Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, comedian and recent slap victim Chris Rock tells the truth about abortion.

From FrontpageMag, Hollywood (figuratively) slaps conservatives in the face.

From Townhall, the left goes nuts over Senator Tim Scott's (R-SC) vote against confirming SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the White House promotes the use of puberty blockers for "trans kids", relying on a dubious study.

From the Washington Examiner, according to congresscritter Lance Gooden (R-TX), the IRS must rein in alleged "fraud" by BLM and other "illicit" charities.  (The article uses the phrase "luxurious mansions", which is apparently what the "LM" in "BLM" stands for.)

From The Federalist, election denial has been financially good for former and current Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams (D).

From American Thinker, a large influx of illegal aliens keep crossing from Mexico into Texas.

From CNS News, soon-to-be-former White House press secretary Jen Psaki won't say at what age children should be taught about sexual orientation and gender identity.

From LifeZette, the Republicans anticipate taking the House of Representatives in November, unless they screw it up.  (I've come to realize that the ability of the GOP to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory should not be underestimated.)

From NewsBusters, the networks have ignored all 12 resignations by major staffers from Vice President Harris's staff.

From Canada Free Press, the truth about U.S. citizenship.  (Full disclosure:  I met in person the article's author while on vacation in California in 2009.  He blogs at Political Pistachio.)

From TeleSUR, the Peruvian government establishes a curfew due to protests getting violent.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a few questions about energy and its prices.

From Snouts in the Trough, the real people smugglers are the U.K.'s and Ireland's ruling elites.

From Free West Media, Russian Permanent Representative to the U.N. Vassily Nebenzia claims that what happened in Bucha, Ukraine was a false flag.

From EuroNews, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Mazowiecki asks French President Emmanuel Macron if he would negotiate with Hitler.  (At the Munich Conference in 1938, the U.K., France and Italy did exactly that.)

From Euractiv, the E.U.'s latest round of sanctions against Russia is intended to target coal imports, road transport, and shipping.

From ReMix, left-wing Western media outlets use the same smear against Hungarian Prime Minister Orban as they did against U.S. President Trump.

From Balkan Insight, the police chief of Novi Sad, the second largest city in Serbia, is arrested for alleged graft.

From Morocco World News, Spain's support of Morocco's plan for autonomy in Western Sahara is a "moment of truth" for the E.U. and France.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI invites Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to make an official visit.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Deputy Interior Minister İsmail Çataklı, 17,587 illegal irregular migrants and 759 human smugglers were caught by Turkish security forces in March.  (The Turkish language includes a version of the letter "i" in which the dot appears over the capital but not over the miniscule.  Both big and small appear in the minister's name.  How it differs in pronunciation from the regular "i", I have no idea.  If anyone knows about it, please tell me in a comment.)

From Turkish Minute, according to a survey, a slim majority of Turks believe that President Erdoğan will not win reelection in 2023.

From Rûdaw, several rockets believed to have been intended to hit a military base near Bashiqa, Iraq land in a potato field near the village of Girkal.

From Armenpress, the National Assembly of the Artsakh Republic, which is part of Azerbaijan, issues a statement.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, the Armenian opposition holds a rally and outlines its demands.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades arrives in Montenegro for a visit with President Milo Đukanović.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian NGOs provide new evidence against President Assad to European Courts.

From The961, the Lebanese people are warned about possible forest fires in the coming days.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz eases restrictions on Palestinians visiting the Temple Mount during Ramadan, despite a recent wave of terrorism.

From The Times Of Israel, according to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Israeli security forces have recently foiled over 15 terror attacks.

From The Jerusalem Post, a settler leader in the West Bank threatens threatens court action over a damaged security barrier.

From YNetNews, Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe awaits his 10-day stay on the International Space Station.

From Jewish News Syndicate, could there be a new intifada during the current Ramadan?

From the Egypt Independent, Russia denies preventing a ship loaded with Ukrainian wheat to sail to Egypt.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's first recycling facility for banana tree waste will be built in cooperation with Egyptians abroad.

Form the Sudan Tribune, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar discuss a possible unified command structure.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia earns $2.52 million in the export trade in eight months.

From the Saudi Gazette, over 500,000 people will be allowed to pray at the Rawdah Sharif during Ramadan.  (From what I can gather, the Rawdah Sharif is adjacent to the tomb of the prophet Mohammed, which is in the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia.)

From The New Arab, Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi calls the Houthi rebels to the negotiating table.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, two Muslim clerics are killed in a knife attack in Mashhad, Iran, with a third being injured.

From IranWire, Iranian sports figures, artists, and others urge their country's national soccer team to boycott the 2022 World Cup if women are still not allowed to watch soccer games in Iran.

From Iran International, according to Iran's Medical Council, about 4,000 doctors considered leaving the country over the past year.

From Khaama Press, according to the U.N.'s World Food Program, 14.8 million Afghans will be provided with food items in 2022.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, the U.S. welcomes the Taliban's ban on poppy cultivation and the production and use of drugs in Afghanistan.

From the Afghanistan Times, the activities of ISIS in Afghanistan have been restrained.  (The article uses the term "Daesh".)

From Gatestone Institute, "terrorism, Ukraine, Taiwan and the outsourcing wars".

From The Stream, can we really move away from fossil fuels without harming the economy?

From The Daily Signal, the great pride of Mexican Americans in Texas.

From Space Daily, the U.K. Space Command contracts with the company Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for a Carbonite+ satellite.  (Wasn't carbonite the material in which Han Solo was frozen?)

From The American Conservative, President Biden's folly in Ukraine.

From The Ascent, here's who can expect to receive the proposed $100 per month gas stimulus.

From The Western Journal, Democratic Senators from swing states are angry over the Biden administration's decision to end Title 42.

From CNBC, Elon Musk is added to Twitter's board of directors.  (via BizPac Review)

From The Daily Wire, Ukraine's ambassador to the U.N. asks his Russian counterpart about when they "enjoyed acting like Nazis".

From the Daily Caller, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a closed-door meeting with Republican congresscritters.

From Fox News, current White House chief of staff Ron Klain allegedly asked Hunter Biden for money in 2012.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, the Biden administration extends the federal student loan pause through this coming August.

From Breitbart, Mayorkas wants to give migrants every opportunity to stay in the U.S. after Title 42 expires.

From Newsmax, Elon Musk, contrary to some expectations on the right, will not force Twitter to reinstate the account of former President Trump.

And from the Detroit Free Press, congresscritter Fred Upton (R-MI) decides that he has had enough for one lifetime.

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