Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Tuesday Tidings

As the rain returns on an unseasonably cool Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, New York's Mr. Bill wonders why everyone hates him.

From FrontpageMag, patriotic citizens fight back against critical race theory and Marxist propaganda.

From Townhall, if America is so racist, why have millions of black people immigrated here from Africa and the Caribbean?

From The Washington Free Beacon, no, it's not racist to support a strong foreign policy.

From the Washington Examiner, eight climate change protesters are arrested for alleged trespassing on the property of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).

From The Federalist, The Washington Post "clarifies" its error-riddled article on an investigative journalist who opposes critical racist theory.

From American Thinker, what is the true number of coronavirus vaccine-related deaths?

From CNS News, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) states his objections to the "For the People Act".

From LifeZette, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) states his objections to the "For the People Act".

From NewsBusters and the "believe it or not" department, a columnist for The New York Times apologizes to the aforementioned Senator Cruz.

From Canada Free Press, a columnist recalls her first encounter with "fake news".

From CBC News, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's border restrictions could be relaxed "in the coming weeks".

From TeleSUR, the Battle of Carabobo, in which Venezuela won its independence from Spain.

From The Conservative Woman, the anti-coronavirus pill that Big Pharma doesn't want you to use.

From the Express, four men in England's Nottingham area develop Guillain-Barré syndrome after taking AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine.

From Free West Media, an LGBT organization urges teachers in the U.K. to stop using the words "boy" and "girl".

From the (Irish) Independent, gardaí investigating jihadist terror groups arrested 18 people in Ireland last year.

From VRT NWS, Belgian virologist Steven Van Gucht calls for caution.

From the NL Times, a fourth coronavirus wave is feared in the Netherlands as several delta variant clusters are identified.

From Deutsche Welle, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorates the victims of Nazi Germany's Operation Barbarossa during World War II.

From Gatestone Institute, the largest right-wing extremist group in Germany is not German.

From the CPH Post, the Legoland building in Billund, Denmark has one of the world's coolest car parks.

From EuroNews, a statue of a Ukrainian poet in Copenhagen, Denmark is vandalized.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish security spokesman Stanisław Żaryn, cyber attacks on Poland have been launched from Russian territory.

From Radio Prague, according to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the coronavirus mistakes of the summer of 2020 must not be repeated.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia plans to install two refueling stations for hydrogen-powered cars by this coming October.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Europe should defend ethnic minorities and freedom of religion.

From Russia Today, according to Russian President Putin, the Soviets worked with the West to bring down Nazism, but NATO expansion risks tearing Europe apart again.

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian National Environmental Guard prevents truckloads of garbage to be illegally imported into Romania.  (I would think that each country has the responsibility to deal with its own garbage.  If you read Romanian, read the story at G4Media.)

From Novinite, celebrities and religious leaders urge the Roma in Bulgaria to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.  (My spellchecker no longer has any problem with "Roma", but has never had any problem with the term "Gypsies".)

From the Greek Reporter, four great astronomical discoveries made by the ancient Greeks.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the E.U. fails to reach an agreement for starting accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia.

From Balkan Insight, E.U. and U.S. legal experts call for the dismissal of the top prosecutor for the Albanian capital of Tirana.

From Total Croatia News, according to President Zoran Milanović, Croatia was on the good side in World War II.

From Total Slovenia News, the coronavirus lockdown resulted in less physical activity and more internet addiction among Slovenian children.

From The Malta Independent, when in Sliema, Malta, please keep your electric scooter off the town's promenade.

From ANSA, the Vatican expresses concern that an anti-homophobia bill being considered in the Italian parliament could breach the 1929 Lateran Treaty between the two countries.

From SwissInfo, ahead of a referendum, the Swiss government backs a bill to allow same-sex marriages.

From France24, a landmark trial over alleged cyberbullying of a teenager who criticized Islam wraps up today.

From ReMix, according to polling, France is moving toward the right.

From El País, the Spanish government approves pardons for nine jailed leaders of the failed 2017 Catalan succession attempt.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese government is blamed for the waste of 4 million drink containers per day.

From Euractiv, Europol seizes 1,203 tonnes of counterfeit pesticides.

From Morocco World News, according to Morocco's High Commission for Planning, over half the refugees in the country are from Syria.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian and international NGOs denounce human rights violations in Algeria.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey plans to drop its coronavirus curfew on July 1st.

From Rûdaw, human rights organizations monitor the destruction of villages in Iraqi Kurdistan by cross-border incursions from Turkey.

From Armenpress, the U.S. is ready to assist Armenia in establishing an environment for high-tech enterprises.

From In-Cyprus, the Cypriot government announces a reshuffle.

From The Syrian Observer, 10 people are killed by artillery fire in the Syrian region of Idleb.

From Arutz Sheva, an interview with knessetcritter Yoav Kisch (Likud).

From the Egypt Independent, 45 people are injured when a locomotive collides with a train in Alexandria, Egypt.

From the Saudi Gazette, when a car catches fire in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, a citizen prevents the situation from getting much worse.

From The New Arab, the E.U. warns against obstructing Libyan elections.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, President-elect Ebrahim Raisi promises to ramp up Iran's coronavirus vaccination program.

From Dawn, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's refusal to call Osama bin Laden a terrorist is perplexing.

From Khaama Press, Uzbekistan closes its border with Afghanistan due to the coronavirus.

From the Hindustan Times, a magnitude-4.6 earthquake strikes in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the daily coronavirus caseload keeps rising in Bangladesh.

From the Colombo Page, according to Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella, Sri Lanka will have no shortage of fertilizer for this season.  (I suspect that the term "fertilizer" could be taken both literally and figuratively.)

From The Jakarta Post, the party for Jakarta's 494th anniversary will be delayed.  (I'm starting to get dismayed by this source because more and more of its articles seem to be only for subscribers.)

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin, fishermen in the Malaysian district of Langkawi are helping human traffickers.

From The Mainichi, police refer Uber Japan to prosecutors for allegedly hiring two people from Vietnam who overstayed their visas.

From The Stream, "does anyone know what critical race theory really is?"

From The Daily Signal, the National Vote Compact would disenfranchise smaller states and effectively nullify the Electoral College.

From Space War, the FAA and the Air Force sign a commercial space agreement.

From The American Conservative, the threat from China is real and "the clock is TikToking".

From the New York Post, a pride event in Seattle charges white people up to $50 in "reparations fees".

From The Western Journal, Senator Socialism (I-VT) becomes an unexpected roadblock to President Biden's infrastructure bill.

From the Daily Caller, a nine-year-old girl recognizes hypocrisy when she sees it.

From The Daily Wire, a police chief points out on air that defunding the police will harm law enforcement.

From The Hill, according to his spokesman Jason Miller, former President Trump has no desire to become Speaker of the House.  (via Newsmax)

From Newsmax, Senator Kyrsten Sinema writes an opinion piece reiterating her opposition to eliminating the filibuster.

From Breitbart, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday refuses to say whether he regards capitalism as racist.

And from the Daily Mail, these days, Yogi isn't just stealing pic-a-nic baskets.

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