Spitting Image defends its Greta Thunberg puppet. (How dare they!)

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. police admit not having the manpower to launch "manhunts" for people failing to self-isolate.

From the (Irish) Independent, an investigation is launched after €9,000 worth of luxury foods such as fillet steak, prosciutto ham and chocolate are bought for a cooking class in an Irish prison.

From the Irish Examiner, a campaign urges the Irish government to take 400 refugees from the Greek island of Lesbos.

From The Conservative Woman, the Metropolitan Police need to tackle the thugs, not the peaceful protesters.

From Snouts in the Trough, remember when snowfalls were "just a thing of the past"?

From The Stream, how should the church understand the distinction between civil disobedience and rebellion against authority?

From The Daily Signal, which kind of America do you want to live in?

From Space War, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due in Asia for talks on China and North Korea.

From The American Conservative, "isolationism" is a myth.

From Breitbart, a federal court in Virginia convicts a Chinese national of laundering U.S. cash for Mexican drug cartels.

From WPVI-TV, Ford recalls over 700,000 vehicles due to malfunctions of their backup cameras.

From Fox News, New York City will deploy 400 police officers to enforce social distancing rules in coronavirus hotspots.

From the New York Post, New York City's absentee ballot SNAFUs reach Long Island.

And from The Daily Wire, actor James Woods sums up the presidential debate a "hilarious" Tweet.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As the last Tuesday in September heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, the College Historical Society in Dublin, Ireland disinvites atheist biologist Richard Dawkins because of his view on Islam.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland reports 363 new coronavirus cases.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Senator Ollie Crowe calls for Ireland's army to take to the streets after videos show hundreds of students disobeying coronavirus rules in the city of Galway.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the Leicester Crown Court learns that a 14-year-old boy tried to make bombs during the U.K.'s coronavirus lockdown after being radicalized.

From the Evening Standard, four more areas in Wales will go under local coronavirus lockdowns.

From the Express, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit blueprint is passed by the U.K. House of Commons as his predecessor Theresa May abstains from voting.

From VRT NWS, university students graduate in the historic market square in Brussels.

From The Brussels Times, the Brussels city government bans prostitution in an effort to reduce the number of new coronavirus cases.

From the NL Times, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam makes face masks mandatory.

From Dutch News, Dutch retail outlets won't force customers to wear face masks.

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel unveils new coronavirus measures.

From Euractiv, according to experts, Germany needs to protect its moors and eat less meat to reach the E.U.'s new climate targets.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian man in Bad Homburg, Germany yells "Allahu akbar!" while attacking police officers.

From the CPH Post, Copenhagen is almost hit by a tornado. (If you read Danish, read related stories at TV2 and SN.)

From Polskie Radio, Poland adopts a new coronavirus strategy after a spike in cases.

From ReMix, Poland deports three Tajiks associated with ISIS on charges of trying to recruit Muslim converts to conduct terror attacks.

From Radio Prague, the Czech government will consider making a state of emergency due to worsening coronavirus conditions.

From The Slovak Spectator, 48 towns in Slovakia will hold elections for mayor and councilor this coming Thursday.

From Daily News Hungary, rats! (If you read Hungarian, read about the rats at NLC and Blikk.)

From Hungary Today, according to Interior Minister Sándor Pintér, Hungary is free of extremism. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, a response to an article in the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel that it wouldn't print.

From Russia Today, President Putin considers taking Russia's coronavirus vaccine.

From Sputnik International, according to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, statements of military support for either Azerbaijan or Armenia will only escalate their conflicy.

From The Moscow Times, how would a second wave of the coronavirus affect Russia's economy?

From Romania-Insider, new Bucharest Mayor Nicuşor Dan plans to audit City Hall. (If you read Romanian, read the story at B1 TV.)

From Novinite, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Bulgaria might purchase eight more F-16 Block 70 aircraft from Lockheed Martin.

From The Sofia Globe, six parliamentcritters quit the opposition group led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.

From Radio Bulgaria, protesters in Sofia gather in front of a private news agency.

