Monday Mania For The End Of January

On a Monday at the end of January, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Georgetown Law School puts Ilya Shapiro on administrative leave for his Tweet about racial preferences in choosing Supreme Court nominees.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden creates an illegal alien pandemic.

From Townhall, journalist Bill Melugin reports on the Biden border crisis.

From The Washington Free Beacon, after promising otherwise, congresscritter Kim Schrier (D-WA) takes money from Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal).

From the Washington Examiner, no one at Black Lives Matter appears to know where all of its donated money went.

From The Federalist, California Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) latest coronavirus hypocrisy came with blessings from the voters.

From American Thinker, feminists show their hypocrisy by ignoring transgender athletes.

From CNS News, Biden overestimates the age of the recently collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh.

From LifeZette, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ignores form President Trump as he keeps his eyes on the upcoming midterm elections.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, for the Democrats, Ukraine's border matters but ours doesn't.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, as The New York Times aids China's propaganda, its Uyghurs call for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

From Canada Free Press, the Canadian government is ready to sabotage the freedom trucker convoy.

From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tests positive for the coronavirus and condemns the trucker convoy as "hateful".

From Global News, the Canadian House of Commons is ready to resume as truckers continue protesting in the Canadian capital of Ottawa.

From CTV News, gridlock grips Ottawa as truckers protest for the third straight day.

From TeleSUR, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo accepts the resignation of Interior Minister Avelino Guillen.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. government has learned nothing from the coronavirus lockdowns.

From Snouts in the Trough, some "great" comments about the site's weekend post.

From the Express, civil servant Sue Gray extends U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson a lifeline, but he then opens his mouth.

From the Express Tribune, the U.K. plans to discontinue its coronavirus requirement for healthcare and social care workers.

From the (U.K.) Independent, police investigating parties at the prime minister's residence are given over 300 photographs.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister will publish a report about a lockdown party.

From the Irish Examiner, according to an expert, Russia may have been mapping and monitoring transatlantic fiber optic cables off the Irish coast since 2014.

From VRT NWS, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warns against allowing society to be "hijacked" by people who shout the loudest.

From The Brussels Times, winter storm Corrie approaches Belgium.

From the NL Times, suspects face up to four years in prison for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards from a house in Kampen, Netherlands.

From Dutch News, the Dutch coast guard rescues the 18-man crew of the cargo ship Julietta D after it collides with an oil tanker near an offshore bird chopper assembly.

From Deutsche Welle, two German police officers are shot dead during a traffic stop, after which two suspects are arrested.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, police officers foil an alleged "Islamist-motivated attack" on an intercity train in Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at NDR.)

From Free West Media, the Mayor of Ostfildern, Germany gets unnecessarily tough with anti-vaccine protesters.

From the CPH Post, thousands of people in Denmark pursue insurance claims in the aftermath of storm Malik.

From Polskie Radio, Poland recovers a valuable painting lost during World War II.

From Radio Prague, new coronavirus measures will be in force this week in the Czech Republic.

From The Slovak Spectator, according to a poll, Slovaks blame NATO and the U.S. for tensions on the Ukrainian border.

From Daily News Hungary, a restaurant on the shore of Hungary's Lake Balaton will be transformed into a wine-tasting place. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index and a related story at NLC.)

From Hungary Today, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő tells the U.K. government that Hungary is committed to NATO.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban greets the Unitarian episcopal congregation on the inauguration of István Kovács as their bishop.

From EuroNews, can Europe survive without Russian gas?

From Euractiv, NATO calls on Europe to diversify its energy supply as Russia amasses troops near Ukraine.

From ReMix, according to French Christian Democratic Party leader Jean-Frédéric Poisson, right-wing politician Éric Zemmour can win the French presidential race.  (The party leader's last name is the French word for "fish".)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco increases its supply of coronavirus vaccines ahead of its reopening for travelers.

From The New Arab, the Libyan parliament sets a date for choosing the country's next prime minister.

From the British Asian Christian Association, a Christian pastor is shot dead after leading a church service in Peshawar, Pakistan.

From News24, a Tanzanian jihadist leader believed responsible for terror attacks in Mozambique is sent to his virgins.

From Gatestone Institute, according to many Arabs, the Houthis in Yemen have become emboldened by the Biden administration's removal of them from its terrorist list.

From The Stream, the single biggest danger from the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer.

