Thursday Tidings

As the sun returns on the first Thursday in 2021, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Republican legislators in Georgia should end runoff elections.

From FrontpageMag, Democrat double standards on riots.

From Townhall, right-wing journalist warns against ignoring why the unrest yesterday happened.

From the Washington Examiner, states send more National Guard troops to D.C.

From The Federalist, 28 times the media and Democrats excused or endorsed violence from left-wingers.

From American Thinker, discouraged Americans should take heart from developments across the Pond.

From CNS News, according to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), "we can't just give up now because we lost".

From LifeZette, MSNBC host Joy Reid claims that Capitol police went easy on protesters because they were white, while ignoring that one of them was killed.

From NewsBusters, CNN's promotion of a "lifelong Republican" in Georgia voting Democrat raises some doubts.

From Canada Free Press, the silence from yesterday is deafening.

From CBC News, a lawyer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada defends churches wanting to hold services.

From The Conservative Woman, the coronavirus is the answer to former U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's dreams.  (I've already come to believe that the coronavirus is a dream come true for leftists in general, because it has given them the chance to do what they live for, which is to control people's lives.)

From Snouts in the Trough, SitT takes another self-imposed time out.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock warns that coronavirus vaccinations won't stop hospitalizations.

From Euractiv, the U.K. government declines to block a new coal mine.

From the Irish Examiner, demand for gasoline and diesel has fallen sharply during the coronavirus pandemic.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium is unlikely to change its coronavirus measures tomorrow.

From Deutsche Welle, why some doctors and nurses in Germany hesitate to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish official Michał Dworczyk, Poland is third in Europe as to the number of people so far receiving coronavirus vaccinations.

From ReMix, a Polish lawyer warns that President-elect Biden's victory will accelerate "the neo-Marxist revolution".  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From The Slovak Spectator, wintertime hikers like to visit Slovakia's Bystrô waterfall.  (From my admittedly limited knowledge of the related Polish language, I believe that the waterfall's name means "fast" or "quick".)

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian opposition party Jobbik wants and 80 percent subsidy for workers affected by the coronavirus.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria will receive its first consignment of coronavirus vaccine from Moderna on January 11th.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek and Turkish vessels collide in the Aegean Sea.

From EuroNews, more on the collision between Greek and Turkish boats.

From Balkan Insight, political leaders clash over elections - in Bulgaria.

From Total Croatia News, according to Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, donations to earthquake victims will be exempted from the VAT.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia extends most of its coronavirus restrictions and keeps schools closed until at least January 18th.

From the Malta Independent, an olive grove including 1,800-year-old trees in Bidnija, Malta will be protected by a collaboration of two organizations.

From ANSA, the mosaic depicting Alexander the Great's victory over the Persian Emperor Darius will be restored.  (The mosaic is in a museum in Naples, which I visited in 2001.)

From SwissInfo, a Kazakh political exile and his ex-wife are granted asylum by Switzerland.

From France24, according to Prime Minister Jean Castex, more coronavirus vaccines will be approved and the border with the U.K. will remain closed.

From El País, 12 regions in Spain are on alert for snow from Storm Filomena.

From The Portugal News, a weekend curfew is imposed in almost all of Portugal.

From Free West Media, facial recognition software shows ProFa thugs infiltrated into pro-Trump protesters.

From Morocco World News, according to Morocco’s National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water, bird choppers a wind farm near the town of Midelt is almost complete.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the shutting of a gate with police handcuffs at Boğaziçi University is under investigation.

From Rûdaw, the U.S. gives $12.5 million in military aid to the Peshmerga.

From Armenpress, according to an Artsakh presidential spokesman, Artsakh military personnel and Russian peacekeepers are fulfilling their duties.

From The Jerusalem Post, millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine are expected in Israel starting this coming Sunday.

From the Egypt Independent, coronavirus cases decrease in Egypt.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian army personnel kill four senior members of the TPLF and arrest seven others.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia unveils a "health passport" for people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From Radio Farda, a year after Iran shot down an Ukrainian passenger jet, families of the victims still seek justice.

From Dawn, Hazaras continue their protest in Quetta, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, two Christian sisters are found dead in Kahna, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, the good guys in Afghanistan send 53 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From the Hindustan Times, Indian Railways extends the time to claim refunds for trips canceled due to the coronavirus.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lanka's Health Minister, the government's decision to have the bodies of coronavirus victims cremated will not be changed for any reason.

From The Straits Times, cyclists get permission to paste stickers on a lamppost at the westernmost tip of Singapore.

From Free Malaysia Today, 10,000 people are evacuated from the Malaysian district of Kemaman due to floods.

From The Mainichi, Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force starts snow removal work in the prefecture of Akita.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. should stop lying about Egypt.

From The Stream, "we are all South Vietnamese now".

From The Daily Signal, the FBI seeks tips to identify the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol.

From Breitbart, an Iraqi judge issues an arrest warrant against U.S. President Trump over the airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

From Fox News, according to Fox News host Dana Perino, Trump supporters should not all be tarred for what happened at the Capitol.

From The Daily Wire, a witness recounts the fatal shooting of protester Ashli Babbit.

From the New York Post, President-elect Biden formally announces former SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland as his pick for attorney general.

And from the Genesius Times, for his betrayal of President Trump, Vice President Pence gets only one piece of silver.