From Ekathimerini, Greek authorities try to ease congestion on Aegean islands by moving migrants to camps on the mainland.

From the Greek Reporter, "why Greece will never consider demilitarizing the Aegean islands".

From EuroNews, Greek police accuse 33 members of NGOs of smuggling migrants.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani, North Macedonia's contacts with Bulgaria will intensify.

From Balkan Insight, former North Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is convicted of inciting a mob attack,

From Total Croatia News, according to Interior Minister Davor Božinović, security in Croatia has not been undermined.

From Total Slovenia News, according to Prime Minister Janez Janša, stricter coronavirus measures in Slovenia are not currently needed.

From the Malta Independent, Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia and his rival Bernard Grech will go against each other in their only debate.

From Malta Today, author Salman Rushdie will be a special guest of the 2020 Malta Book Festival.

From ANSA, Italian Carabinieri arrest an Italian ISIS bride in Syria and bring her and her four children back to Italy.

From SwissInfo, about 11 percent of people living in the Swiss canton of Ticino have been exposed to the coronavirus.

From France24, France plans to ban wild animals from traveling circuses and to phase out mink farms.

From RFI, the French government announces relief measures for bars, cafés and restaurants affected by coronavirus restrictions.

From El País, ousted Calatan leader Quim Torra calls for a "democratic rupture".

From The Portugal News, nurses in the region of Algarve deliver a petition to Portugal's Assembly of the Republic.

And from The Conservative Woman, do those scary coronavirus statistics really add up?

Tuesday Tidings - Part 1

On a warm humid Tuesday, the last in September, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Scranton, Pennsylvania versus Park Avenue is more complicated than it might seem.

From FrontpageMag, the battle between Christians and Muslims at Nicopolis in 1396.

From Townhall, congresscritter Chip Roy (R-TX) recalls how Democrats in the early 2000s treated Republican judicial nominees.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a preview of tonight's debate between President Trump (R) and former Vice President Biden (D).

From the Washington Examiner, Biden and Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) release their tax returns.

From The Federalist, the media goes after Scott Atlas for exposing their lies about the coronavirus.

From American Thinker, some real questions for Biden.

From CNS News, according to press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Trump's best preparation for the debates comes from answering questions from the White House press corps.

From LifeZette, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) tells Biden to be himself and "save the planet".

From NewsBusters, to oppose the SCOTUS nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, CBS host Gayle King reaches into the past.

From Canada Free Press, tonight's presidential debate is "staged" and is a concession to the coronavirus.

From CBC News, the Canadian government announces a plan to buy 7.9 million coronavirus tests.

From Global News, former Canadian parliamentcritter Rob Anders (Conservative-Calgary) is charged with tax evasion.

From CTV News, the Canadian province of Ontario tightens visitor policies at some long-term care homes due to the second wave of the coronavirus.

From TeleSUR, Chile tries to prevent new mass migrations during the coronavirus pandemic.

From Morocco World News, why Morocco won't normalize relations with Israel.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey will support Azerbaijan on the field and at the table.

From Turkish Minute, according to an Armenian-Turkish opposition legislator, Turkish authorities allow Turkish nationalists to hold demonstrations in front of the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul.

From Rûdaw, according to an Armenian legislator, Yezidi fighters have been wounded in a battle between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces.

From ArmenPress, according to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, efforts by Azerbaijan's army have failed. (I have decided to replace The Armenian Reporter, which rarely had any original content but merely linked to other sources, with ArmenPress, which I have recently run across, and which publishes its own original material.)

From In-Cyprus, European bee-eaters and other protected bird species are found after being killed in Larnaca, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, has Turkey sent Syrian fighters to aid Azerbaijan against Armenia?

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netayahu reveals a Hezbollah weapons depot near the Beirut airport.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's daily coronavirus infection rate is reportedly almost three times higher than the next worst-hit country.

From The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu announces that Israel's coronavirus lockdown will last at least a month.