From The Daily Signal, a bill proposed by congresscritter Ted Budd (R-NC) would require abortion providers to report victims of suspected human trafficking.

From The American Conservative, in order to love the Union, you must first love your state.

From The Western Journal, the grassroots anti-mandate protest going around the world could come to the U.S.

From BizPac Review, "how did we get here?"

From The Daily Wire, El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele wonders if there's a "deliberate plan" to destroy the U.S.

From the Daily Caller, watching the Super Bowl in person is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

From the New York Post, BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors is reportedly tied to other groups with "red flag" spending.  (Because she reportedly bought several expensive homes, "BLM" appears to stand for "Buy Luxurious Mansions".)

From Breitbart, President Biden's plan to fix the border is about fixing other countries first.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, two thirds of Americans say that the coronavirus should be accepted as a fact of life.

And from The Babylon Bee, socialists around the world condemn workers for uniting.

Sunday Stories

On a cold cloudy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), President Biden's handling of the Supreme Court nomination to replace Justice Stephen Breyer is "clumsy at best".

From Townhall, according to Senator Lindsey Graham (R), for Biden to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court would not be affirmative action.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the book The Lords of Easy Money.

From the Washington Examiner, the collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh is a good metaphor for the Biden presidency.

From American Thinker, in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "bravely" runs away.

From LifeZette, whatever happened to judicial independence?

From NewsBusters, the future career of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas will depend on possible rule changes by the NCAA.

From Canada Free Press, the Canadian truck convoy turns the tables on Trudeau and the "Great Reset".

From TCW Defending Freedom, we have a duty to party until this coronavirus mess is over.

From Free West Media, in the U.K., coronavirus vaccinations contributed to more deaths in December of 2021.

From EuroNews, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claims that NATO wants to "drag" Ukraine into alliances.

From ReMix, right-wing politicians Éric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen could be forced out of France's presidential election.

From The Indian Express, in the Indian state of Gujarat, a Muslim cleric and two others are arrested for allegedly killing a man over an offensive post on Facebook.  (via Scroll(dot)In)

From OpIndia, more on the murder in Gujarat.

From Gatestone Institute, the sword and shield between Russia and Ukraine.

From The Stream, could the Republicans snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?

From Space War, North Korea test-fires its most powerful missile in five years.

From The Daily Signal, letters to TDS, about subjects such as protecting the unborn and tracking people who object to coronavirus vaccination for religious reasons.

From The Western Journal, where $4.2 billion of funds for repairing roads and bridges went to.

From BizPac Review, according to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), Republicans will not conduct any "grotesque smear campaigns" against President Biden's SCOTUS nominee.

From The Daily Wire, former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning offers Tom Brady some retirement advice.

From the Daily Caller, former NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia doesn't back down from criticizing EPSN star Mina Kimes.

From the New York Post, inmates at Rikers Island plan a hunger strike over the conditions of the prison.

From Breitbart, at a rally in Texas, former President Trump makes some pledges about what Republicans will do if they retake Congress.

And from Newsmax, actor Howard Hesseman, who starred in WKRP in Cincinnati, goes to the radio station in the sky.

Saturday Links

On a sunny but cold Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Georgetown Law School should not fire Ilya Shapiro.

From Townhall, according to a co-host on The View, any black woman who graduated from Harvard would be "overqualified" to serve on the Supreme Court.

From the Washington Examiner, two nurses in New York state are arrested for allegedly forging coronavirus vaccination cards.

From The Federalist, more on the attempted leftist cancellation of Ilya Shapiro.

From American Thinker, what should be made of President Biden secretly transporting illegal aliens U.S.?

From LifeZette, Democrats slit their own throats by going after Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ).

From NewsBusters, a look back at media reaction to the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

From Canada Free Press, coronavirus vaccine secrets.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Lancaster (England) District Council offers free electricity to people rich enough to own electric vehicles.

From Free West Media, a "historic" number of irregularities occurred in the German election of 2021.

From EuroNews, after eight rounds of voting, Italian President Sergio Mattarella is reelected.

From ReMix, according to an opinion column, Poland must keep debunking propaganda put out by Russia.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian President Abdelmedjid Tebbourne returns from Egypt empty-handed.

From The New Arab, the UAE-trained Giants Brigades militia claim to be ready to "repel" attacks by the Houthi rebels of Yemen.

From the British Asian Christians Association, two Muslim men in Pakistan are given life sentences for murdering a Christian.

