Trump Is Indicted And Other Friday Fuss

Late yesterday evening, the news broke that former President Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan jury for alleged offenses relating to hush money payments to adult actress Stormy Daniels back in 2016, and possibly for other matters.  As I start this post, I figure that many of the sites from which I usually link stories might have something so say about this development.  With that in mind, on a cool cloudy Friday at the end of March, here are some things going on:

From National Review, prosecutors don't have veto power in presidential primary campaigns.

From FrontpageMag, from republic to banana republic.

From Townhall, President Biden gives a "no comment" to his predecessor's indictment.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Biden has a mess in the Middle East.

From the Washington Examiner, arresting a former President is not a "ministerial" matter.

From The Federalist, the Trump indictment launches an era of "show me the man and I'll show you the crime" politics.

From American Thinker, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) shows how the left is violating American norms.

From CNS News, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) calls the Trump indictment "un-American" and indicates that his state will not assist in any extradition request.

From Fox News, former Vice President Pence calls the Trump indictment an "outrage".  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) calls on nine tech companies to answer if they colluded with the government to censor Americans.

From Canada Free Press, a user's guide to the 10th Amendment and why it is needed.

From TeleSUR, according to the Colombian Geological Service, the volcano Nevado del Ruiz could erupt very soon.

From TCW Defending Freedom, according to the climate fearmongers, manmade climate change produces floods, except when it produces droughts.

From EuroNews, Italy blocks OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT.

From Euractiv, speaking to the German Bundestag, the U.K.'s King Charles praises the unity on the war in Ukraine, while alternating between the German and English languages.

From ReMix, the Polish middle class becomes wealthier while the bracket of poor taxpayers becomes fewer in number.

From Balkan Insight, the Bulgarian legislative election is as thin as a "knife-edge".

From The North Africa Post, Ugandan Army General Muhoozi Kainerugaba promises to send troops to Russia if it is attacked.

From The New Arab, the legacy of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, known as the "star of the east".

From Shia Waves, an Egyptian Muslim woman get a permit allowing calls to prayers over loudspeakers in the New York City borough of Queens.

From Gatestone Institute, the leadership crisis in the U.S.

From The Stream, random thoughts on the morning after the Trump indictment.

From The Daily Signal, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas's testimony before the House and the Senate reveal the "big lie" about Biden's border debacle.

From The American Conservative, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passes a bill that removes the state's ability to prosecute doctors to violate its abortion law.

From The Western Journal, the NYPD orders all its officers to report in uniform due to expected tensions over the Trump indictment.

From BizPac Review, Trump reacts to his indictment.

From The Daily Wire, the "Trans Day Of Vengeance" is canceled by its organizers.

From the Daily Caller, Canadian authorities find six dead bodies along the border with the state of New York, all believed to have been attempting to illegally enter the U.S.

From the New York Post, rich and famous people in Los Angeles scramble to sell their homes ahead of the city imposing its new "mansion tax".

From Breitbart, the indictment of Trump poses political risks for Biden.

From Newsmax, Social Security is now expected to last for 10 more years.

And from the Genesius Times, Netflix presents a documentary on polar bears.

Thursday Tidings

On a sunny but cool Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) can spare us.

From FrontpageMag, the first two of the top ten lies of wokeism.

From Townhall, Tennessee Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Haggerty introduce a plan to protect schools and the people in them.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a huge surge of illegal immigration is happening at the border - the Canadian border.

From the Washington Examiner, a judge in Texas strikes down an aspect of Obamacare on its 13th anniversary.

From The Federalist, a bill banning another wave of "Zuckbucks" heads toward the desk of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA).

From American Thinker, for how much longer can Western government continue spitting on their citizens?

From CNS News, congresscritter Chris Smith (R-NJ) points out how Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party murder from 60,000 to 100,000 young people every year.

From Fox News, to protest policies allowing biological men to compete in women's weightlifting, a male coach "identifies" as a woman and breaks records held by another such person.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, a guest on the MSNBC show Jose Diaz-Balart Reports claims that "hundreds of thousands" of people have been killed in school shootings.

From Canada Free Press, what is the solution to school shootings?

From TeleSUR, Mexican authorities identify eight people believed responsible for the fire at a migrant center in the city of Juarez.

From TCW Defending Freedom, old left-wingers never die, but some of them see through the "big lie".

From Snouts in the Trough, the "Great Reset" keeps going ahead and "there's no way to stop it".  (The article has yesterday's date, but as a "Thursday/Friday blog" appears to be intended for today and tomorrow.  I put quotes around "there's no way to stop it" even though the phrase does not appear in the article, because it's the title of a song from the stage version of The Sound Of Music.)