From YNetNews, the UAE defends its decision to normalize its relations with Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, a 12-year-old Egyptian boy dies of a heart attack after hours of playing PUBG.

From Egypt Today, President Abdel al-Sisi declares three days of mourning in Egypt for recently departed Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia's National Defense Forces receive $2.9 million worth of equipment from the U.S. Department of Defense.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's Haramain Museum is set to reopen on October 18th.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah denies Netanyahu's claim of a weapons depot in Beirut.

From Radio Farda, Iran denies Saudi Arabia's accusation that it trained a recently-busted terror cell.

From IranWire, what happened to Iran's funds to fight the coronavirus?

From Dawn, non-bailable arrest warrants are issued for the wife and daughter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shehbaz Sharif in his money laundering case.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani government decides to again ask the U.K. to deport former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan decides to reopen primary schools despite a surge in campus coronavirus cases.

From Khaama Press, 14 civilians are killed when their bus hits a roadside bomb in the Afghan province of Daikundi.

From The Hans India, key points of the verdict in a case about the destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India.

From the Hindustan Times, with China "on their radar", India, Japan, Australia and the U.S. plan a joint meeting for October 6th.

From ANI, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu extends its coronavirus lockdown until October 31st, but relaxes some of its measures.

From India Today, Indian states protect their revenues as new farm laws take effect.

From the Dhaka Tribune, schools in Dhaka try to decide whether to open.

From the Daily Mirror, seven intervenient petitions are filed with the Sri Lankan Supreme Court in support of the proposed 20th Amendment to the country's Constitution. (Would an intervenient petition be similar to an American "friend of the court" brief?)

From Maldives Insider, Atmosphere Hotels and Resorts welcomes their 2,000th guest in the Maldive Islands since the country reopened its borders.

From The Jakarta Post, a man in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia gets 18 months in prison for throwing a copy of the Koran in a mosque.

From The Straits Times, Singapore Airlines will discontinues its "flights to nowhere", but will offer meals insider a grounded AirBus A-380 jumbo jet.

From the Borneo Post, according to science minister Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysia will decide on a coronavirus vaccine early next year.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Health Director-General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, Malaysia has no plans to shut down malls despite recent coronavirus cases.

From Vietnam Plus, only 44,000 foreigners visit Vietnam in the third quarter of 2020.

From The Mainichi, Japanese Prime Minister Suga and Russian President Putin agree to promote territorial negotiations based on a joint declaration made in 1956.

From Gatestone Institute, according to Chinese newspaper editor Hu Xijin, killing Americans over Taiwan is "morally justified".

From BreakPoint, why is the left attacking SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett? (via The Stream)

From The Stream, whether former Vice President Biden is a devout Catholic doesn't matter.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump doesn't need price controls to decrease the cost of prescription drugs.

From The Daily Wire, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron decides to release recordings related to the Breonna Taylor case.

From Space War, has North Korea's satellite program been discontinued?

From Space Daily, the Space Force's 18th Space Control Squadron now predicts collisions between pieces of space debris.

From The American Conservative, the real threat to our privacy and security is not TikTok.

From Fox News, the organizer of "We Build The Wall" pushes back against accusations of money laundering.

From the New York Post, Nordstrom decides to discontinue selling products made from fur or exotic animal skins.

And from WPVI-TV, the UAE plans to launch a spacecraft to the moon in 2024.

Monday, September 28, 2020

Monday Mania - Part 2

As the last Monday of September hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, Japan's Mount Fuji gets snow 24 days earlier than a year ago.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese government sets 17 sustainable development goals for 2030.

From the Borneo Post, a coronavirus lockdown in announced for four districts in the Malaysian state of Sabah.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sarawak imposes stricter entry rules after a spike in coronavirus cases.

From The Straits Times, the Philippines extends its coronavirus measures for another month to prevent a possible "Christmas surge".

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian President Joko Widodo gives a government committee two weeks to draft a coronavirus vaccination plan.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands launches a loyalty program to reward tourists.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lanka's chief epidemiologist, there is no risk of contracting the coronavirus from eating imported food.

