Thursday, April 21, 2022

Thursday Links

As the rain resumes on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Democrat idea of "smart power" hasn't yet lived up to its name.

From FrontpageMag, asylum seekers overwhelm a state that's very far from the Mexican border.

From Townhall, CNN+, we hardly knew ye.

From The Washington Free Beacon, many Democrats regard health care as a human right, but don't provide it to their campaign staffers.

From the Washington Examiner, many Democrats believe that Hillary Clinton really won the 2016 presidential election.  (But when Republicans make similar claims about the 2020 election, it's a "big lie".)

From The Federalist, Republicans everywhere should do what Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is doing to Disney.

From American Thinker, to whom has President Biden been talking during his many stays in his home state of Delaware?

From CNS News, as the border is overwhelmed, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas address the "root causes", which are allegedly in Panama.

From LifeZette, America deserves better than Biden.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber and the "what's up, doc?" department, Biden should "follow the bunny".  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, yet another prominent athlete calls for an end to transgendered people in women's swimming.

From Canada Free Press, as president, I would not shake hands with air nor make a political statement about Time magazine.

From TeleSUR, El Salvador will speed up its construction of prisons.

From TCW Defending Freedom, as vaccinated athletes collapse, the authorities go Sgt. Schultz.

From Snouts in the Trough, would Sri Lanka, a.k.a. Ceylon, have been better off as a British colony?

From EuroNews, U.K. parliamentcritters approve an investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson's alleged lies about "partygate".

From the International Business Times, riots over the burning of a Koran in Sweden tests the country's tolerance.

From Russia Today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is one of 29 prominent Americans barred from entering Russia.

From Sputnik International, according to Russian official Sergei Koshelev, Russia has the right to regard arms sent from the U.S. and NATO as legitimate military targets.

From The Moscow Times, Russian President Putin claims that Mariupol, Ukraine has been "liberated".

From Romania-Insider, how to fight the inflation that's running rampant in Romania.

From Novinite, starting in June, Bulgaria will accommodate refugees from Ukraine in state or municipal bases.

From The Sofia Globe, half of Bulgaria's districts are coronavirus green zones.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, stability in Bulgaria is in Ukraine's interest.

From the Greek Reporter, Volkswagen delivers its first electric cars to customers on the Greek island of Astypalaia.

From Ekathimerini, Greece will release an impounded Russian oil tanker amid confusion about sanctions on its owners.

From the Greek City Times, vegans protest in Athens, Greece against the eating of lambs for Easter.

From Balkan Insight, a memorial for concentration camp victims in World War II is unveiled in Belgrade by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.

From Total Croatia News, Easter tourism in Croatia is successful this year.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian tanks are included in a German program to send weapons to Ukraine.

From The Slovenia Times, the Slovenian Red Cross sends 55 metric tons of food to Ukraine.

From The Malta Independent, students in Malta are no longer required to wear masks in their schools.

From Malta Today, how does Maltese opposition leader Bernard Grech's shadow cabinet compare with Malta's real cabinet?

From ANSA, Italy and the Republic of Congo reach a deal to send natural gas from the former to the latter.  (The Republic of the Congo was a French possession, and is located to the northwest of the much larger Democratic Republic of Congo, which was a Belgian colony.)

From SwissInfo, Switzerland adapts its housing policy for Ukrainian refugees.

From France24, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is "a political animal vying to win the Élysée Palace".

From RFI, after debating Le Pen, French President Emmanuel Macron maintains his lead.

From Free West Media, more on the debate between Macron and Le Pen.

From ReMix, the Czech billionaire who is the main shareholder of the French magazine Marianne is accused of having its headline changed to benefit Macron.  (I would regard this alleged development as tiny compared to the American media censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020.)

From El País, after two years, Spain ends its mandate to wear masks indoors.

From The Portugal News, Portugal ends its mandate to wear masks indoors, with some exceptions.

From Euractiv, in its search to become energy independent, Europe rediscovers biogas.

From The North Africa Post, the Arab Ministerial Committee commends the role of the Al Quds Committee chaired by Moroccan King Mohammed VI.

From The New Arab, Sana'a International Airport in Yemen opens for the first time in 6 years, with flights to Amman, Jordan.

From Gatestone Institute, are we letting Putin and Russia win in Ukraine?

From The Stream, double standards about free speech on university campuses.

From The Daily Signal, billionaire Elon Musk could end the suppression of conservatives on Twitter.

From The American Conservative, Brazil can teach us a thing or two about inflation.

From The Western Journal, China's security pact with the Solomon Islands allows it to place its military less than 1,500 miles from American shores.

From BizPac Review, former President Obama announces a crusade to stop the "spread of disinformation".

From The Daily Wire, Florida state House Democrats go nuts as Republicans pass a new congressional district map.

From the Daily Caller, "detransitioners" admit their regret for getting sex change surgery, and oppose gender ideology.

From the New York Post, the Twitter board members who oppose Elon Musk's bid to take over the company.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, J.D. Vance takes a large lead in the Ohio Senate primary race after getting an endorsement from former President Trump.

From Newsmax, President Biden bans ships affiliated with Russia from docking at U.S. ports.

And from Engadget, Mr. and Mrs. Obama are reportedly leaving Spotify.

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