From the Metro, the youngest Islamist terrorist in Britain is back in prison after violating the terms of his release.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, over 200 graves are vandalized in a cemetery in Houdain, France.  (If you read French, read the story at FDeSouche.)

From the Sowetan Live, according to the U.N., killings by Islamist militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo increased by almost 50 percent in 2021.  (The article does not use the full name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but just the name "Congo", so at first I didn't know which of the two countries whose names include this word is intended.  However, the article refers to the city of Beni, which is in the eastern part of the DRC, near the border with Uganda.  Thus, the "Congo" in the article would be the DRC.  The last four articles come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Mayor of İstanbul becomes Turkish President Erdoğan's worst nightmare.  (The Turkish language has a letter similar to "i", but with a dot over the capital and not over the small, as in "ı".  As to how these differ with respect to the sounds they represent, I have no idea.)

From The Stream, "what pro-life really means".

From Space War, the "cheap and nasty" homemade drones used by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

From The American Conservative, the IRS wants you to scan your face.

From The Western Journal, a rancher explains how the Biden administration, not meat packers, are responsible for the rising meat prices.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson warns that drivers will get more speeding tickets thanks to Transportation Secretary "Pothole Pete" Buttigieg.

From The Daily Wire, White House press secretary Jen Psaki uses some whataboutism to justify Biden's promise to only consider black women for his first SCOTUS nomination.

From the Daily Caller, a "bomb cyclone" hits the east coast of the U.S., leaving 100,000 people without power.

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) shovels snow.

From Breitbart, Pat Sajak appears to mock Neil Young's decision to leave Spotify by likewise pulling his Sajak Sings Sinatra from the service.

From Newsmax, the aforementioned reelection of Italian President Mattarella is "a relief to official Washington".

And from ESPN, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (and former New England Patriots) quarterback Tom Brady decides that he has had enough for one lifetime.

Friday Fuss

On a Friday on which a winter storm is expected, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the phone call between President Biden (U.S.) and President Zelensky (Ukraine) should alarm everyone.

From FrontpageMag, the secular left's war against the cross.

From Townhall, according to a school official in my state, schools will mask their students "forever".

From The Washington Free Beacon, Russian President Putin can't be appeased, but he can be resisted.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden's "fundamental" failure at the border.

From The Federalist, the point which The Wall Street Journal misses about the 2020 election.

From American Thinker, Virginia House of Delegates member Nick Freitas (R) shows that Republicans might just be finding an ounce of courage.

From CNS News, congresscritter James Comer (R-KY) expects Congress to hold Biden accountable for his open border.

From LifeZette, the Democrat left wing pressured Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, a Supreme Court nominee will be made according to racial and gender quotas.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, comedian Jimmy Kimmel jokingly accuses Donald Trump the Younger of being a crackhead, after having had no problem with Hunter Biden.

From TeleSUR, Argentina reaches a debt payment agreement with the IMF.

From TCW Defending Freedom, when paupers can command princes.

From Free West Media, according to lawyer Reiner Füllmich, the people will put an end to coronavirus measures.

From EuroNews, according to Belarusian President Lukashenko, Belarus will fight alongside Russia if it invades Ukraine.

From Euractiv, a hacker group threatens to leak information from the French justice ministry.

From ReMix, according to recently revealed statistics, "dramatic" increases in rape, drug use and assault occurred in France during 2021.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo suspends a judge caught on video in an illegal act.

From The North Africa Post, suspended parliamentcritter Issam Bargougui calls on the Tunisian army to arrest President Kais Saied for treason.

From The New Arab, the Syrian-led NGO Molham Team gives houses to 500 displaced families.

From Dawn, an explosion in the Sui area in the Pakistani province of Balochistan kills four people and injures 10 others.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani Senate passes a budgetary bill.

From Pakistan Today, Prime Minister Imran Khan promises to "rid Pakistan of all forms of terrorism".

From The Hans India, a Bangladeshi woman is arrested after allegedly living illegally in India for 15 years.

From the Hindustan Times, India is ready to engage Pakistan to expand its list of shrines available to pilgrims.

From ANI, India introduces anti-cut fencing on its border with Bangladesh.

From India Today, when acting as a lawyer in India, please do not attend virtual court hearings while driving.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh records its highest ever coronavirus infection rate.

From New Age, Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion arrest a fugitive convicted murderer after he was on the run for 20 years.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka will observe the first anniversary of its first coronavirus vaccine tomorrow.

