Bigfoot's Place: April 2022

From LifeZette, some questions for new Twitter owner Elon Musk. (This and several other articles have yesterday's date, but I didn't see them yesterday. Maybe they are misdated or showed up later yesterday than when I looked at Lifezette.)

From NewsBusters, in their morning broadcasts, networks ignore bad economic news.

From Canada Free Press, why is Biden the only president in all of U.S. history who appears to hate Americans?

From Free West Media, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto expresses his concern over the treatment of Slovakian opposition figures.

From EuroNews, the Kremlin warns that European security is threatened by Western weapons supplies after the U.K.'s foreign secretary calls for Russian forces to be "pushed out" of Ukraine.

From Euractiv, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Russia's gas "blackmail" and promises E.U. support for Poland and Bulgaria.

From ReMix, Poland could help Germany become independent of Russian oil.

From Balkan Insight, the European Court of Human Rights orders Croatia to compensate five ethnic Serb sisters whose father was killed in 1995 for wrongly assessed court costs.

From Morocco World News, the year's holiest night for Muslims.

From The North Africa Post, a Tunisian government worker is arrested for allegedly insulting President Kais Saied. (If the U.S. had that sort of law, half of us would be arrested for insulting former President Trump, and the other half for insulting President Biden.)

From the Libyan Express, 94 migrants are rescued off the coast of Libya, but 12 others are feared dead.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Turkey is determined to put an end to the terrorist group PKK.

From Turkish Minute, according to the IBAHRI, the conviction of Turkish businessman Osman Kaval for "attempting to topple the government" is a "blatant disregard for the rule of law".

From Rûdaw, drought ruins thousands of acres of farmland in the Iraqi province of Duhok.

From Armenpress, the Armenian Genocide is commemorated at the U.S. Capitol.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, special representatives from Armenia and Turkey will meet in Vienna, Austria on May 3rd.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasisades starts a two-day visit to Estonia.

From The Syrian Observer, according to an official in Syria's Baath Party, Syrian democracy is comparable to European democracy.

From The961, a Lebanese medical student records the highest score ever on the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination.

From Arutz Sheva, an IDF soldier is arrested for writing threatening posts against Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

From The Times Of Israel, according to Bennett, for Jews, Holocaust memory is part of their DNA.

From The Jerusalem Post, the debate heats up over whether Jews are allowed to enter the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (I read years ago that many Jews will not enter the Temple Mount because they might inadvertently step into where the Holy of Holies was once located. No one was allowed to enter this part of the ancient Temple, except for the high priest once a year on the Day of Atonement.)

From YNetNews, Holocaust denial is still common in the Arab world, but views there are changing.

From the Jewish Press, Israel gave an honorary plaque to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine hours before he spoke at a virtual conference alongside terrorist leaders.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's tourism ministry launches a social media campaign to introduce its new visa facilities.

From Egypt Today, when in Egypt, please do not deface the antiquities.

From the Sudan Tribune, a Sudanese court releases detained members of the suspended Empowerment Removal Committee.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Italy grants Ethiopia €1.5 million to support its food safety project.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi Arabian Supreme Court calls on all Muslims in the country to sight the Shawwal crescent moon this coming Saturday.

From The New Arab, suspected ISIS gunmen kill seven people at an Ramadan iftar meal in eastern Syria.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iranian authorities allegedly impose "stone age" restrictions at universities.

From IranWire, executions in Iran reportedly increased by 25 percent after Ebrahim Raisi became the country's president.

From Iran International, according to the organization Reporters Without Borders, the U.N. should press for the legal rights of jailed Iranian journalists.

From Khaama Press, the E.U. sends 34 tonnes of food and medical aid to Afghanistan.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, a man in the Afghani province of Kunduz allegedly kills his brother with an ax.

From OpIndia, a Sikh family in Rajpur, Punjab, India is allegedly intimidated into allowing Muslims to convert a gurudwara into a mosque. (The article does not use the word "gurudwara", but I think that it's the word for a Sikh house of worship.)

From the International Business Times, a former University of Alabama student is sentenced to over seven years in prison for concealing the transmission of money to al-Qaeda.

