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.

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