From the Daily Mirror, an explosion destroys a house in Mannar, Sri Lanka.

From Raajje, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visits the Maldive Islands.

From The Straits Times, the Philippines will reopen its border for fully vaccinated travelers in February.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sabah closes schools its schools after an outbreak of 10 coronavirus clusters.

From the Borneo Post, KFC Malaysia announces that some of its "main menu items" are out of stock.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc commutes the death sentences of four prisoners to life in prison.

From The Mainichi, police thank two convenience store workers in Ryugasaki, Japan for preventing fraud.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan's neo-Ottoman ambitions turn eastward.

From The Stream, President Biden suddenly cares about the border - the Ukrainian border.

From The Daily Signal, rumors that public schools are short of funding are greatly exaggerated.

From The American Conservative, will the looting of freight trains finally force California to crack down on lawlessness.

From WTAE, a bridge in Pittsburgh collapses, after which Biden visits the site.  (via The Western Journal)

From The Western Journal, political candidates in Pennsylvania don't want anything to do with Biden as he visits their state.

From BizPac Review, a suspect who allegedly killed a policeman during a traffic stop in Texas is an illegal alien who was on the run for 25 years.

From The Daily Wire, Dr. Fauci is still "pretty sure" that the coronavirus has a natural origin.

From the Daily Caller, the PCE price index rises to its highest level since 1983.

From Newsmax, the northeastern U.S. gets ready for some global warming.

From the New York Post, a bald eagle kills a gull in New York's Central Park.

And from Breitbart, First Lady Jill Biden gets a cat.

Links For Holocaust Remembrance Day

On a sunny but cold Thursday, on which falls International Holocaust Remembrance Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden pledges to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court by the end of February.

From FrontpageMag, leftists are indifferent to genocide against Christians.

From Townhall, Biden drags Democrats down the drain.

From The Washington Free Beacon, fewer than 300 asylum seekers are enrolled in the "remain in Mexico" protocol.

From the Washington Examiner, a DHS contractor condemns the Biden administration's migrant flights as "betraying the American people".

From The Federalist, Biden's border crisis included over 2 million arrests in 2021, and 2022 is expected to be even worse.

From American Thinker, have two dictators been talking to each other?

From CNS News, according to a Gallup poll, the job approval rating of Congress has dropped to 18 percent.

From LifeZette, American troops are going to NATO countries in eastern Europe.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain reminds Democrats about who's in charge.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, why leftists ruin cities.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can't stop the "trucker freedom convoy".

From TeleSUR, a Peruvian prosecutor recommends a 12-year sentence for Kenji Fujimori, son of the late President Alberto Fujimori, for alleged bribery and influence peddling.

From TCW Defending Freedom, waaaaaake uuuuup!

From ReMix, on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, two elderly Orthodox Jews in London are brutally beaten.

From the Daily Star, a Muslim man has serious health problems after biting into a bacon-loaded cheeseburger from the Burger King at London's Stanstead Airport.

From Free West Media, according to a survey, most Germans are ready for permanent coronavirus vaccines.

From Euractiv, Germany agrees to not move forward on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine.

From EuroNews, according to researchers in Norway, the coronavirus was in Europe weeks before its first confirmed cases.

From Balkan Insight, businesses in Kosovo welcome a customs office for their country expected to be opened at the Albanian port of Durres.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI inaugurates the construction of the largest coronavirus vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco extends its coronavirus public health state of emergency until February 28th.

From the Libyan Express, Attorneys General Al-Siddiq Al-Sour (Libya) and Giovanni Salvi (Italy) discuss cooperation between their respective offices.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a blizzard in İstanbul, Turkey leads to a political debate.

From Turkish Minute, President Putin (Russia) accepts an invitation from President Erdoğan (Turkey) to visit Turkey.

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi parliament announces that it will elect a new president on February 7th.

From ArmenPress, according to U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy, the U.S. is committed to cooperating with Armenia on justice and in other areas.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

From The Syrian Observer, Syria will not allow the E.U. to intervene in its internal affairs.

From Arutz Sheva, Arabs attack Jewish-owned vehicles in Jerusalem with snowballs containing rocks.

From The Times Of Israel, former Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman signs a plea deal under which he will pay a fine for hindering the extradition of an accused sex offender to Australia.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Israel will continue its strategy to stop Iran even if it enters a new nuclear agreement.