From the Colombo Page, the captain of the fire-stricken oil tanker New Diamond appears before the Colombo Magistrate's Court.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) and Narendra Modi (India) are likely to meet in December.

From The Hans India, according to Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, India's new agricultural laws are a "death sentence for farmers".

From the Hindustan Times, India's farmers and agriculture sector are exempted from needing permits to use groundwater.

From ANI, six protesters are arrested in connection with the burning of a tractor in New Delhi, India.

From India Today, opposition parties led by Congress step up their protest against India's new farm laws.

From Khaama Press, 11 security personnel working for a female Afghan lawmaker are accused of raping two women in the province of Kapisa.

From Dawn, Pakistani opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif is arrested in connection with a money laundering case.

From The Express Tribune, according to Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz, Shehbaz was arrested for supporting his brother, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

From Pakistan Today, a Lahore, Pakistan police officer gets in hot water for blaming the recent highway gang-rape on its victim.

From Samaa, an imam is attacked while leading prayers at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan.

From Radio Farda, an ally of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei criticizes Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Sistani.

From IranWire, Iranian authorities apply double standards to the reopening of places of worship.

From The New Arab, a border crossing between Syria and Jordan is reopened in order to boost trade.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabian authorities bust a terror cell that included members trained in Iran.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian region of Benishangul-Gumuz dismisses its security and police chiefs. (My spellchecker has no problem with "Benishangul", but objects to "Gumuz".)

From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian Railway Authority announces ticket prices for its overnight sleeper trains.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed participates in a clinical trial of a Chinese potential coronavirus vaccine.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu holds an online discussion on Facebook.

From The Times Of Israel, Netanyahu warns that there could be 1,500 seriously ill coronavirus patients by the end of this week.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel has a peaceful Yom Kippur as prayers are held outdoors.

From YNetNews, Palestinians look to a bleak future on the 20th anniversary of their second Intifada.

From The Syrian Observer, speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem promises to expel all U.S. and Turkish troops.

From In-Cyprus, an Iranian dissident in Cyprus is caught between a rock and a hard place.

From Armenian News, the Artsakh Defense Army recaptures several lost military positions. (via The Armenian Reporter)

From Armenpress, Azerbaijan's hiring of mercenaries from Syria to attack Artsakh doesn't go as planned.

From Rûdaw, thousands of displaced people at a camp in Hasaka, Syria don't have access to free food.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan urges Armenia to end its occupation in Upper Karabakh. (The region of Artsakh is also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, the word nagorno being a Slavic word for "upper".)

From Turkish Minute, children of citizens arrested in Turkey's post-coup crackdown are more often being handed over to the care of relatives.

From Morocco World News, Morocco will save the equivalent of €27 million due to a new Euro Bond.

From RAIR Foundation USA, a Danish politician is put on al Qaeda's hit list.

And from Gatestone Institute, the dangerous new alliance between Turkey, Iran, Qatar and Hamas.

Monday Mania - Part 1

On the last Monday in September, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) admits that the Democrats can slow down the confirmation of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett, but not stop it.

From FrontpageMag, author J.K. Rowling is accused of "Islamophobia" for depicting for depicting a criminal hiding in burqa.

From Townhall, what Democrats fear about fighting against Barrett's nomination.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former astronaut and current senatorial candidate Mark Kelly (D-AZ) has had a lucrative relationship with the Chinese government.

From the Washington Examiner, Second Amendment advocacy organizations applaud Barrett's nomination.

From The Federalist, Barrett disproves the left's lies about women.

From American Thinker, as Paul Harvey would say, "and here's the rest of the story".

From CNS News, as far as Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) is concerned, Barrett's religion shouldn't matter.

From LifeZette, singer Bette Midler suggests that former Vice President Biden employ an usual debate strategy against President Trump.

From NewsBusters, Showtime's The Comey Rule is full of lies and fictional scenes.

From Canada Free Press, "America's clock is ticking", so "fight fiercely".