From Gatestone Institute, Russian President Putin's genocide in Ukraine on Holocaust Memorial Day.

From The Stream, Mickey Mouse gets told "Okay, groomer".

From The Daily Signal, why one rancher in the Rio Grande valley wants a border wall.

From ITR Economics, delay due to pessimism is gonna cost ya.

From The American Conservative, liberals, not conservatives, have integrated church and state.

From The Western Journal, two new rules from President Biden means that incandescent light bulbs will soon be gone. (If there's an earthquake in New Jersey, it might be Thomas Edison rolling over in his grave.)

From BizPac Review, Democrats distressed about the upcoming midterm elections worry that their leaks to the press about the Capitol riot are backfiring.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) demands the immediate end of the aforementioned Ministry of Truth. (He doesn't use the term "Ministry of Truth", but as far as I'm concerned, the Disinformation Governance Board deserves that name. I'm by no means the first person to use it. For example, see TFIGlobal.)

From the Daily Caller, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark) is "alarmed" by a video of Biden trying to pronounce the word "kleptocracy".

From the New York Post, Mexican police find a crime scene - from 900 A.D.

From Breitbart, the streaming service CNN+ shuts down two days ahead of schedule.

From Newsmax, the Russian navy deploys trained dolphins to protect their base in Sevastopol, Crimea.

And from WSBS, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, money does not grow on trees, but you can still get it from one of them. (via Newsbreak)

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Wednesday Wanderings

On a cool cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, we now have "772 days to slow the spread".

From FrontpageMag, we live in Orwellian times with diversity, free speech and "wokeness".

From Townhall, a U.S. Marine is home after a prisoner swap with Russia.

From The Washington Free Beacon, why it's time to regard China as a "genuine adversary".

From the Washington Examiner, a judge rules that Elon Musk is still subject to rules that limit the influence of his Tweets on the price of Tesla stock.

From The Federalist, removing Disney's privileges is not "revenge", but the least that Florida can do.

From American Thinker, the U.S. has become a feudal state with most of us as the serfs.

From CNS News, an illegal alien with links to terrorism is deported from the U.S. seven months after he was arrested.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, Senator Diane Feinstein's (D-Cal) mental health is in question. (via LifeZette)

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, new Twitter owner Elon Musk is a modern-day Howard Hughes. (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, Harvard disinvites a left-wing feminist speaker who opposes male athletes in women's sports.

From Canada Free Press, presenting "Mr. Cana-DUH".

From TeleSUR, Mexican officers prevent a new caravan of migrants from advancing.

From TCW Defending Freedom, according to media gaslighters, "we're all trans fans and migrant-lovers".

From EasternEye, Islamists take over prisons in the U.K. and establish "no-go" zones.

From ReMix, a court in Frankfurt, Germany rules that Deutsche Bahn must offer a third gender option for its train tickets.

From Russia Today, President Putin promises a "lightning" response to strategic threats to Russia.

From Sputnik International, more on Putin's promise.

From The Moscow Times, Russians strip yellow and blue from their streets over the war in Ukraine.

From EuroNews, the E.U. accuses Russia of "blackmail" as it suspends gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.

From Euractiv, the E.U. "inches forward" on banning oil from Russia.

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian port of Constanţa becomes a major route for Ukrainian grain. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Adevărul.)

From Novinite, Bulgaria refuses to pay for Russian natural gas in rubles.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov leads a delegation to Kyiv, Ukraine.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vasilev, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev's opinion that supplying weapons to Ukraine prolongs the war is "ignominious".

From the Greek Reporter, scientists find rocks on the Greek island of Santorini that resemble Martian rocks. (I visited Santorini on a cruise in 2006, but did not go rock-hunting.)

From Ekathimerini, Greece has secured its supply of natural gas and will make its next payment to the Russian company Gazprom "in the last ten days of May".

From the Greek City Times, people in a village on the Greek island of Lesvos still put on a bull sacrifice festival.

From Balkan Insight, Skopje, North Macedonia Mayor Danela Arsovska locates a statue of Ottoman-era rebel Andon Lazov, and might call a referendum to have it reinstalled.

