Thursday, June 24, 2021

Thursday Links

As the sunny but relatively cool weather continues on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden's crime proposal is "unserious".

From FrontpageMag, suppressing and punishing speech to ostensibly fight "racism" in government schools.

From Townhall, congresscritter Henry Cuellar (D-TX) criticizes Vice President Harris for her border visit......to El Paso.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how a liberal think tank did the bidding for the country that produces the most manmade carbon dioxide.

From the Washington Examiner, the Rhode Island beach club of which Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) disputes the contention that its members are all white.  (I vaguely recall something Groucho Marx said about any club that would accept him as a member.)

From The Federalist, the Biden administration knows that its police and border policies "are about to crash", but can they do anything about it?

From American Thinker, Marin County, California goes NIMBY on "equitable" housing.

From CNS News, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) explains why crime has increased.

From LifeZette, according to Senator Kennedy, the Chinese Communist Party "lies like it breathes".  (Like the president who shared his name, Kennedy is no fan of communism.)

From NewsBusters, The New York Times finally admits that the "For the People Act" was a "breathtakingly" broad mess.

From Canada Free Press, Biden is like a brainwashed American in a communist reeducation camp.

From CTV News, the Cowessess First Nation claims to have found 751 unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela starts celebrating its bicentennial.

From The Conservative Woman, will the valleys of Wales ever be green enough for the climate warriors?

From Snouts in the Trough, will idiotic policies "fight" a problem that really doesn't exist?

From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K.'s crown court system has a record backlog of cases.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, purges occur among liberal professors of Islamic studies at German universities.  (If you read German, read the story at Evangelischer Pressedienst.)

From About Hungary, Hungary looks at strengthening itself as it moves beyond the coronavirus pandemic.

From Free West Media, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, an international hate campaign has been launched against Hungary over its new anti-paedophile law.

From ReMix, the E.U. could start restricting fund going to Hungary, Poland, and maybe the Czech Republic.

From The Moscow Times, Muscovites go to coronavirus vaccination centers as it becomes mandatory.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to President Rumen Radev, Bulgaria has a clear position regarding North Macedonia.

From the Greek City Times, two Turks are arrested for allegedly illegally entering Greek maritime space near the island of Kastellorizo.  (If you read Greek, read the story at Rodiaki.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, it's politically correct to correct any mistake that contradicts the Prespa Agreement.

From Balkan Insight, the U.S. recommends ways to ease a dispute between Serbia and Kosovo over a reservoir.

From EuroNews, a Spanish judge orders an autopsy of anti-virus inventor John McAfee, who died in his prison cell after an order to extradite him to the U.S.

From Euractiv, Greens and the "far-right" combine to oppose the E.U.'s new climate law.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan navy will take part in the Sea Breeze exercise in the Black sea for the first time.

From The Jerusalem Post, a new type of prehistoric human is discovered in Israel.

From The961, police in Beirut, Lebanon seize around 100 gallons of fuel at a gas station.

From The New Arab, electricity generators in Lebanon are low on fuel.

From Iran International, Iranian reformers take yet another big loss in Tehran's municipal elections.

From Pakistan Today, police in Lahore, Pakistan arrest a suspect in connection to an explosion in the city.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, some political experts warn against "unregulated arms distribution".

From India Today, the inside story of the land deal in Ayodhya, India.

From the Deccan Chronicle, a Muslim family allegedly kills their daughter and her Dalit boyfriend in in the Indian state of Karnataka.

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinians run jihad summer camps.

From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority praises a man who named his son "Eichman".  (via Breitbart)

From The Stream, why the Pride Parade will be rained on.

From The Daily Signal, a proposed credit report requirement might lead to discriminatory lending requirements.

From Space War, the U.S. military pullout from Afghanistan marches ahead - for the time being.

From The American Conservative, a look at booksellers and "fair trade".

From the New York Post, hours before John McAfee was found dead in his Spanish prison cell, a mysterious post appears on his Instagram page.

From Fox News, Brandeis University makes some additions to its list of forbidden words.  (via the New York Post)

From The Western Journal, President Biden appoints Cindy McCain to be the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture.

From BizPac Review, Biden's nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management argued for population control in her graduate thesis.

From the Daily Caller, bills against Big Tech's monopolistic practices advance, fueled by some unexpected bipartisan coalitions.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Lauren Bobert (R-CO) introduces a resolution to censure Biden for "dereliction of duty" at the Mexican border.

From KTTH, middle schoolers in Tacoma, Washington are given a flyer saying that they can get abortions and "plan B" without permission from their parents.  (via Breitbart)

From Breitbart, according to a poll, only 39 percent of Americans approve Biden's handling of China.

From The Hill, according to Mr. Bill, suspending the filibuster in the Senate is worth "preserving democracy".  (From the Democrat point of view, "preserving democracy" is the passing of legislation which they agree with.  The story comes via Newsmax.)

From Newsmax, Biden and a bipartisan group of Senators reach a deal on infrastructure.

And from PA Homepage, police break up an exorcism at a Home Depot in Dickson City, Pennsylvania.  (via PennLive)

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