From CBC News, as coronavirus cases surge, the Canadian cities of Montreal and Quebec City are set to undergo their highest level of restrictions.

From Global News, the Canadian province of Ontario records its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases.

From CTV News, thanks to police in Vancouver, there will not be any British Columbia chainsaw massacre.

From TeleSUR, Argentina joins a treaty to protect environmental defenders.

From The Portugal News, according to experts, the coronavirus started in Portugal "long before" the first cases in the country were diagnosed.

From El País, the Spanish Supreme Court upholds an 18-month ban on Calatan Premier Quim Torra for disobedience.

From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

From RFI, right-wing party Les Républicains claims victory in France's senatorial elections.

From SwissInfo, how does Switzerland's vote against limiting immigration from the E.U. affect its relationship with the E.U.?

From ANSA, Italian scientists find liquid ponds under the south pole of Mars. (Hopefully, these will not turn out to be illusions like the "canals" on Mars, which were misidentified due to a mistranslation of the Italian word canali, which means "channels".)

From the Malta Independent, Malta plans to ask for the return of a prehistoric shark's tooth given by naturalist David Attenborough to U.K. Prince George.

From Malta Today, students at some schools in Malta return to class for the time since March.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian police intercept large groups of migrants and arrest smugglers. (At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I must keep pointing out that migrants are not merely migrating, but are being smuggled.)

From Total Croatia News, six "breathtaking" cycling routes in Croatia. (If you read Croatian, read the story at TuristickePrice.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, words of reconciliation are sent from Varivode, Croatia.

From Balkan Insight, Croatia commemorates the wartime massacre of Serbs at Varivode.

From Ekathimerini, Greek police investigate aid workers for allegedly facilitating the illegal arrival by migrants and their smugglers onto the island of Lesvos.

From the Greek Reporter, new lighting for the Parthenon will be unveiled this coming Wednesday.

From Euractiv, Greeks urges Turkey to investigate vandalism done to a mural of the Greek flag on the island of Kastellorizo.

From Novinite, 30 people are evacuated from a train in Bulgaria going from Sofia to Burgas after the locomotive catches fire.

From The Sofia Globe, President Rumen Radev vetoes amendments to Bulgaria's Electoral Code.

From Radio Bulgaria, organizers of several political events are fined for disobeying Bulgaria's coronavirus regulations.

From Romania-Insider, who is new Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan?

From Russia Today, Russian dissident Alexey Navalny confirms that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him at a hospital in Berlin.

From Sputnik International, hearings on the crash of flight MH17 are postponed until November 3rd.

From The Moscow Times, what is Russia's role in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?

From Daily News Hungary, videos from above the airport in Budapest. (I flew into Budapest in 2000.)

From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary and Poland will set up comparative law institute for efforts against suppression of opinions by the left.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, "together, we will succeed in defeating the second wave of the coronavirus".

From The Slovak Spectator, a look at Slovakia's Orava Castle. (My 2000 tour group stopped near the castle to eat lunch.)

From Radio Prague, Czechs celebrate the feast of Saint Wenceslas.

From Polskie Radio, according to a spokesman, Poland's government will be reshuffled by early October.

From ReMix, LGBT activists in Warsaw unleash (pun intended) their inner canine.

From the CPH Post, police in Copenhagen close down a private party with over 300 guests. (If you read Danish, read the story at DR Nyheder.)

From Deutsche Welle, Germany starts a new search for a place to dispose of nuclear waste.

From the NL Times, wearing face masks is strongly advised in four Dutch cities.

From Dutch News, a bar in Medembrik, Netherlands is closed for two weeks after two community wardens are assaulted while trying to enforce coronavirus restrictions.

From VRT NWS, virologist Steven Van Gucht describes Belgium's latest coronavirus figures as "encouraging".

From The Brussels Times, a car brandishing neo-Nazi symbols joins a protest by the Flemish "far-right" party Vlaams Belang. (I regard the label "far-right" as deserving a bit of NaCl, since it seems to include things like wanting to have government policy determined by your country's elected leaders and not multinational organizations like the E.U. or the U.N.)