From EuroNews, a Russian man convicted in absentia for criticizing his country's war in Ukraine is arrested in Belarus.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Euractiv, according to the Council of Europe, physical abuse of migrants is common in Europe.

From ReMix, a people smuggler from Morocco established his own "kingdom" in Serbia which even issued its own fake passports.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Balk Magazin.)

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia agrees to donate its entire fleet of Soviet-made Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine.

From The North Africa Post, France denies visas to Gabon's under-16 soccer team.

From The New Arab, over 100 migrants camping in front of the U.N.'s International Migrants Association building in Tunis, Tunisia demand to be taken to safer countries.

From Dawn, Pakistan starts outsourcing operations and assets at three of its major airports.

From India Today, violence breaks out at Ram Navami celebrations in the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Bengal.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government extends its deadline to register for the Hajj to April 5th.

From the Colombo Page, according to Sri Lanka's attorney general, the country's Court of Appeal cannot order public servants to retire.

From Raajje, Oman will allow Maldivians to enter without a visa.

From The Straits Times, Singapore's Bird Paradise in Mandai Wildlife Reserve will open on May 8th, with discounted tickets until May 26th.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesian President Joko Widodo bemoans the "round the clock" traffic congestion in the capital city of Jakarta.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian Medical Association reminds a group of government doctors who are planning a strike to observe their Hippocratic oath.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam holds its first-ever baguette festival.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwanese surgeons successfully transplant a kidney into a three-year-old girl.

From The Korea Herald, the South Korean government plans to release a report on human rights abuses in North Korea.

From The Mainichi, a court in Osaka, Japan finalizes a ruling that grants refugee status to a Ugandan lesbian woman.

From Gatestone Institute, is Turkey bidding a belated farewell to its President Erdoğan?

From The Stream, how atheism would destroy everything that is human.

From The Daily Signal, according to congresscritter Mike Waltz (R-FL), the U.S. Defense Department has "drastically shifted off course".

From The American Conservative, the uniparty shows its hand on aid to Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, the "QAnon Shaman" is released from prison and will be sent to a halfway house in Phoenix, Arizona.

From BizPac Review, CNN goes into a tailspin while Fox News dominates the ratings.

From The Daily Wire, protesters storm the Tennessee Capitol building in Nashville to demand gun control.

From the Daily Caller, the Nashville shooter's manifesto will be released after the FBI reviews it.

From Breitbart, the Italian government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni backs legislation that would ban synthetic foods and lab-grown meat.

From Newsmax, the U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill intended to bolster domestic oil and gas production.

From Florida Politics, a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy clears a state House committee in Florida.  (via Newsmax)

And from the New York Post, musician Lionel Richie admits that he wrote part of his song Lady while sitting on his throne.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a mild sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Nashville school shooter's gun purchases could have been prevented, but were not.

From FrontpageMag, the Biden administration wanted even to censor private text messages.

From Townhall, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) makes a chilling but true point about crime in Washington, D.C.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration wants to cut funding for the U.S. Navy as China continues to build up theirs.

From the Washington Examiner, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) reportedly avoids texting and emailing in his official functions.

From The Federalist, yes, there is voter suppression, but it's not taking place where some people claim.  (Full disclosure:  Mama and Papa Bigfoot both grew up in the Pennsylvania county where the reported voter suppression allegedly took place.)

From American Thinker, former President Trump is campaigning for 2024 as if it were 2016.

From CNS News, according to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, the U.S. has to be "very, very careful" about foreigners buying land near our defense facilities.

From Fox News, DNA obtained from a partially eaten burrito ties a doctoral student to the firebombing of a pro-life pregnancy center in Madison, Wisconsin.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, CEO Seth Dillon of The Babylon Bee points out that Big Tech censorship protects a narrative, not the truth.

From Canada Free Press, the Canadian government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still oppressing the country's trucking industry.

From TeleSUR, due to outbreaks of avian flu, Namibia suspends importing poultry from Argentina and Chile.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Scottish National Party hammers another nail into its own coffin.

From Snouts in the Trough, are the Ukrainians doing the Russians a favor?

From EuroNews, why are so many Slovaks falling for propaganda on the Russian embassy's page on Facebook?

From Euractiv, the trade in she-don't-lie is expanding in Europe, especially in France.  (If you read French, you can also read the original French version of the article.)

From ReMix, the German party AfD launches a map tracking crime by migrants across Germany.

