Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Wednesday Wanderings

On a sunny but relatively cool Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signs a law banning critical race theory in public schools.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's racist farm reparations package.

From Townhall, a federal judge in Louisiana issues a preliminary injunction on Biden's ban on oil and gas leases on public land.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a U.S. Marine held hostage in Venezuela faces trial.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden is dealt a "humiliating" loss by the Supreme Court.

From The Federalist, why the right shouldn't take a victory lap over Jon Stewart's shtick about the coronavirus allegedly leaking from a Chinese lab.

From American Thinker, double standards about racism.

From CNS News, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra tries to explain the CDC's use of the term "birthing people".

From LifeZette, the real voice of the Democrats on the border crisis is not Biden but congresscritter AOC (D-NY).

From NewsBusters, right-wing journalist Brett Bozell blasts smears against election laws by the networks.

From Canada Free Press, American society has lost much about truth, facts, honesty and ethics.

From Global News, the majority of people in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada want the name of a boulevard changed.

From TeleSUR, left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo wins Peru's presidential election.

From The Conservative Woman, a U.K. user's guide to those pesky coronavirus lockdown questions.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to former Downing Street aide Dominic Cummings, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Health Minister Matt Hancock "totally [bleep]ing helpless".  (Since the prime minister's official residence is 10 Downing Street in London, the term "Downing Street" refers to the prime minister and his staff in the basically same way that "the White House" refers to the U.S. president and his staff.)

From Gatestone Institute, Germany's ban on Hezbollah fails.

From Free West Media, a Swedish hospital reviews its transgender policy.

From Euractiv, more emails are leaked from the account of Polish official Michał Dworczyk.  (The article calls him "the head of the prime minister's office", which probably means that he is what we Americans would call the "chief of staff" of the prime minister.)

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets with former Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)

From ReMix, Hungary's governing party Fidesz maintains its lead in popularity over opposition parties.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From The Moscow Times, Russian President Putin calls his summit with U.S. President Biden "constructive".

From Radio Bulgaria, some Bulgarian villages are turning into "demographic deserts".

From the Greek City Times, in the first five months of 2021, the number of illegal migrants leaving Greece is twice that of those entering.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Croatian President Zoran Milanović talks about his rights.

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia and Bulgaria boost their talks on a historical dispute.

From EuroNews, France lifts its outdoor face mask rules and curfew earlier than planned.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, how a food company in France makes Muslims rich by means of halal certification.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian President Kais Saied accuses "unnamed parties" of plotting to remove and assassinate him.

From The Jerusalem Post, Palestinian factions warn the Palestinian Authority against resuming talks with Israel.

From The New Arab, according to Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, a budget payment deal has been reached with Iraq's federal government.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government releases 150,000 reserved doses of coronavirus vaccines to meet growing demand.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, military authority is transferred from Afghan provincial governors to military corps commanders.

From the Hindustan Times, more corpses are found as the Ganga erodes its banks in Prayagraj, India.

From The Stream, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) is still refusing to give up his "emergency powers".

From Space War, Israel strikes Gaza after terrorists send incendiary balloons into Israel.

From ITR Economics, inflation works upon business and wealth.

From The Western Journal, the Biden administration is slammed for its "blatantly unlawful" plan to fly relatives of illegal aliens into the U.S.

From The Patriot Post, under capitalism, "the poor get richer".

From The U.S. Sun, President Biden (U.S.) appears to have a cheat sheet during the start of his summit meeting with President Putin (Russia).  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, according to court documents, Biden's nominee to head the BLM once "collaborated with eco-terrorists" in a tree-spiking plot.  (No, not that BLM, the other BLM.)

From the Daily Caller, a report published by ProPublica shows why H.R. 1 is so dangerous.

From The Daily Wire, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to use the reconciliation process for Biden's infrastructure plan.

From Newsmax, New York's Mr. Bill wants to move homeless people from hotels to shelters.

From Breitbart, according to a Rasmussen survey, less than a quarter of voters trust the media to report crime accurately.

And from the Genesius Times, an eight-year-old girl is arrested at the Capitol building and charged with insurrection for taking a selfie in its rotunda.

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