From Total Croatia News, will Russia suspend supplying natural gas to Croatia? (If you read Croatian, read the story at Index.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia observes the Day of Uprising Against the Occupation, which commemorates the resistance against occupying forces in World War II.

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša accuses political rival Robert Golob of being "pro-Russian".

From The Malta Independent, Malta Public Transport launches two more electric buses.

From Malta Today, carbon dating sheds light on mysterious skeletons found in a church in Żejtun, Malta.

From ANSA, according to Italian President Sergio Mattarella, the Russian attack on Ukraine is pushing the E.U. toward unity.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland and NATO agree to increase their exchange of sensitive information.

From France24, recently reelected French President Emmanuel Macron is targeted with tomatoes. (He thus suffered the fate about which Ringo Starr refused to sing.)

From RFI, the largest trade union in France urges Macron to consult civil society when setting his agenda for his new term in office.

From El País, Catalan husband and wife pastry chefs Jordi Roca and Alejandra Rivas open an ice cream shop in Houston, Texas.

From The Portugal News, 1,400 Ukrainian refugees are now working in Portugal.

From Free West Media, the U.K., the E.U., and the Biden administration all threaten Twitter.

From The North Africa Post, the IMF welcomes Morocco's "targeted measures" for mitigating the impact of rising energy prices.

From The New Arab, Egyptian President Abdel El-Sisi claims that he did not betray former leader Mohamed Morsi.

From Gatestone Institute, NATO will be stronger if Finland becomes a member.

From The Stream, the roots of the American Revolution go back to the Middle Ages.

From The Daily Signal, how safe haven laws, which all 50 states have, help make abortion unnecessary.

From The American Conservative, the China Initiative, which the Biden administration's Justice Department ended, was not racist.

From The Western Journal, now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, automotive designer Henrik Fisker, whose Fisker cars rival Musk's Tesla, leaves Twitter and goes to Instagram.

From BizPac Review, Donald Trump the Younger launches a gun rights group to make sure that Democrats don't disarm American citizens.

From The Daily Wire, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner criticizes actor Mark Ruffalo for calling the Ukraine war a "gift".

From the Daily Caller, China reports the first human case of the H3N8 strain of the bird flu.

From the New York Post, for a cool $9 million, you can own Janet Jackson's residence in New York City.

From Breitbart, Dr. Fauci declines to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner because the thinks he could catch the coronavirus there.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, nearly two thirds of registered voters have had to adjust their budgets due to inflation.

And from The U.S. Sun and the "Sweet Meteor Of Death" department, an asteroid twice the size of the Empire State building will pass within about 2 million miles of the earth. (via the New York Post)

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, the "bad, ugly, and ignorant" reactions to billionaire Elon Musk buying Twitter.

From FrontpageMag, disinformation purveyor Hillary Clinton decries online "disinformation".

From Townhall, since President Biden took office, Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) ratings have skyrocketed.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a new credit card company will let its cardholders send cash to conservative causes.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden finalizes a rule to ban incandescent light bulbs, thus reversing a policy from then-President Trump.

From The Federalist, Democrats have nothing to offer voters, so they want to censor and smear their opposition.

From American Thinker, Democrats have only one issue for the upcoming midterm elections.

From CNS News, right-wing commentator Mark Levin returns to Twitter and gets down to business.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, why have we been so afraid of Russia? (via LifeZette)

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, the Washington state government decides that the word "marijuana" is racist. (Once again, I'm amazed at how some people can read racism into anything. The story comes via LifeZette.)

From NewsBusters, Ari Melber of MSNBC ironically worries that Twitter will censor and shadow-ban Democrats.

From Canada Free Press, "woke" Catholics cancel the 10 Commandments.

From CBC News, environmental commissioner Jerry DeMarco warns that Canada might not be able to meet its 2030 emissions target.

From Global News, border blockades by Canadian activists had little effect on trade.

From CTV News, an organizer of the Canadian trucker convoy warns against banning protesting motorcyclists from Parliament Hill in the capital city of Ottawa.

