Thursday Links

As the weather stays mild on the first Thursday of 2023, here are some things going on:

From National Review, could the deal to elect a House Speaker involve "present" votes?

From FrontpageMag, the man who stabbed two cops on New Year's Eve in New York city left a "chilling" manifesto.

From Townhall, congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) loses on the 7th ballot for House Speaker.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration touts its draining of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as one of its "top accomplishments in 2022".

From the Washington Examiner, three ways in which the chaos over electing a new Speaker could be resolved.

From The Federalist, former congresscritter Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) gets his dream job at CNN.

From American Thinker, what the man who claimed to be "the science" forgot about science.

From CNS News, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, border "encounters" are "straining our system", but we are "managing" their numbers.

From NewsBusters, random thoughts for the New Year.

From CTV News, a migrant's body is found in Montérégie, Quebec, near the Roxham Road crossing point between Canada and the U.S.

From TeleSUR, Mexican authorities capture Sinaloa drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman.

From TCW Defending Freedom, who today would fight for the U.K. and its king?

From RAIR Foundation USA, Algerian and Georgian migrants brawl at a luxury hotel in Ireland.

From Free West Media, German Greens want to accelerate the legalization of cannabis.

From EuroNews, a campaign launched by two Finnish politicians aims to "embarrass" Germany into sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

From Euractiv, Germany intends to almost double its ability to produce electricity from natural gas.

From Sputnik International, Russian President Putin orders a ceasefire in Ukraine for January 6th and 7th, to allow for the observance of Orthodox Christmas.

From ReMix, Croatians are shocked by increasing prices after their country adopts the euro.

From Balkan Insight, talks on forming a government for Montenegro collapse, which could bring the country to snap elections.

From The North Africa Post, textile exports from Morocco reach a new record.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey's Constitutional Court suspends funding for the Peoples' Democratic Party, which is pro-Kurdish.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, in an appeal to the civilized world, Artsakh National Assembly President Artur Tovmasyan calls for action to open the Lachin Corridor.

From North Press Agency, joint patrols by Russian and Turkish forces may be expanded in northern Syria.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's High Court tells former knessetcritter Aryeh Deri that he can't leave the Knesset under a plea bargain and then return to become a cabinet minister.

From Gatestone Institute, why Palestinians want to kill Jewish worshippers.

From Egypt Today, after being excluded from development for almost 50 years, the Egyptian governorate of Sohag sees the inauguration of several projects.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia plans to host an exhibition of Turkish export products.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, an Iranian teacher slams the country's education ministry after being dismissed for not wearing a hijab.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's acting minister of mines and petroleum signs and agreement with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu oil field.

From The Express Tribune, senior Pakistani intelligence official Muhammad Naveed Sadiq, who was killed in a terror attack in the province of Punjab, had been a "nightmare" for ISIS.  (The article uses the term "Da'ish", which is an alternate spelling of "Da'esh", which is a designation for ISIS.)

From the Hindustan Times, Delhi and other cities in India see unusually cold temperatures.  (These cold temperatures and the current warm temperatures in the eastern U.S. are both due to manmade climate change caused by manmade carbon emissions, and don't you dare question the science.)

From New Age, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address her nation tomorrow evening, to mark the completion of her fourth year in office.

From The Daily Mirror, a woman in Sri Lanka is killed by a stray bullet fired by police.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian state governments of Sarawak and Sabah are granted the authority to implement development projects for the benefit of the people.

From The Stream, bye, (now former) Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal), and thanks for all the debt.

From Space War, Australia buys a U.S.-made missile system of a type that has been tested in Ukraine.

From The Daily Signal, we've had enough, so it's time for us to take back our streets from the criminals.

From The American Conservative, lessons from the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI.

From BizPac Review, Democrat congresscritters don't appreciate fellow congresscritter Kat Cammack (R-FL) accusing them of eating popcorn and consuming adult beverages during votes to choose the next Speaker.  (If you ask me, I don't blame Democrats for passing the popcorn right now.)

From The Daily Wire, doctors treating NFL player Damar Hamlin after he suffered a heart attack during a game give an update on his condition.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) decides to call it a career.

From the New York Post, Democrat-leading congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (NY) raises funds over his Republican colleagues' failure to elect a House Speaker.

From Breitbart, former President Trump promises to "wage war" on Mexico drug cartels as if they were ISIS.

From Newsmax, Ukraine spurns the aforementioned Orthodox Christian ceasefire from Russia.

And from the Genesius Times, the aforementioned congresscritter McCarthy sees his shadow, thus indicating that there will be six more weeks of voting to choose a House Speaker.