From Free West Media, an interview with the international relations advisor to the president of the breakaway republic Artsakh.

From EuroNews, the E.U. will consider "all legal options" if the U.K. breaches the Brexit treaty.

From the Express, the Scottish government starts a Brexit dispute by opposing a controversial trade law.

From the Evening Standard, a landowner is fined £12,000 after 300 people attend a wedding on his farm in Leeds, England.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish health authorities consider moving five more counties to Level 3 of Ireland's coronavirus protocols.

From the Irish Examiner, an Irish-born businessman with a new venture to service bird choppers foresees Ireland having a sustainable energy "gold rush".

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K.'s future is neither Tory nor Labour.

From Snouts in the Trough, President Trump kicks China's rear end at the U.N., and other stories.

From The Stream, who is former Vice President Biden's real opponent?

From Fox News, Donald Trump the Younger weighs in on the upcoming presidential debate.

From The Daily Wire, Minneapolis's plant to defund the police reportedly collapses.

From The American Conservative, the suburban coronavirus head-fake.

From The Sacramento Bee, Cal State Long Beach locks down its campus in response to five positive coronavirus tests. (via Breitbart)

From Breitbart, Hollywood adds one more hell.

From the New York Post, a drone flies a donated human kidney 10 miles across desert in Nevada's Clark County.

From WPVI-TV, the northern lights could be seen tonight in the northern U.S. due to a solar storm.

And from The Babylon Bee, a copy of Biden's prep notes for the debate.

Sunday, September 27, 2020

A Few Things For Sunday

On a cloudy but warm Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how hunters help conserve the natural world.

From Townhall, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has the perfect response to a Democrat colleague who refuses to meet with SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) tells the Democrats to not treat Barrett like Justice Brett Kavanaugh was treated. (At one time, if you told me that there would be a Republican senator named Kennedy, I would have told you to lay off the drugs.)

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) advises his fellow Democrats to address Barrett "respectfully".

From The Federalist, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) urges Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to not use religious litmus tests against Barrett.

From American Thinker, four young men who might help our nation survive these rough times.

From LifeZette, endorsing the mobs may be costly for the Democrats.

From NewsBusters, People magazine "oozes" for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

From Canada Free Press, President Trump's popularity would be greater if it weren't for left-wing propaganda.

From The Conservative Woman, "the false god of diversity".

From Gatestone Institute, France has more terrorism and more silence.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Hamas TV show portrays all Jews as inherently hating Arabs.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. government tells schools to avoid using materials from organizations that "take extreme political stances".

From France24, France's second coronavirus wave has arrived more quickly than anticipated.

From Panorama, Azerbaijan launches an attack against the breakaway republic of Artsakh. (via The Armenian Reporter)

From Russia Today, according to the Russian foreign ministry, Russia is ready to mediate between Azerbaijan and Armenia over hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Nagorno-Karabakh and Artsakh are two names for the same republic.)

From the Greek Reporter, a Turkish drone drops red paint onto a Greek flag painted on a large rock on the Greek island of Kastellorizo.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey sides with Azerbaijan.

From The Time Of Israel, according to an epidemiologist originally from the U.K., Israel could see a third or fourth coronavirus lockdown.

From Egypt Today, Egypt calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to deescalate.

From IranWire, how large is Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's economic empire?

From Pakistan Today, the chief minister of Sindh asks the Pakistani government to stop treating the province "like a stepchild".

From The Hans India, 225,000 people are affected by new floods in the Indian state of Assam.

From Free Malaysia Today, when in Malaysia, please do not flip off the cops. (It's usually not a good idea in other places, too.)

From The Stream, Christians trash D.C. (Psst, that's called "sarcasm".)

From Breitbart, the president of San Francisco State University defends students who invited a terrorist to speak on camp.

From the New York Post, Delaware State University denies that former Vice President Biden was ever a one of its students.

From WPVI-TV, according to deputies, football legend Joe Montana saves his grandson from a suspected home intruder.