From TeleSUR, the Women's International Democratic Forum meets in Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the climate doom-mongers shifted from a new ice age to global warming.

From Snouts in the Trough, can the coronavirus vaccination of millions of children be justified by a sample size of 16?

From the Express, a £31 million tidal energy project in Wales could greatly increase the U.K.'s supply of energy.

From the Evening Standard, according to U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, parliamentcritter Imran Ahmad Khan (Conservative-Wakefield) should resign. (He should not be confused with recently ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.)

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to U.K. Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien, 89 state-owned properties could be used to house 5,000 Ukrainian refugees.

From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish government plans to use up to 6,000 student beds to house Ukrainian refugees.

From the Irish Examiner, New Jersey, U.S. Governor Phil Murphy (D) advises officials in County Cork, Ireland about bird choppers.

From VRT NWS, rising energy prices in Belgium nullify the effort of VAT cut in just one month.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium complains to the European Commission about a proposed French offshore bird chopper array.

From the NL Times, after Russia expels 15 Dutch diplomats, Russians are not allowed to apply for visas to visit the Netherlands at the Dutch embassy in Moscow.

From Dutch News, on his birthday, Dutch King Willem-Alexander honors more than 3,000 people. (I was in the Netherlands 5 years ago when the country celebrated his 50th birthday. See this blog's archives for May 2017.)

From Deutsche Welle, no, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's grandfather was not a commander in the SS. (Could he instead be related to American musician Tom Scholz?)

From Euractiv, Germany will allow heavy weapons to be shipped to Ukraine.

From the CPH Post, five golf clubs take part in an E.U. projects to make greens more green.

From Polskie Radio, Poland sanctions 15 Russian oligarchs and 35 businesses over the invasion of Ukraine.

From ReMix, Poland's population exceeds 40 million for the first time in history, in part from the influx of refugees from Ukraine.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court will address a complaint about the agreement with Poland on its Turów coal mine.

From The Slovak Spectator, how to complete the Turiec hiking "massacre". (If you read Slovak, read about this hike at Turčianska Záhradka.)

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary offered its crown to Russia in 1849.

From Hungary Today, in an open letter to Prime Minister Orban, Hungary's teachers union calls for an independent education ministry.

From About Hungary, Hungary continues trying to help refugees from Ukraine, some coming in via Romania.

From Free West Media, billionaire Elon Musk buys the platform Twitter.

From EuroNews, how an Italian was inspired to save 500 Ukrainian refugees.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov's charity fund for Ukraine draws controversy.

From The North Africa Post, according to Transport Minister Mohammed Abdeljalil, a high-speed train between the Moroccan cities of Casablanca and Agadir will cost $7 million.

From The New Arab, the Tunisian navy arrests a suspected migrant smuggler after of them die when four boats sink off the country's coast.

From OpIndia, a Muslim woman from Jahangirpuri, India wishes for a calamity that would strike Hindus but not Muslims.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration goes Sgt. Schultz on what the Palestinians really say.

From The Stream, professors and the media finally tout a technology that can kill the coronavirus.

From The Daily Signal, universal pre-K would not be good for children.

From Space War, at a military parade, "Rocket Man" promises to boost North Korea's nuclear arsenal.

From Terra Daily, according to U.S. officials, "only a handful of people" have seen the security deal between China and the Solomon Islands.

From The American Conservative, lessons for Americans from recent French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

From The Western Journal, Elon Musk's first Tweet after buying Twitter proves that the left's worst nightmare are coming true.

From BizPac Review, DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison's derogatory term for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) does not go over well.

From The Daily Wire, how Santa Barbara, California foreshadowed the fight against "crackpot curriculum".

From the Daily Caller, MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan criticizes the Biden administration for allegedly failing to promote coronavirus vaccine booster shots.

From Breitbart, a large majority of Senator Raphael Warnock's (D-GA) campaign contributions come from outside Georgia.

From Newsmax, according to the CDC, as of this past February, 58 percent of Americans had been infected by the coronavirus.

And from the New York Post, the companies owned or partially owned by Elon Musk.

