Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, The New York Times doesn't say very much about an anti-pipeline riot.

From FrontpageMag, a supporter of BLM and Senator Socialism (I-VT) tried to kill a policemen at a Juneteenth parade.

From Townhall, President Biden is blasted for his latest gun control push.

From The Washington Free Beacon, amid a spike in anti-Asian violence, New York City Democrat voters decline to give Andrew Yank their party's mayoral nomination.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Harris finally decides to visit the Mexican border, for which former President Trump takes credit.

From The Federalist, how the left exploits native tribal hypocrisy on oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

From American Thinker, American voters dodge the "For the People Act" bullet.

From CNS News, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has an infernal opinion of the "For the People Act".

From LifeZette, according to Dr. Fauci, the deaths of people who refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus were "entirely avoidable".

From NewsBusters, an eighth grade student again (figuratively) scorches her school board.

From Canada Free Press, the "conservative" Supreme Court still loves Obamacare.

From Global News, a Canadian man jailed for trying to join ISIS is released on time served since being arrested 18 months ago.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro calls for Latin American unity.

From The Conservative Woman, the delta coronavirus variant is a "scariant".

From the Evening Standard, according to vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi, nearly half of adults in the U.K. aged 25 to 29 have received their first coronavirus vaccine dose.

From the Irish Examiner, musicians in Ireland demand a clear plan for reopening the live entertainment industry.

From The Brussels Times, 70 percent of the Belgian population has received their first coronavirus vaccine dose.

From Dutch News, according to research, 40 percent of coronavirus cases in Amsterdam are of the delta variant.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NU.)

From EuroNews, LGBTQ+ campaigners are angry as the UEFA decides against illuminating the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany with rainbow-colored lights.

From Hungary Today, according to Prime Minister Orban, Hungary not only guarantees but protects the rights of homosexuals.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)

From ReMix, Hungary remains defiant after 13 countries condemn its new child protection law.

From Free West Media, nationalists advance in local elections in Finland.

From Euractiv, according to opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the E.U.'s policy toward Belarus should be based "on values, not pictures".

From Sputnik International, according to the Russian Federal Security Service, terrorists are creating computer games that imitate attacks.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's Central Election Commission rejects a complaint against the caretaker government from the coalition led by former Prime Minister Boiko Borissov.

From Ekathimerini, Greece scraps its outdoor mask mandate and its curfew.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, in a report, Amnesty International accuses Greece of violence, migrant pushbacks and lies.

From Balkan Insight, alleged police "targeting" of Bosnian rights activists goes unpunished.

From The Slovenia Times, the coronavirus "keeps receding" in Slovenia.

From Malta Today, police in Birkirkara, Malta arrest a man found with 1.8 kilos of she-don't-lie in his possession.

From Italy24News, the "recipe Italy" includes pizza, kisses, music and Oscar mascots.

From RFI, after a seven-year renovation, the Paris department store La Samaritaine reopens.

From The North Africa Post, former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz is arrested on corruption charges.

From Turkish Minute, the Turkish government cancels financial aid for students who protested against a rector appointed by President Erdoğan.  (What is this "free speech" you speak of?)

From The Times Of Israel, coronavirus czar Nachman Ash is not yet certain if Israel is "in control of this outbreak".

From Egypt Today, two minibus drivers whose vehicles collided with a train in Helwan, Egypt are ordered detained.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, according to Africa Union observers, Ethiopia's general election was conducted in an "orderly, peaceful and credible manner".

From The New Arab, according to a UN report, every major faction in Syria used children as soldiers in 2020.

From IranWire, Iran's National Olympic Committee will not allow female athletes to run carrying the Iranian flag.

From The Express Tribune, at least three people are killed and 16 others injured by an explosion in the Johar Town area of Lahore, Pakistan.

From the Afghanistan Times, Afghan security forces sends 209 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From ANI, police in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir send a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorist to his virgins.

From JhakaasMovies, the writer of The New Quran is accused of rape.

From the Daily Mirror, according to parliamentcritter Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's coronavirus task force has failed.

From The Straits Times, Singapore and Vietnam look to ease their coronavirus travel restrictions.

From the Borneo Post, 152 people in Malaysia are detained for alleged illegal betting on the European soccer championship.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam attends the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Biden still wants to talk to China.

From The Stream, do we all know what critical race theory isn't.

From Sino Daily, police in Hong Kong arrest an editorial writer for the Apple Daily on a security charge.

From The Daily Signal, the Biden administration undermines the women's protections of Title IX.

From The American Conservative, the essence of American foreign policy is "arrogant narcissism".

From The Western Journal, by her own standards, former Georgia Secretary of State Stacy Abrams supports Jim Crow-style voting laws.

From the New York Post, the European Space Agency receives a record number of applications from women and disabled people seeking to become astronauts.

From The Daily Wire, Juneteenth proved that self-proclaimed "progressives" really don't want to celebrate progress.

From the Daily Caller, the Teamsters seek to unionize workers for Amazon nationwide.

From Breitbart, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser claims to have seen only "one night of rioting" during the summer of 2020.

From Newsmax, Justice Clarence Thomas is the lone dissenter in an 8-1 Supreme Court decision.

From the eponymous site of Todd Starnes, after parents are ordered to leave a school board meeting in Loudon County, Virginia, they break out the Star-Spangled Banner.

And from WPTV, a road sign in Miami, Florida is hacked to call for Dr. Fauci's arrest.  (via the Daily Caller)

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