From Balkan Insight, the Bosnian canton of Sarajevo draws criticism by voting to shorten school classes during Ramadan.  (The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of two entities that constitute the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is divided into 10 cantons, one of which includes and is named for the country's capital of Sarajevo.)

From Morocco World News, a study calls for better police response to violence against women in Morocco.

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. government tells the Algerian government that it wants support for the U.N. political process on the Sahara and regional stability.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan suggests that he will reshuffle his cabinet after the next election.

From Rûdaw, an oil company operating in the Iraqi region of Kurdistan starts shutting down its production after a pipeline going into Turkey is closed.

From Armenpress, the economy of the region of Nagorno Karabakh loses $1.9 million per day due to the Azerbaijani government's blockade.

From Azərbaycan24, Azerbaijan officially opens its embassy in Israel.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus is third in the E.U. in its percentage of foreign-born citizens.

From The Syrian Observer, according to the leader of Syria's national army, Turkey may normalize its relations with Syria by dealing with the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

From Arutz Sheva, a copper fishing hook over 5,000 years old, believed to be the oldest ever found, is discovered in Ashkelon, Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, from this coming December and afterwards, visiting Egyptian archaeological sites is gonna cost ya a bit more, pilgrim.

From the Saudi Gazette, several areas in Saudi Arabia will be hit by heavy rain or sandstorms.

From The New Arab, an extremist Israeli group calls for animal sacrifices near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to observe Passover.  (The ancient Israelites routinely performed animal sacrifices in the Temple, whose location was near where the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock currently stand.)

From Gulf News, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as ruler of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, decrees a restructuring of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iranian hardliners propose stronger measures to enforce Iran's law that requires women to wear hijabs.

From Khaama Press, according to a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, restrictions on women will delay Afghanistan's international relations.

From OpIndia, in an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, noted atheist Richard Dawkins can't get himself to criticize Islamic terrorism.

From Gatestone Institute, why has the Biden administration opposed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's proposed judicial reforms?  (Why should the U.S. government have any say in how Israel reforms its judicial system?  Does Israel have a say in how the U.S. organizes its judicial system?)

From The Stream, do conservatives invariably oppose change?

From The Daily Signal, Spotsylvania County, Virginia removes 14 sexually explicit books from its school libraries and gives them to its public libraries.

From The American Conservative, the danger from artificial intelligence is not that it becomes like us, but that we become like it.

From The Western Journal, a detail about the Nashville shooter's gun is seen as it is spotted on video footage.

From BizPac Review, former Fox News host Megyn Kelly goes on a rant against calls to ban guns.

From The Daily Wire, the fashion house Kate Spade is slammed for promoting its 2023 women's spring line with self-proclaimed "girl" Dylan Mulvaney.

From the Daily Caller, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley weighs in on military intervention against the Mexican drug cartels.

From the New York Post, according to newly revealed documents, U.S. marshals were told to "not" arrest protesters at the homes of Supreme Court justices "unless absolutely necessary".

From Breitbart, according to a LendingClub report, 44 percent of Americans are working a second job.

And from Newsmax, Ukraine warns its citizens about Russian air raids with the voice of Luke Skywalker.

Tuesday Things

On a cool cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the legacy media struggle to characterize the sex of the Nashville, Tennessee Christian high school shooter.

From FrontpageMag, leftism is indeed a religion as evidenced by the University of Helsinki giving Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg an honorary doctorate in theology.

From Townhall, how did over $700 million for coronavirus-related aid to schools go missing?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a man arrested for allegedly stabbing a staffer for Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) had been released from prison the day before.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column written by congresscritters John Curtis (R-UT) and Mariannette Miller-Weeks (R-IA), HR 1 will produce more energy independence while reducing costs and carbon dioxide emissions.

From The Federalist, the Nashville school shooting shows that feeding mental illness is not compassionate.

From American Thinker, reporting on the Nashville school shooting shows the incoherence of modern gender theory.

From CNS News, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) claims that 80 percent of the fentanyl entering the U.S. is brought by Americans coming in through ports of entry.

From Fox News, after "Twitter Files" writer Matt Taibbi testifies before Congress, an IRS agent visits his house.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, an attempt to define "woke".

From Canada Free Press, Wisconsin should not elevate Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz to its state Supreme Court.

From TeleSUR, 39 migrants die in a fire at a migrant facility in Juarez City, Mexico.

From TCW Defending Freedom, photo ID cards for U.K. voters are a step toward digital identity.  (This is interesting because American conservatives generally support some type of ID being required for voting.)