Monday, April 25, 2022

Monday Mania

As the weather cools down somewhat after a warm weekend, here are some things going on:

From National Review, proof that the cancel mob at Georgetown University does not even believe in its own rhetoric.

From FrontpageMag, airbrushing the Jews out of Jerusalem and its Temple Mount.

From Townhall, the body of the Texas National Guard soldier who drowned trying to rescue migrants has been found.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the latest issue for Republicans during the upcoming midterms could be President Biden's proposal to ban menthol cigarettes.

From the Washington Examiner, the platform Twitter might have a new owner today.

From The Federalist, no, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton can't hide her campaign's 2016 opposition research from Special Counsel John Durham.

From American Thinker, more black Americans have been killed in the Big Luxurious Mansions era than in 86 years of lynchings.

From CNS News, there are no Jews left in Afghanistan.

From LifeZette, Democrats acknowledge that Biden will sink them this coming November.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, yes, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) should be allowed to run for reelection. (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, leftists on Twitter go nuts over the possible new ownership.

From Canada Free Press, how does Biden propose to fit 7 million illegal aliens into 500,000 beds for the homeless?

From TeleSUR, left-wing parties in Paraguay choose Senator Esperanza Martinez (Guasi Front) as their presidential candidate.

From TCW Defending Freedom, where is the anger against these child killers in the U.K.?

From Free West Media, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock goes into "self-destruction mode".

From EuroNews, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is asked to leave the Social Democratic Party over his ties to Russia.

From Euractiv, newly-reelected French President Emmanuel Macron faces challenges.

From ReMix, a Somali migrant who stabbed three German women while shouting "Allahu akbar!" is ruled psychologically unfit for prison and instead might go to a "closed psychiatric ward".

From Balkan Insight, former Montenegrin President Milo Đjukanović sees a path back to power for his once-dominant party.

From The North Africa Post, the Algerian League for Defense of Human Rights calls for an investigation of the death of political prisoner Hakim Debazi.

From The New Arab, Israeli forces "dismantle" a terrorist cell in the West Bank.

From Palestinian Media Watch, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas sends condolences to the family of the terrorist who killed three people at a bar in Tel Aviv, Israel.

From Dawn, the hits and misses of the party Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's term in power.

From The Express Tribune, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is issued a passport that will allow him to return home.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Finance Minister Miftah Ismail rules out an immediate fuel price hike.

From The Hans India, the Indian state of Telangana needs police officers.

From the Hindustan Times, the leaders of India's Bharatiya Janata Party prepare to celebrate eight years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

From ANI, the Indian state of Haryana announces precaution doses of coronavirus vaccine for people aged 18 through 59.

From India Today, the Indian state of Rajasthan suspends a magistrate over the destruction of a Shiva temple in the city of Alwar.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 33,000 Bangladeshi families will soon no longer be homeless.

From New Age, a Bangladeshi hacker is sentenced to 8 years in prison.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan cabinet approves a proposal for the 21st Amendment to the country's Constitution.

From the Daily Mirror, rumors that Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will resign are false.

From Raajje, over 100,000 tourists visit the Maldive Islands for the fourth month this year.

From Al-Monitor, ISIS announces "revenge" attacks for Ramadan.

From The Daily Star, no one over 65 will be allowed to perform the Hajj this year.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesia's Soekamo-Hatta Airport see a surge in passenger numbers.

From The Straits Times, shoppers in Beijing, China clear shelves ahead of mass coronavirus testing.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysians produce a lot of food waste.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian state of Sarawak reports 57 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily total since April 18th.

From MalayMail, a sharia court sentences a Malaysian parliamentcritter to a week in jail for "insulting" the Islamic judicial system.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong applauds the progress in relations between Vietnam and the U.S.

From the Taipei Times, isolation requirements are lifted for health workers in Taipei, Taiwan.

From The Mainichi, the world's oldest woman dies at age 119 in Fukuoka, Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, a U.S. economy powered mostly by solar and wind is a "dangerous fantasy".

From The Stream, during the Reformation, everyone were the persecutors.

From The Daily Signal, how the U.S. turned into La La Land.

From The American Conservative, how strategic ambiguity can be a better deterrent than strategic clarity.

