Friday Fuss

On the first Friday of 2022, which is the second anniversary of the Capitol riot, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) gains some votes, but is once again not elected Speaker of the House.

From FrontpageMag, the FBI could use a few New Year's resolutions.

From Townhall, has President Biden "worked since day one" on border security, as claimed by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre?

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Rueben Gallego (D-AZ) taps a convicted felon to be a senior advisor to his Senate exploratory committee.  (In other words, it's someone who can't even legally vote.)

From the Washington Examiner, a former West Virginia state legislator who spent three months in prison for his role in the Capitol riot announces his intention to become a congresscritter.

From The Federalist, January 6th is important for something total unrelated to the Capitol riot.

From American Thinker, an interview with the Mississippi state legislator who co-wrote the law the led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

From CNS News, a record number of Americans were employed during this past December.

From Red Voice Media, RINOs tell grassroots Americans to "shut up" and "know your place".  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Mark Levin calls for Republicans to investigate left-wing billionaire George Soros.

From Canada Free Press, we are a Christian nation, if we can keep it.

From TeleSUR, Brazil will encourage coronavirus vaccination before the festive season of Carnival.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak should seek to emulate his predecessor Margaret Thatcher, not his other predecessor Tony Blair.

From the (U.K.) Independent, for the first time ever, the census of England and Wales records over 250,000 transgender people.

From Euractiv, the Belgium commune of Flanders ends the force-feeding of animals, which results in the closing of the area's last foie gras farm.  (My spellchecker has no problem with the French word "foie", but objects to "gras", which means "fat".  Flanders is the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium.  Even so, you can read the article in French.)

From About Hungary, Hungary issues forex bonds worth $4.25 billion.

From The Moscow Times, artillery exchanges occur in eastern Ukraine in spite of Russian President Putin's ceasefire order.

From ReMix, are Western leaders secretly working toward a ceasefire in Ukraine?

From Radio Bulgaria, according to interim Bulgarian Energy Minister Rosen Hristov, the contract between Bulgargaz and the Turkish company Botas will not supply any gas from Russia.

From Ekathimerini, Greeks celebrate the feast of the Epiphany after two years of coronavirus-related restrictions.

From Balkan Insight, the governing coalition in Bosnia and Herzegovina starts cracking only 20 days after being formed.

From Free West Media, the Swiss People's Party calls for a national referendum on limiting immigration.

From EuroNews, President Emmanuel Macron unveils a plan to stop the "endless crisis" in France's healthcare.

From The North Africa Post, Spanish authorities arrest 43 people suspected of belonging to a criminal ring that illegal migrants, mostly Moroccans.

From GhanaWeb, six people, including four teachers, are killed in a suspected terror attack in Bittou, Burkina Faso.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an opinion column, Israel's Religious Zionist Party is becoming anti-Zionist.

From YNetNews, the Jewish women who left a mark on the Muslim world.

From The New Arab, soccer fans are hopeful ahead of the Gulf Cup, to be played in Basra, Iraq.

From IranWire, an Iranian Sunni cleric urges legislative reform to meet demands from protesters.

From Pakistan Today, according to former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the establishment is not "neutral" on a vote of confidence for Punjab provincial Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi.

From ANI, the Indian government declares the Peoples Anti-Fascist-Front, its manifestations, and its front organizations to be terrorist organizations.  (Hmmm, people behaving violently while calling themselves "anti-fascist".  Where have I heard that one before?)

From India Today, members of the United Hindu Front protest outside India's Supreme Court.

From Gatestone Institute, is Europe "at the mercy of Qatar"?

From The Stream, the legal inconsistency in abortion laws.

From The Daily Signal, some examples of defensive gun use in 2022.

From The American Conservative, the Capitol rioters aren't saints but Americans, and should be treated like Americans.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Maxine Waters (D-Cal) gets into a shouting match with Republican congresscritters on the House floor.

From The Daily Wire, after Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) calls Florida "where woke goes to die", the Broward County School Board signs a deal with a radical leftist group.

From the Daily Caller, Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin is now breathing on his own.

From the New York Post, food prices his a record high in 2022.

From Breitbart, a German broadcaster is accused of trying to "cover up" the riots by migrants in Berlin on New Year's Eve.

From Newsmax, the Taliban criticize the U.K.'s Prince Harry over his claim to have killed 25 people while fighting in Afghanistan.

And from SFGate, a man allegedly breaks into the Milwaukee Brewers clubhouse after getting drunk.