From Snouts in the Trough, how can U.K. politicians be so stupid?  (This one has yesterday's date, but appears to be intended for yesterday and today, as a "Monday/Tuesday blog".)

From Euractiv, the E.U. will start talks on reforming migration laws.

From ReMix, according to Justice Minister Judit Varga, Hungary's migration policy sets an example for all of Europe.

From Romania-Insider, Romania relaunches its tender for purchasing hydrogen-powered trains.

From The Sofia Globe, an outbreak of false bomb threats against schools in Bulgaria results in a terrorism investigation.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek authorities say that they have dismantled a terrorist organization.

From Balkan Insight, a former Yugoslav People's Army officer pleads not guilty to a charge that he ordered an attack on the Croatian village of Lovas in 1991.

From Total Croatia News, sustainable tourism in the Croatian county of Međimurje is proving itself.  (If permitted an educated guess, due to the similarities between the Croatian and Polish languages, I'd say that the county's name means "between walls".)

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenia and Croatia plan to sign an agreement on energy supply and migration.

From The Malta Independent, Malta has deported over 1,000 migrants since the start of 2022.

From ANSA, the Italian cabinet reportedly approves a bill to ban synthetic foods and animal feeds.

From SwissInfo, how the collapse of the bank Credit Suisse rippled around the world.

From EuroNews, a Swiss-made hypersonic hydrogen-powered jet is expected to be able to fly from Europe to Australia in four hours.

From France24, a live blog of protests in France, as the French government rejects a "mediation" period for talks on its plan to reform pensions.

From El País, Spanish actress Hiba Abouk breaks her silence about the rape accusations faced by her husband, Moroccan soccer player Achraf Hakimi.

From The Portugal News, two people are stabbed to death at an Ismaili center in Lisbon, Portugal.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco maintains its standing as the country in northern Africa most insulated from terrorism.

From The New Arab, Ramadan is observed in Nablus, West Bank.

From NDTV, 20 pilgrims intended on visiting the holy cities of Mecca and Medina are killed when their bus crashes on a bridge in the Saudi Arabian province of Asir.

From Sky News, the U.N. calls on the Taliban to explain why a girls' education activist was arrested in Kabul, Afghanistan.

From Gatestone Institute, another Latin American country chooses to cut ties with Taiwan and establish diplomatic relations with China.

From The Stream, watch out for the "wolves in sheep's clothing".

From The Daily Signal, according to an Asian studies expert, the Chinese Communist Party is engaging in "systemic persecution of Christians" and Uyghurs.

From The American Conservative, transgendered people become visible.

From The Western Journal, the Nashville school shooter wrote a "sick" message on her murder weapon.

From BizPac Review, SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly claims that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is afraid to appear on her podcast.

From The Daily Wire, more on the aforementioned Matt Taibbi's house being visited by an IRS agent.

From the Daily Caller, according to a report, a large majority of Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood facilities are located within five miles of a college campus.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, Democrats favor the Palestinians over the Israelis for the first time.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis), Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is "evading" questions about the border.

And from the New York Post, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak tells a successful contestant to watch her language.

Monday Links

On a cloudy and mild Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, we have some real problems that are bigger than so-called "digital blackface".

From FrontpageMag, why is Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's husband upset that adult material is banned in school libraries in Florida?

From Townhall, there's a country which Vice President Harris will not visit on her trip to Africa.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a union activist calls a Palestinian terrorist a "freedom fighter".  (I came to the opinion a long time ago that the adage "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" is probably the most dangerous and hateful lie ever told in the history of mankind.)

From the Washington Examiner, three children and three adults have been killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee.

From The Federalist, a bill introduced by Republicans in both the House and Senate would protect religious student organizations from discrimination.

From American Thinker, while former presidents such as Trump might not be above the law, their punishment is limited to house arrest.

From CNS News, Ukraine seeks an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council in response to Russian President Putin's plan to deploy tactical nukes in Belarus.

From Fox News, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) announces that she will run for reelection in 2024.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, the NBC show Lopez vs. Lopez shames a white character with woke hypocrisy.

From Canada Free Press, a deconsecrated church goes up for sale in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

From CBC News, the Canadian federal government calls upon the Federal Court of Appeals to dismiss a ruling that orders Canada to take back four men detained in Syria.

From TeleSUR, voter turnout in Cuba's recent parliamentary election reaches 75.9 percent.  (It's easy when you can only legally vote for one party.)