From The Western Journal, in a poll about the 2024 Democratic primary, President Biden loses to "not sure".

From BizPac Review, Hunter Biden's emails show that he said some unpleasant things about his brother Beau's widow.

From The Daily Wire, according to a survey, young Americans want more parental control over education by a large margin.

From the Daily Caller, fellow users of Twitter, please welcome our new overlord.

From (appropriately) The U.S. Sun, the sun will be partially blotted out in a "mini" solar eclipse this week. (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, a Texas judge invites Disney to relocate.

From Breitbart, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) warns Disney and other companies about jumping into social issues.

From Newsmax, the group Iranian Americans for Liberty preemptively asks Elon Musk to remove the accounts of Iranian leaders from Twitter.

And from The Babylon Bee, a caravan of liberal refugees arrives at the border of MySpace.

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Sunday Stories

On a warm sunny Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, at a rally for senatorial candidate J.D. Vance (R-OH), former President Trump criticizes the Biden administration's failures.

From Townhall, can liberals really be this stupid?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about critical race theory and the left-wing "war on truth".

From the Washington Examiner, the Texas National Guard soldier who drowned trying to rescue migrants has been identified.

From American Thinker, why Russia will not attack Poland. (The 21st may become one of the few centuries in which Russia does not attack Poland.)

From NewsBusters, Google reportedly censors an ad promoting "womanhood".

From Canada Free Press, those who "go woke, go broke".

From TeleSUR, according to Venezuelan President Maduro, Colombia plans military strikes in Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, when will the coronavirus "vaccine zealots" face the truth?

From Snouts in the Trough, Russian President Putin and his murderous army of Orcs.

From Free West Media, economic difficulties force Brits to give up their pets.

From EuroNews, French President Emmanuel Macron is reelected.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's Tourism Office launches a new ad campaign.

From The New Arab, at least six people are dead after a migrant boat capsizes near Tripoli, Lebanon.

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians in March 2022.

From Space War, how far will Russia go in the new phase of its invasion of Ukraine?

From The Western Journal, illegal aliens enjoy themselves as they cross from Mexico into Texas.

From BizPac Review, an animal rights activist storms the court during an NBA playoff game and gets welcomed brutally.

From RedState, the dust-up between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and Disney shows how the left got a taste of its own medicine.

From LifeNews, the racism of Planned ~~Avoidance Of~~ Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.

From the New York Post, former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal wants to coach the Los Angeles Lakers, but is asking for a lot of money if he gets the job.

From Breitbart, Border Patrol agents in Texas find 500 illegal migrants in 9 tractor trailers in one week.

From Newsmax, the Slovenian opposition party Freedom Movement appears to have won their country's election.

And from Newsbreak, "I like turtles", said the people of Quincy, Massachusetts.

Saturday, April 23, 2022

Orrin Hatch 1934-2022

Former Senator Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican Senator in U.S. history, died earlier today in Salt Lake City, Utah. His death was reported in a statement by the Hatch Foundation, which he launched after leaving the Senate in 2019. No cause of death was indicated.

Orrin Grant Hatch was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. His parents were Jesse Hatch and Helen Frances Hatch(née Kamm). Although growing up in poverty, he became the first member of his family to go to college, attending Brigham Young University. He graduated in 1959 with a B.A. in history, and went on to earn a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962. He worked as an attorney in Pittsburgh before moving to Utah in 1969.

In 1976, Hatch successfully ran for Senator, his first campaign for public office, defeating three-term Democratic incumbent Frank Moss. He eventually served seven terms, retiring in 2019. During his last four years in office, he was the President pro tempore of the Senate.

Hatch was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and served in several positions in the church. He was a founder of the Federalist Society and a member of the board of directors of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He was also an accomplished musician and songwriter, having played the piano, organ and violin. He made several cameo appearances in movies and TV shows, including the crime drama Traffic, where he and fellow Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) portrayed themselves.

In 1957, Hatch married Elaine Hansen, by whom he is survived, along with their six children.

Read more at Politico, KSL(dot)com, USA Today, KJZZ 14 and The Hill.