From YNetNews, a Holocaust survivor decries the presence of yellow stars at coronavirus protests.

From Palestinian Watch, Palestinians honor the murderers of Jews and Israelis.

From the Egypt Independent, coronavirus cases surge in Egypt as the omicron variant spreads.

From Egypt Today, Al-Azhar announces its first Braille version of the Koran.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Airlines announces the resumption of flights to Dubai, UAE.

From the Saudi Gazette, King Salman creates Saudi Arabia's Founding Day, to be celebrated every February 22nd.

From The New Arab, Syrian Democratic Forces troops find dozens of ISIS terrorists holed up in a wing of Ghwayran prison.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, hackers show photos of Iranian dissidents on state TV and call for the execution of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

From IranWire, the family of an Iranian filmmaker who died in prison sues those whom they believe responsible for his death.

From Iran International, the opposition group Mujahedin-e-Khalq denies any knowledge of the hack on Iranian TV.

From Khaama Press, American banks freeze the accounts of the Afghan embassy in the U.S.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, U.N. diplomat Deborah Lyons hopes that the Taliban will allow girls to return to school.

From Afghanistan Times, Western leader press Taliban representative in Oslo, Norway to improve human rights in Afghanistan.

From Gatestone Institute, why the Houthis in Yemen belong on the terrorist list.

From The Stream, the worst idea ever in human history.

From The American Conservative, President Biden is right about minor incursions into Ukraine.

From Space War, a Ukrainian separatist leader urges Russia to send them modern weapons.

From The Daily Signal, should parents have the choice about mask mandates in schools?

From BizPac Review, a vehicle parked in the St. Louis area belonging to congresscritter Cori Bush (D-MO) is hit by gunfire.

From The Western Journal, fake American drivers licenses flood into the U.S. from Hong Kong.

From The Daily Wire, according to an opinion column, the Baseball Hall of Fame is incomplete without Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) calls on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to take action against carjacking.

From Fox News, cops in Bulwell, U.K. pull over an 84-year-old driver and learn that he has never had a license.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, manufacturers in the central part of the U.S. expect the prices of their products to rise over the next six months.

From Newsmax, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urges Biden to not "outsource" his choice of Supreme Court nominee to the radical left.

And from the New York Post, the secret ingredient in the world's first pig-to-human heart transplant was she-don't-lie.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer decides to call it a career.

From FrontpageMag, a teenager in Florida converts to Islam and allegedly murders another teenager.

From Townhall, will President Biden nominate Vice President Harris to replace Justice Beyer?  (If so, and if the Senate confirms her, he will then have to nominate a new vice president.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Justice Breyer's Man of the Year award for 2021 is revoked.

From the Washington Examiner, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) promises a quick confirmation of Biden's Supreme Court nominee.

From The Federalist, six new revelations from John Durham's spygate investigation.

From American Thinker, if you believe some or all of these things, "you might be a liberal".

From CNS News, in the 2000 case of Stenberg v. Carhart, Justice Breyer claimed that partial-birth abortion was a constitutional right.

From NewsBusters, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) deconstructs Biden's "voting rights" agenda.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian convoy truckers need to beware of road hazards

From TeleSUR, violence forces about 2,000 people to relocated to Cali City, Colombia.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "greasing the wheels" for an amnesty for illegal aliens.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. having a "Greek tragedy"?

From EuroNews, Prime Minister Johnson is again urged to resign.

From Free West Media, German Bundestagcritters are somehow more immune to the coronavirus than other citizens are.

From ReMix, Poland starts building a wall on its border with Belarus, which will cost about €350 million.

From Russia Today, the brother of jailed Russian dissident Alexey Navalny is wanted by police.

From Sputnik International, Russia receives a written American response to its security guarantees proposal.

From The Moscow Times, the U.S. embassy in Ukraine tells American citizens to "consider departing now".

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian government endorses a new "cap and subsidy" scheme for energy prices.  (If you read Romanian, read a related story at Economedia.)

From Novinite, where does Bulgaria stand in the situation between Russia, Ukraine, and NATO?

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria calls for Russia and Ukraine to deescalate, and will form a new military battalion.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria is not yet considering evacuating its diplomats from Ukraine.

From the Greek Reporter, according to a Greek scientist, the heavy snow in Greece is due to climate change.

