Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, the origin of the coronavirus will forever be a mystery.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden and the Democrats are skipping into the final stage of socialism.

From Townhall, the Democrats really don't believe their own rhetoric about democracy being "in peril".

From The Washington Free Beacon, an ad campaign aimed at Latino voters goes against the "woke war on children".

From the Washington Examiner, if "election deniers" are a threat to democracy, Biden needs to fire White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

From The Federalist, has the FBI raid on former President Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago made former Attorney General Bill Barr forget about deep state deceit?

From American Thinker, Democrats copy the tactics of fascists past.

From CNS News, according to former acting ICE Director John Fahey, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is part of the illegal immigration problem.

From LifeZette, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) drops some truth bombs while appearing on the show Jesse Watters Primetime.

From NewsBusters, a court orders Dr. Fauci and others to produce records in a case involving alleged collusion between the Biden administration and Big Tech.

From Canada Free Press, Biden's "soul of the nation" speech attacks the spirit of America.

From TeleSUR, the Mexican militia group Zapatista Army of National Liberation sells art works to the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Spain.

From TCW Defending Freedom, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson leaves behind a scandalous trail of destruction.

From Snouts in the Trough, Sky News Australia interviews British right-wing commentator Douglas Murray.

From Free West Media, new U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss wants to escalate the war in Ukraine.

From EuroNews, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania reach an agreement to severely restrict entry by Russian citizens.

From Euractiv, the effort to de-Russify Ukraine is misunderstood.

From ReMix, in London, Indians own more real estate than the English do.

From Balkan Insight, the Romanian government offers to bring back about 3,000 Romanians stranded at various airports by the troubled airline Blue Air.

From Morocco World News, Morocco plans to reinforce learning English as tensions develop with France.

From The North Africa Post, Arab countries are uncomfortable with Algeria hosting an Arab League summit.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Türkiye is pursuing a balanced policy between Russia and Ukraine.

From Turkish Minute, Türkiye is the largest importer of Russian fossil fuels other than the E.U. and China.

From Rûdaw, at least 20,000 Iranians enter Iraq via its Kurdistan region to go on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala.

From Armenpress, Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan visits the Salina training center in the American state of Kansas.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russia President Vladimir Putin discuss ties between their countries and regional developments.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus offers free lessons in Greek for Ukrainian refugees.

From The Syrian Observer, troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces and the U.S.-led Global Coalition raid the house of an ISIS financier.

From North Press Agency, the Israeli military attacks Syria's Aleppo International Airport, targeting Hezbollah leaders.

From The961, September will be a decisive time for border negotiations between Lebanon and Israel.

From Arutz Sheva, a rare First Temple-era document is returned to Israel.

Form The Times Of Israel, Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz reject a U.S. call to review the IDF's rules of engagement.

From The Jerusalem Post, the two Hezbollah terrorists work with Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps officers to build Iran's air defenses in Syria.

From YNetNews, Israel prepares a plan for reconstruction after an earthquake.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt withdraws from the opening session of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and U.S. Climate Czar John Kerry discuss climate change.

From the Sudan Tribune, Sudan and South Sudan back efforts to end the conflict in Ethiopia.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the medical device company Lohmann & Rauscher starts construction on a manufacturing plant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia plans to invest SR700 million to develop a green economy and to create jobs.  (The Saudi monetary unit, abbreviated as "SR", is the Saudi riyal, which is pegged at SR 3.75 to U.S. $1.)

From The New Arab, Iraq's Federal Supreme Court rules that it cannot dissolve the country's parliament.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iranian authorities crack down on LGBT people.

From IranWire, thousands of people call for Iran to release three women sentenced to death for LGBT rights activism.

From Iran International, Iranian pundits are pessimistic about quick results in nuclear talks with the U.S.

From Khaama Press, one person is killed and four others are injured when a grenade belonging to Taliban members "accidentally" explodes in Maimana, Afghanistan.

From the Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan's academic year begins, but girls in grades 7 through 12 are excluded.

From DNA, a Pakistani diplomat is charged with sexual harassment for an alleged sexual assault in Barcelona, Spain.  (Since DNA is an Indian source, any negative reporting about Pakistan or Pakistanis should be viewed with a bit of NaCl.  This is also true of Pakistani sources with negative reports about India or Indians.  Thus, the flow of NaCl is two-way.)

From OpIndia, operators allegedly illegally operating a madrassa in Delhi, India take two media reporters hostage for daring to ask questions.

From Firstpost, after India defeats Pakistan in a T20 cricket match, Muslim gangs terrorize Hindus and vandalize property - in Leicester, England.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. needs an energy policy that is safe and sane.

From The Stream, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) keeps black kids out of school.

From Fox News, border authorities in Texas seize $11.9 million worth of methamphetamine from a tractor trailer.

From The Daily Signal, what happened when Rhode Island made voting (and cheating) easier.

From The American Conservative, according to an opinion column, the immigration case United States v. Wong Kim Ark should be overturned.

From The Western Journal, embalmers are baffled by long fibrous clots found inside corpses.  (The article includes a link to an Epoch Times story, which is behind a paywall.)

From BizPac Review, according to right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro, the U.S. has "unserious leadership in a serious time".

From The Daily Wire, now that Europeans are resorting to burning wood, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg opposes that, too.

From the Daily Caller, according to free speech experts, here are the five best and five worst colleges for free speech.

From the New York Post, a Brazilian woman gives birth to twins who have different fathers.  (If you read Portuguese, read the story at Globo.)

From Breitbart, eight reasons why the left is terrified of the film My Son Hunter.

From Newsmax, power consumption in the U.S. is expected to reach a record high this year.

And from UPI and the "please let this be true" department, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that she will not run for president again.