Saturday, June 5, 2021

Saturday Stuff

Now that I've walked through a forest like a good Sasquatch should, and listened to another bunch of cicadas, I present some things going on:

From National Review, the Microsoft search engine Bing temporarily censors the "tank man" photo from the Tiananmen Square massacre.

From Townhall, former President Obama calls election integrity laws from Republican states "rigging the game".

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Republican hawks, President Biden's proposed defense budget gives China the upper hand.

From the Washington Examiner, there's already a row over the rules for the 2024 presidential debates.

From The Federalist, how The New York Times botches a report on a local culture war dispute.

From American Thinker, Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (R-NY) and the end (sometimes) justifying the means.

From LifeZette, more mayoral candidates in New York City don't want support from the current office holder.

From NewsBusters, did singer Gwen Stefani just put a cancel culture target on her back?

From Canada Free Press, just as Melinda Gates divorced Bill, Dr. Fauci divorced science by politicizing the coronavirus.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K.'s "coronavirus education tsar" needs to understand that what counts in education is not how much money, but how it's spent.

From Free West Media, four Belgian activists are sentenced to prison for displaying a banner that said "stop Islamization".

From EuroNews and the "hold on to your wallets" department, the G7 finance ministers agree on a global minimum corporate tax rate.

From ReMix, according to a Hungarian columnist, today's conservatives are the real revolutionaries.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias visits Pristina, Kosovo and meets with Kosovo's leadership.

From Balkan Insight, LGBT "pride riders" ride through Zagreb, Croatia.

From The North Africa Post and maybe the "wag the dog" department, Algerian President Adbelmajid Teboune's allegedly warmongers against Morocco to distract from domestic problems.

From The New Arab, mediators from Oman arrive in Sanaa, Yemen to try to get the Houthi rebels to accept a ceasefire.

From Gatestone Institute, welcome to Iran's fake elections.

From The Stream, a columnist writes "an open letter to the Seattle Times".  (The italics on "Seattle Times" are as in the original.)

From Space War, self-defense groups in Myanmar use home-made rifles.

From The American Conservative, "we are not all animals".

From The Daily Wire, Dr. Fauci responds to criticism.

From the Daily Caller, when in Walmart, don't ram anyone with your cart.

From Newsmax, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) asks President Biden to fire Dr. Fauci.

And from the New York Post, Dr. Fauci's emails include a "sick" tournament-style virus bracket.

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