From Ekathimerini, schools, courts and other services in the Greek region of Attica and on the island of Crete will stay closed through this coming Friday.

From the Greek City Times, pictures from snowbound Athens.

From Balkan Insight, the investigation of six men in Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1994 has been investigated for 17 years, but so far, no charges have been filed.

From Total Croatia News, a new cycling information center in the Croatian county of Međimurje includes a unique lookout tower.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at HrTurizam.)

From Total Slovenia News, according to Slovenian Health Minister Janez Poklukar, coronavirus restrictions are still necessary as cases of the omicron variant are still rising.

From The Slovenia Times, according to Slovenia's central bank, the coronavirus epidemic is currently having only a small economic impact.

From The Malta Independent, according to opposition leader Bernard Grech, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela is unable to take decisions and is "led by others".  (Sounds like what U.S. conservatives and Republicans have said about President Biden.)

From Malta Today, Grech accuses Abela of being afraid of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.

From ANSA, after three ballots, Italy still has not chosen a new president (or to reelect President Sergio Matterella).

From Italy24News, Italy's coronavirus rules for schools are a mess.

From Euractiv, more on Italy's presidential election (or lack thereof).

From SwissInfo, the Swiss government will not send any officials to the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

From France24, the U.S. and NATO respond to Russian demands as Russian and Ukrainian negotiators meet in Paris.

From RFI, France's highest administrative court reverses a government ban on selling and consuming raw CBD flowers and leaves.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man of "North African" descent is arrested after allegedly threatening people with a knife in a basilica in Blois, France.  (If you read French read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From El País, a controversial hotel project in the Spanish natural park of Cabo de Gata is a step closer to going forward.

From The Portugal News, relocating to the Portuguese region of Algarve in a post-coronavirus world.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation arrests two suspects allegedly affiliated with ISIS.

From The New Arab, the Syrian Democratic Forces say that they have taken the Ghwayran prison from ISIS and have secured the hostages held there.

From Malay Mail, the Selangor Islamic Religious Council loses its appeal to reinstate the conversion of five young children to Islam in 2015.  (Selangor is a state in Malaysia.)

From Union of Catholic Asian News, terrorists have reportedly been "infiltrating Islamic schools" in Indonesia.

From Gatestone Institute, call the Houthi rebels in Yemen what they are - foreign terrorists.

From The Stream, a response to the pro-abortion "scoffers".

From The Daily Signal, the Texas heartbeat abortion law not only "beats strongly" but also inspires other states to consider passing similar laws.

From The American Conservative, President Biden's energy policies leave the U.S. and Europe vulnerable to Russian aggression.

From The Western Journal, a video appears to show Ashli Babbitt trying to stop violence by another person involved in the Capitol riot before she was fatally shot.

From BizPac Review, the CDC is concerned about exposure to lab monkeys.

From The Daily Wire, Spotify decides to keep Joe Rogan and boot Neil Young.

From the Daily Caller, three black women other than Vice President Harris whom Biden could nominate to the Supreme Court.

From the New York Post, as Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement from the Supreme Court, the Senate gets ready for a fight.

From Breitbart, according to a new book, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) softened her criticisms of the Chinese communist government as her husband and son scored business deals in China.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve plans to raise rates to curb inflation, possibly as soon as this coming March.

And from the Genesius Times, Neil Young is put on a career ventilator as fans hold a vigil for his Spotify sales.

Tuesday Links

On a cloudy and relatively mild Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Los Angeles Unified School District gets strict on masks.

From FrontpageMag, another rape gang is found in the U.K.

From Townhall, the Biden administration's double standards on borders.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Bidenflation crushes fast food value meals.  (Considering that fast food isn't all that healthy, this might be a positive development, at least in the nutritional sense.)

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden pretends that he wants to know what Republicans are for.

From The Federalist, Biden's border crisis gets worse as Customs and Border Protection apprehends a record-breaking number of illegal border crossers in December.

From American Thinker, do not forgive or forget the enablers of the coronavirus panic.

From CNS News, a record number of those December border crossers come from countries other than Mexico or those in the "northern triangle", ten times the number in the last four previous Decembers.

From LifeZette, liberals sell out inner city school children, who need school choice.

From NewsBusters, the networks make excuses for "swearing Joe".

From Canada Free Press, what we see in the current federal government is the disaster which happens when the far left gets full power.

From CBC News, as a convoy of anti-mandate truckers head toward Ottawa, Canada, the Canadian government doubles down on its coronavirus vaccine mandate.

