Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, three left-wing members of San Francisco's school board lose their seats.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's inflation keeps on surging.

From Townhall, Allegiant Air goes "full gestapo" on a passenger who was wearing a mask that said "let's go Brandon".

From The Washington Free Beacon, the weird ideas and dubious science behind the federal government handing out crack pipes.  (I must again ask.  Was this Hunter's idea?)

From the Washington Examiner, "Clintonworld" takes over the Black Lives Matter organization.

From The Federalist, Governor DeSantis (R) blocks the Biden administration's child trafficking scheme in Florida.

From American Thinker, a drive in California shows how far the state has fallen.

From CNS News, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) points out how having children outside of marriage often results in poverty.

From LifeZette, hypocrisy by Democrats will cost them in the upcoming midterm elections.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is deservedly taking hits from all sides.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, the top three pathetic stories which ABC covered instead of the report from Special Counsel John Durham.

From Canada Free Press, the Canadian truck protests are about their government "vaporizing" their rights and freedoms.

From CBC News, government officials in Canada warn parents against bringing their children to "illegal assemblies".  (What is this "right to peaceably assemble" you speak of?)

From Global News, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada police tell protesting truckers to "leave the area now".

From CTV News, some protesters in Ottawa call the use of the Emergencies Act a scare tactic.

From TeleSUR, Peru's labor minister files a constitutional complaint against the president of the Peruvian congress.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why are watchdogs deaf to the dangers of coronavirus vaccinations for children?

From Snouts in the Trough, according to scientists, we have slowed down global warming.  (Does this mean that the rise of the oceans has also slowed down, as once predicted by then-Senator Barrack Obama (D-IL)?  Perhaps the rise really has slowed down enough for him to buy not one, but two, oceanside mansions.)

From the Express, Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon ideas of independence from the U.K. are thwarted when a major company threatens to move to England.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K.'s Prince Andrew will get to keep the title Duke of York and his service rank of Vice Admiral after settling his sexual assault lawsuit.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to U.K. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, ending free coronavirus testing would be a mistake.

From the (Irish) Independent, a gambling addict who defrauded the Irish government by falsely claiming his dead parents' pensions is sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

From the Irish Examiner, a look at the three members of the Irish Dáil who claimed the most ineligible expenses.  (I guess you could call them "dáilcritters".)

From VRT NWS, the Belgian commune of Flanders braces for two winter storms.

From The Brussels Times, according to Belgian Corona Commissioner Pedro Facon, the obligation to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is "no longer urgent".

From the NL Times, Heineken beer might be getting a bit more expensive.

From Dutch News, the Dutch government intends to cut the number of cattle in the Netherlands by 30 percent in 7 years.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From Deutsche Welle, Germany plans the end of its coronavirus restrictions.

From Free West Media, children in Berlin produce a positive coronavirus test result with the drink "Capri-Sun".

From Euractiv, according to German climate minister Robert Habeck, hydrogen production in Germany is about to boom. (If you read German, read a related story at Der Spiegel.)

From the CPH Post, a round-up of news in Denmark, including a right-wing party leader claiming that the Chernobyl disaster caused the deaths of only 50 people.

From Polskie Radio, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warns against E.U. centralization.

From Radio Prague, a group protesting the Czech government's coronavirus measures doxes some Czech parliamentcritters.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia will offer Ukraine mine clearing equipment and healthcare material.

From Daily News Hungary, what would the Hungarian military do if Russia attacks Ukraine?

From Hungary Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union rejects a complaint from Hungary and Poland against E.U.'s cutting funds to member states.  (If you read German, read the story at Ungarn Heute.)

From About Hungary, a reaction to the CJEU's decision against Hungary and Poland.

From EuroNews, according to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, Russia's use of force is "the new normal in Europe".

From ReMix, the E.U. looks to reduce its imports of natural gas from Russia.

From Balkan Insight, a march in support of Ukraine is planned for Podgorica, Montenegro.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI orders $1 billion to be allocated to mitigating the impact of drought on farmers.

From The New Arab, 17 Israelis are arrested for allegedly attacking a Palestinian village in the West Bank.

From OpIndia, the Khalistani group Sikhs for Justice demands the creation of a "new Muslim country" to be called "Urdustan".

From the Morning Star, five people, including two children, are killed in a terror attack in Mogadishu, Somalia.  (This site's motto appears to be "for peace and socialism", which might make it the leftmost source that I've ever linked.)

From Gatestone Institute, will President Xi Jimping's "End of Days" result in China and the world going to war?

From The Stream, yes, God meant for us to have gun rights.

From HistoryNet, new monuments tell the story of black soldiers in the Civil War.

From The Stream, the Republicans have an opportunity.

From The American Conservative, "let freedom honk".

From The Western Journal, speaking at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference, President Biden claims to have put a dead dog on a Republican woman's doorstep.

From BizPac Review, a school board member in a suburb of Chicago suggests to a citizen speaker a strange place to wear a mask.

From The Daily Wire, an alleged teacher who tells parents to "get bent" gets crushed on social media.

From the Daily Caller, the Biden administration defies a court ruling to allow onshore oil lease sales.  (And they wonder why gasoline prices are so high.)

From the New York Post, Seattle needs police officers.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, 65 percent of Democrat voters still want mask mandates.

From Newsmax, truckers protesting Canada's coronavirus restrictions are dismantling their remaining blockades along the U.S. border.

And from Reuters, migrants near Mexico's southern border who seek to reach the U.S. protest Mexico's immigration laws by sewing their mouths shut.  (via the New York Post)