On a warm sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, the Senate Judiciary Committee votes 12-0 to send the SCOTUS nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the full Senate, as Democrats boycott.
From FrontpageMag, former Vice President Biden's crime family "come undone".
From Townhall, the "jaw-dropping" difference between the old border wall and the new one being built by the Trump administration.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Biden proposes a commission consider possible changes to the courts.
From the Washington Examiner, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) goes Sgt. Schultz about accusations against Joe and Hunter Biden.
From The Federalist, Big Tech slept with communist China and brought its censorship back to the U.S.
From American Thinker, the media ignore the vindication of "Millennial Millie" Weaver.
From CNS News, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) suggests that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) file a "hurt feelings" report.
From LifeZette, Schumer criticizes Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) "for being an adult".
From NewsBusters, tonight's debate moderator Kristen Welker once asked President Trump if he worked for Russia.
From Canada Free Press, Joe Biden and Pope Francis are the same kind of Catholic.
From CBC News, the Canadian province of Alberta will offer a coronavirus test at its borders that could shorten quarantine times.
From Global News, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia reports zero new coronavirus cases for today.
From CTV News, the province of Ontario receives the first batch of fast coronavirus tests ordered by the Canadian federal government.
From The Conservative Woman, migrants have become the "nowhere people".
From the Express, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon faces anger after warning of a Christmas coronavirus crackdown.
From the Evening Standard, the British military could "struggle" if attacked by swarms of drones.
From the (U.K.) Independent, in the English village of Hawes in North Yorkshire, things get really baaaad.
From the (Irish) Independent, Galway, Ireland is voted the "friendliest city in Europe", with Dublin coming in second. (I visited both while in Ireland in 1997.)
From the Irish Examiner, a man from Dublin accidentally leaves €40,000 worth of she-don't-lie in a spar shop.
From VRT NWS, former Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès is treated for the coronavirus in a critical care ward.
From The Brussels Times, Belgians are divided about going back into a coronavirus lockdown.
From the NL Times, plane spotters are urged to stay away from Schiphol Airport during the final landing of a KLM 747.
From Dutch News, the Netherlands reports 9,283 new coronavirus cases, but the growth in cases might be leveling off.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany reports a record daily high of over 11,200 new coronavirus cases.
From Free West Media, a Syrian jihadist is arrested for a knife murder in Dresden, Germany.
From the CPH Post, Danish teachers are "split" on whether to show Mohammad cartoons in class.
From Polskie Radio, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal rules that allowing abortion for fetal defects is unconstitutional.
From Radio Prague, an award ceremony normally held on Czechoslovak Independence Day at Prague Castle is canceled due to the coronavirus.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia goes into a "mild" coronavirus lockdown this weekend.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary reports a daily high of 2,032 new coronavirus cases.
From Hungary Today, according to Ministerial Commissioner for Space Research Orsolya Ferencz, Hungary will have a space agency.
From About Hungary, according to Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi of Hungary, the E.U. applies double standards on issues of human rights and rule of law.
From Russia Today, Russia grants permanent resident status to traitor whistleblower Edward Snowden.
From Sputnik International, Russian President Putin expects his time in office to end "at some point". (Or will it merely take a pause as it once did when he became prime minister?)
From Romania-Insider, a "living fossil" fish is captured on video in Romania.
From Novinite, when and where should masks be worn in Bulgaria?
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria limits restaurants, bars and discos to half their normal respective capacities.
From Radio Bulgaria, European observers are invited to Bulgaria's 2021 parliamentary elections.
From Ekathimerini, members of the Greek party Golden Dawn, convicted of running it like a criminal organization, start turning themselves in.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece announces new coronavirus restrictions as new cases skyrocket.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, North Macedonian officials Zoran Zaev, Nikola Dimitrov and Bujar Osmani hold an online meeting with European Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell.
From Balkan Insight, Serbian police stop nationalists from disrupting a Kosovo culture festival in Belgrad.
From Total Croatia News, the Croatian government wants to enable civil servants to work from home.
From Total Slovenia News, non-essential shops, hotels and kindergartens in Slovenia will close for a week starting this coming Saturday due to the coronavirus.
From the Malta Independent, Malta's stock of flu vaccine is used up, but a new batch is expected soon.
From Malta Today, a Maltese policeman makes a very convenient arrest.
From ANSA, the Italian region of Lazio will impose a curfew due to an increase in coronavirus cases.
From EuroNews, Italy is upset with France over its protection measures for Mont Blanc, which is on the border between the two countries.
From SwissInfo, researchers in Switzerland make it possible to wear an electricity generator.
From France24, French prosecutors charge seven people, including two teenagers, in the murder of teacher Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France.
From RFI, with a record 41,622 new coronavirus cases, France extends its curfew to cover 46 million people.
From ReMix, according to a Hungarian security official, the beheading of Samuel Paty is linked to uncontrolled migration in France. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)
From El País, a no confidence motion by the Spanish party Vox fails, securing votes only from its own members.
From The Portugal News, Portugal reports a daily high of 3,270 new coronavirus cases.
From Euractiv, the European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize for human rights to the Belarusian opposition.
From The Stream, NPR exposes itself while President Trump exposes 60 Minutes.
From the Star Tribune, a judge drops one charge against the former cop who killed George Floyd.
From The American Conservative, the threat from China is weaker than some Americans think it is.
From The Daily Signal, the world needs to take heed at Iran's targeting of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Breitbart, in Rasmussen polls, Trump rises while former Vice President Biden sinks.
From Space War, the U.S. Space Force activates its first field command.
From Sino Daily, the U.S. government approves the sail of air-to-ground missiles to Taiwan.
From WPVI-TV, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) plans to waive liquor license fees for restaurants in 2021.
From Fox News, former New York City Mayor Rudi Giuliani claims that a scene in the new Borat movie showing him is "a hit job". (I was already somewhat irked at the first Borat movie for passing off Polish expressions such jak się masz as being Kazakh.)
And from AP News, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner safely return to earth from the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan. (I somehow don't believe that Borat, who claims to come from Kazakhstan, was there to welcome them.)
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