From Global News, Canada orders its diplomats in Ukraine and their families to get out of there.

From CTV News, the Williams Lake First Nation in the Canadian province of British Columbia releases the results of an investigation at the site of a former residential school.

From TeleSUR, an indigenous leader is killed in Buenos Aires, Colombia.  (This Buenos Aires is a small town in the Colombian department of Cauca, and should not be confused with the capital of Argentina.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the real reason why Australia kicked out Serbian tennis player Novak Djoković.

From the Express, U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid warns that there night be another coronavirus mutation in the future.

From the Evening Standard, London's Metropolitan Police launch a criminal investigation into parties at the prime minister's residence on Downing Street.

From the (U.K.) Independent, Glasgow, Scotland makes a record £42 million in 2021 for allowing movies to be filmed there.

From the (Irish) Independent and the "boxing above your weight" department, Irish fishermen plan to "peacefully" disrupt Russian naval exercises off the south coast of Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, according to a security expert, there is little that Ireland can do to stop the Russian naval exercises.

From VRT NWS, Belgian former basketball player Pieter Loridon deliberately infects himself with the coronavirus.

From The Brussels Times, how does Belgium's coronavirus barometer work?

From the NL Times, the full list of coronavirus restrictions in the Netherlands, as of tomorrow.

From Deutsche Welle, the German "far-right" party AfD names a member of the center-right party Christian Democratic Union as its presidential candidate.  (According to one thing I once read, the term "far-right" includes anyone to the right of former German Prime Minister Angela Merkel.)

From the CPH Post, the Danish government outlines 15 initiatives against antisemitism.

From ReMix, according to Denmark's left-wing immigration minister, the country is having problems "with too much migration from the Middle East".  (Yes, you read that right.  The minister who said this is a member of a left-wing party.)

From Polskie Radio, Poland becomes a senior member of the Eurocorps military group.

From Radio Prague, a group of Czech Senators announces its support for a political boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

From The Slovak Spectator, the Slovak government prepares for a crisis but hopes for a diplomatic solution for Ukraine.

From Daily News Hungary, Budapest Airport cuts its carbon dioxide emissions to half of their level in 2011.  (To my pleasant surprise, the article actually uses the word "dioxide".)

From Hungary Today, a court in Hungary sentences a Ukrainian to five years in prison for attempting to smuggle illegal migrants from Serbia into Hungary.

From About Hungary, according to State Secretary Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has delivered real results.

From Euractiv, the E.U. tells the U.S. to "stay calm" as Ukraine braces for the worst.

From Free West Media, according to French epidemiologist Didier Raoult, "the vaccinated end up more infected than the unvaccinated".

From EuroNews, the French parliament approves a law banning gay conversion therapy.

From The North Africa Post, the head of the junta ruling Guinea names the 81 members of a new National Transitional Council.

From The New Arab, an exhibit of cartoons portraying the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, West Bank goes over like a lead balloon.

From The Jewish Press, was Jesus a Palestinian martyr, or even a terrorist?

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's proxy in the Gaza strip.

From The Stream, why there is disdain between the masked and unmasked.

From HistoryNet, the Samoan unit who fought in World War II barefoot.

From The Daily Signal, two women explain why they marched for life and against coronavirus vaccine mandates.

From The American Conservative, "the dependency trap".

From BizPac Review, the Supreme Court denies congresscritter Kevin McCarthy's (R-Cal) attempt to abolish proxy voting.

From The Western Journal, anti-mandate protesters roar as Dr. Robert Malone tells the truth about coronavirus vaccines.

From The Daily Wire, the SAT will soon become shorter, easier, and online.

From the Daily Caller, Delta Force veteran Chris VanSant gives his thoughts on the situation between Ukraine and Russia.

From Breitbart, how low can President Biden's ratings go?

From Newsmax, White House press secretary Jen Psaki points out that the 8,500 American troops being put on alert are not being sent to Ukraine.

And from the New York Post, Elton John becomes Captain Coronavirus, but is still standing.

Monday Links

On a sunny but cold Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden's Ukraine problem.

From FrontpageMag, modern Turks glorify pirates from the Ottoman Empire.

From Townhall, shall we have some more "brutal" polling for Biden and the Democrats?

From The Washington Free Beacon, affiliates of two European companies linked to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline contributed to Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) campaign.

