Thursday, October 21, 2021

Thursday Links

On a cool sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what should the Democrats do about Senators Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV)?  (I would suggest an even trade with the Republicans for Senators Mitt Romney (UT) and Susan Collins (ME).)

From FrontpageMag, according to a professor at San Francisco State University, Jews are using marijuana to make black men gay.

From Townhall, Democrat claims about the January 6th Capitol riot being an "insurrection" are debunked - by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden White House knew about a letter comparing dissenting parents to domestic terrorists.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wants the government to monitor "Islamophobic" Americans.

From The Federalist, since when is sexual assault in schools a partisan issue?

From American Thinker, Nebraska gets it right about the drugs ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

From CNS News, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not released the number of "encounters" with illegal migrants in September, but the fiscal year 2021 is expect to set a record.

From LifeZette, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Lapado dismantle the case for requiring kids to wear masks in less than three minutes.

From NewsBusters, NBA player Enes Kanter posts a video calling for Tibetan independence, which the Chinese communist government doesn't like.

From Canada Free Press, will Americans awake from being infected by the woke virus?

From Global News, the leader of the gang which kidnapped Canadian and American missionaries threatens to kill them.

From TeleSUR, paleontologists in Argentina discover a new giant dinosaur.

From TCW Defending Freedom, when it comes to common sense and honesty, Net Zero lives up to its name.

From the Evening Standard, London has more statues of animals than of named women.

From BBC News, the older brother of the Manchester arena bomber takes "the coward's way out" and leaves the U.K.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish government defends the decision of President Michael Higgins against attending a cross community service marking the 100th anniversary of Northern Ireland.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium officially opens a new offshore bird chopper farm.

From the NL Times, Dutch farmers lose faith in the Christian Democrat party.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at de Volkskrant.)

From EuroNews, Germany's possible coalition partners are planning to form a government in December.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian government wants to bring back "transition zones" for migrants.

From ReMix, according to E.U. parliamentcritter Kinga Gál, the E.U. has mishandled the energy crisis just as it mishandled the refugee crisis.

From Sputnik International, according to Russian President Putin, the West's battle for human rights is turning into dogmatism getting close to absurdity.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarians line up for coronavirus jabs and tests after new government measures take effect.

From Ekathimerini, striking hospital workers hold a protest in Athens.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, former Romanian Defense Minister Nicolae Ciucă is given a mandate to form a new government for Romania.

From Balkan Insight, local elections in North Macedonia go against the country's governing party.

From Euractiv, the Croatian government will financially support mergers between municipalities.

From Malta Today, a speech by Maltese opposition leader Bernard Grech is "a blueprint for an unlikely government".

From Italy24News, the "Streets of the Heart" initiative arrives in Rome to promote cardiovascular health.

From RFI, France threatens sanctions against the U.K. as their fishing dispute deepens.

From Free West Media, according to a survey, 6 out of 10 French people believe that a "Great Replacement" is going on.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco doesn't need gas from Algeria.

From Turkish Minute, according to a report released by the European Commission, Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party is to blame for the country's poor human rights record.

From The Times Of Israel, the Israeli Civil Administration's planning committee is set to okay 3,000 new homes for settlers and 1,300 new homes for Palestinians in the West Bank.

From Palestinian Media Watch, Israeli police open an investigation of Facebook Israel for alleged incitement to terror.

From Egypt Today, Egypt proposes four measures that would ensure that Libya holds elections in December.

From The New Arab, a Syrian rebel group based in Damascus claims responsibility for a bus bombing in the city.

From IranWire, a notorious human rights violator who ran an Iranian prison and allegedly tortured its inmates goes to meet Allah.

From The Express Tribune, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan desires durable peace and stability in Afghanistan.

From the Afghanistan Times, according to a U.N. official, aid to Afghanistan will be tied to women's rights.

From The Hans India, the Indian Supreme Court allows lawyers to be present physically.

From New Age, the prime suspect in the placing of a copy of the Koran on an idol of a Hindu deity at a temple in Cumilla, Bangladesh has been arrested.

From the Daily Mirror, according to parliamentcritter Anura Kumara Dissanayake, nano nitrogen is not the solution to Sri Lanka's fertilizer issue.

From The Straits Times, the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, to be hosted by Thailand, are postponed for 20 more months.

From the Borneo Post, a Peace Park, to be used as a public recreational park, is proposed for Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosts U.N. representatives.

From Gatestone Institute, what really happened in the 2020 elections was driven by two things.

From The Stream, how the Biden administration strains at gnats while swallowing camels.

From The Daily Signal, proposed electric vehicle tax credits would benefit unions and wealthy people, but not the environment.

From The American Conservative, the aforementioned Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) should not forget West Virginia's grandparents.

From BizPac Review, a restauranteur in Arizona wins a $5 million settlement over a raid conducted under then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

From The Western Journal, seven "blood-boiling" items in the Democrat $3.5 trillion socialist wish list.

From KABC, in Gorda, California, the joke about gas costing "an arm and a leg" doesn't seem to be much of an exaggeration.  (via the Daily Wire)

From The Daily Wire, the $3.5 trillion spending bill runs into another obstacle.

From the Daily Caller, a math teacher in Riverside, California shocks her students by putting on a headdress and goes into a mock Native American dance.

From Breitbart, the use of "diversity officers" in some school districts might actually be increasing achievement gaps betéween white and minority students.

From Newsmax, according to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal), the subpoena against former White House advisor Steve Bannon is "invalid".

And from the New York Post, on the Caribbean island of Dominica, there was a snake on a crane.

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UPDATE:  After I published this post, this item came out.  From WFLA, remains found in the Carlton Reserve in Florida have been confirmed as being from fugitive Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found dead in Wyoming.

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