And from Fox News, a video shows that even a successful marriage proposal can have some unfortunate unintended consequences.

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett To The Supreme Court

As largely expected, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, now serving on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Indiana, has been nominated by President Trump to the Supreme Court, where she would replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She would become the fifth woman to serve as Justice and the youngest member of the court.

Read more at CNN, NBC News, CBS News, AP News and Business Insider.

Saturday Stories

On a cool cloudy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the source of the Steele Dossier was a suspected Russian spy.

From Townhall, Senator Kamala Harris's (D-Cal) coronavirus hypocrisy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Vice President Biden ducks the media by calling lids.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden could lose mail-in votes in Pennsylvania if they're not in "secrecy" envelops.

From The Federalist, why freedom is necessary in order to have a good society.

From American Thinker, what Biden's America could look like.

From LifeZette, according to actor Robert De Nero, the reelection of President Trump will bring the U.S. into fascism.

From NewsBusters, ABC called Trump's last Supreme Court pick "controversial" before they knew who it was.

From Canada Free Press, are the Democrats and BLM in the same ideological bed?

From Global News, do Canadians need coronavirus insurance to travel outside their home provinces?

From TeleSUR, Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal dissolves the party led by de facto President Jeanine Añez.

From The Conservative Woman, a salute to "our eight-legged friends".

From Snouts in the Trough, several items, including whether Trump is one of the U.S.'s most successful presidents.

From the Express, the U.K.'s royal family is "upset" with Prince Harry's and Meghan Markle's giving a tacit endorsement in the U.S. presidential race.

From EuroNews, hundreds of people in London against new coronavirus restrictions.

From the (Irish) Independent, cities in Ireland face lockdown due to surges in coronavirus cases in urban areas.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès announces her resignation.

From the Dutch News, a 2.5 meter leatherback turtle is spotted near Wemeldinge, Netherlands.

From Deutsche Welle, climate activists occupy a coal mine and power plants in western Germany.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, after Muslims harass a woman in Frankfurt, Germany for displaying an Israeli flag, police go after her.

From the CPH Post, the pros and cons of the Danish tradition of efterskole.

From Polskie Radio, the three parties forming Poland's governing coalition sign a new agreement.

From Radio Prague, according to a survey, most Czechs would refuse a coronavirus vaccine.

From The Slovak Spectator, a new lookout platform is built near Prešov, Slovakia.

From Hungary Today, the top seven places to visit this weekend in the Hungarian countryside. (I've been to one of them, the village of Hollókő.)

From Russia Today, Russia will extend Moscow's controversial face recognition technology to ten other cities.

From The Sofia Globe, the tenth Sofia Science Festival gets underway.

From the Greek Reporter, Marialena Tsirli of Greece will become the first female Secretary-General of the European Court of Human Rights.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to former Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos, there is only one difference between Greece and Turkey.

From Total Croatia News, starting in 2021, Croatians will not need a visa to visit the U.S. (As an American who visited Croatia in 2007, I'd say that it's about time.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia reports 184 new coronavirus cases out of 2,775 tests.

From the Malta Independent, Nationalist Party leadership candidate Bernard Grech responds to accusations from two ministers that he didn't respect Malta's quarantine rules.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss are set to vote on a proposal to leave an agreement allowing E.U. citizens to work in Switzerland and vice versa.

From France24, the Pakistan-born suspect in the Paris knife attack confesses.

From Free West Media, according to a French MEP, Europe needs more migrants, but we need new avenues for legal immigration.

From The Portugal News, Portugal extends its coronavirus measures at mid-October.

From Morocco World News, Spain announces another repatriation ferry for their citizens in Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey will protect its maritime rights with an "unshakeable faith".

From Rûdaw, the archbishop of Mosul, Iraq is nominated for the Sakharov Prize.

From Armenian News, the breakaway republic Nagorno-Karabakh alleges 3,000 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan. (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, a nightclub owner in Lamagusta, Cyprus is fined after patrons were found dancing too close to each other.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netayahu admits that "mistakes were made".