From the Washington Examiner, a "draft executive order" allegedly from then-President Trump came from outside the White House.

From The Federalist, after criticizing Trump for doubting election results, Biden and White House press secretary Jen Psaki urge Americans to doubt election results.

From American Thinker, do we have it backwards on carbon dioxide?

From CNS News, a review of New York Governor Kathie Hochul's (D) first five months in office.

From LifeZette, can Secretary of State Antony Blinken avert war in Ukraine?

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, the U.S. and NATO are "on the brink of action" over Ukraine.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, right-wing journalist Mark Levin helps expose what the media is hiding about First Son Hunter Biden.

From Canada Free Press, the truckers are coming!

From TeleSUR, a magnitude-5.3 earthquake strikes in western Haiti.

From TCW Defending Freedom, pictures from a day of protest against vaccine mandates in London.

From Snouts in the Trough, how many people have really died from the coronavirus?

From Free West Media, protesters in Brussels march against coronavirus measures.

From EuroNews, when visiting Auschwitz, please refrain from giving the Nazi salute.

From Euractiv, the British accusation that Russia is planning to install a puppet government in Ukraine is denied - by the person who would allegedly become its leader.

From ReMix, Serbia foils an assassination attempt against President Aleksandar Vučić.

From The North Africa Post, three people are stabbed in a subway station in Tunis.

From The New Arab, troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces storm a prison where ISIS holds 850 children hostage.

From Dawn, Pakistani prime ministerial advisor Shahzad Akbar resigns.

From The Express Tribune, according to Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Prime Minister Imran Khan's resignation is necessary to fix Pakistan's economy.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's National Command and Operations Centre shortens the isolation period for coronavirus patients to five days.

From The Hans India, Delhi, India gets some global warming.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian state of Assam requires government employees to get two coronavirus vaccine shots in order to work in their offices.

From ANI, the Indian parliament will have staggered timing between its two houses and observe strict coronavirus rules.

From India Today, according to a survey, 89 percent of coronavirus patients in Mumbai, India have the omicron variant.

From the Dhaka Tribune, protesting students at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, Bangladesh allege that false information about their movement is being spread.

From New Age, 66 percent of new coronavirus cases in Bangladesh are among people aged 25 to 54.

From the Colombo Page, Power Minister Gamini Lokuge assures Sri Lankans that there will be no further cuts in power.

From the Daily Mirror, safari jeep operators harass an elephant in Yala, Sri Lanka.

From Raajje, Maldivian Minister of Art, Culture and Heritage Yumna Maumoon tests positive for the coronavirus.  (She is the daughter of former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.)

From Sahara Reporters, Boko Haram terrorists declare Gudumbali, Borno, Nigeria to be their "caliphate headquarters".

From The Straits Times, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo meet for the first time since 2019.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia has more coronavirus cases, but fewer deaths and ICU cases.

From the Borneo Post, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Sim Kui Hian of the Malaysian state of Sarawak advises should exercise caution if they return to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam will resume exporting cut flowers to Australia.

From The Mainichi, Japan will expand its coronavirus quasi-emergency to 34 of its 47 prefectures.

From Gatestone Institute, the Houthis in Yemen should be put back on the list of terrorist groups.

From The Stream, the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet apologizes for its coronavirus coverage.

From The Daily Signal, a mother helps parents find pro-America content for their kids.

From The American Conservative, "the Confucian model" and its threat to freedom.

From The Western Journal, Texas gubernatorial candidate Bob O'Rourke (D) declines President Biden's help in his campaign.

From BizPac Review, CNN's Brian Stelter talks to 8th-graders about spotting "misinformation".

From The Daily Wire, Ukrainian sources claim that Americans are "safer" in Ukraine than in "crime-ridden" U.S. cities.

From the Daily Caller, a Florida House committee passes a bill banning discussions of gender ideology and sexual orientation in primary level school classrooms.

From LifeNews, pro-abortion rioters attack a pro-life conference in Austin, Texas.

From the New York Post, the Pentagon puts up to 8,500 U.S. troops on alert due to the situation in Ukraine.

From Breitbart, the U.S. economy slows sharply during the first few weeks of 2022.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Glenn Grothman (R-WI), the growth in violence in the U.S. can be blamed on the Biden administration and on "soft on crime" district attorneys.

And from The Babylon Bee, White House press secretary Jen Psaki tells Ukrainians to take kickboxing classes and drink margaritas.