From the (U.K.) Independent, a British photographer is jailed for secretly taking pictures of aspiring models in their changing rooms.

From EuroNews, Scottish Health Minister Humza Yousef is selected to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland's first minister.

From Free West Media, something allegedly resembling the Loch Ness Monster has been spotted off the coast of Clevedon, England.  (Unless I've missed something, this is the first article published by FWM since March 5th.)

From The Brussels Times, the Brussel-Capital Region Government calls on its municipalities to ban TikTok from their staff's computers and phones.  (The capital region of Brussels is one of three communes within Belgium, the other two being Flanders and Wallonia.)

From the NL Times, right-wing Dutch parliamentcritters are critical of a protest at the Eindhoven Airport by Extinction Rebellion.  (Are Dutch carbon dioxide emissions really that much of a problem?  If you read Dutch, read the story at De Telegraaf.)

From Deutsche Welle, the new German movie Measures of Men sheds light on Germany's colonial crimes in South West Africa, which is now Namibia.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, Arabic street signs in Düsseldorf, Germany are pasted over.  (If you read German, read the story at Philosophia Perennis.)

From Polskie Radio, Poland detains a man accused of spying for Russia.

From Euractiv, the Czech Republic welcomes the deal between Germany and the E.U. that resolves a dispute over cars having combustion engines.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak police fine 365.bank €2 million for failing to check suspicious actions, which the bank wishes to contest in court.

From Hungary Today, Hungary needs more border guards.

From Russia Today, authorities in Volgograd, Russia launch a poll to see if its residents want to restore the city's former name of "Stalingrad".

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia will again seek to have its former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski from Hungary.

From ReMix, according to French right-wing politician Éric Zemmour, France doesn't exist to take in Africa's demographic surplus.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Point.)

From The North Africa Post, supporters of the Tunisian National Salvation Front start a sit-in at the headquarters of the Al-Irada party in the capital city of Tunis.

From The New Arab, earthquake-stricken northwestern Syria faces "dark days ahead".

From Gatestone Institute, what being "pro-Palestinian" really means.

From The Stream, U.S. President Biden pushes a "pariah" into the arms of the aforementioned Russian President Putin.

From The Daily Signal, six charts show why the U.S. federal government needs to cut spending ASAP.

From The American Conservative, how Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood peddles aforementioned adult material in schools in red states.

From The Western Journal, liberals can't believe that a new photo of Trump is real.  (But then, some conservatives aren't sure that a photo of Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) really shows the man himself.)

From BizPac Review, Cracker Barrel become the latest business to get out of Portland, Oregon.

From The Daily Wire, more on the shooting at a Christian school in Nashville.

From the Daily Caller, First Citizens BancShares agrees to buy the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank.

From the New York Post, after being on the market for almost a year, the price of Colonel Sander's home in Kentucky has been reduced by almost half.

From Breitbart, about 5,000 Slovenian farmers protest against the E.U.'s green agenda.

From Newsmax, Disney starts laying off 7,000 workers in order to become more "streamlined".

And from The Babylon Bee, doctors report an alarming increase in testicular injuries among female athletes.

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UPDATE:  According to Sky News, the Nashville school shooter, who was killed by police officers, had a manifesto, and was a transwoman and a former student at the school.  (H/T Holger Awakens for bringing this article to my attention.)

Sunday Stuff

On a mild Sunday that lives up to its name, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) is "definitely thinking about running" for president in 2024.

From Townhall, Republican congresscritters have a plan to shut down President Biden's plan for student loan forgiveness once and for all.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the British army from the Seven Years War to the wars against French Emperor Napoleon.

From the Washington Examiner, look, up in the sky, it's five planets.

From American Thinker, a former Democrat explains "the problem with trying to understand Democrats".

From NewsBusters, NPR claims that there is "limited scientific evidence" that men beat women in sports.

From TeleSUR, former Argentinian President Mauricio Macri declines to run for his old job.

From TCW Defending Freedom, where's the outrage over the U.K. government's clampdown on dissent against its coronavirus vaccine policies or silent prayer outside abortion clinics?

From EuroNews, the Libyan coast guard allegedly fires gunshots into the air to warn away a migrant rescue ship.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco resumes exporting tomatoes.

From The New Arab, Israeli settlers attack the West Bank town of Hawara after two Israeli soldiers are attacking in its main street.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the German media conceals the migrant background of a man who allegedly tried to run people down with his minibus at the Cologne airport.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From OpIndia, the Chinese government tries to prevent Uyghur Muslims from daytime fasting during Ramadan.  (If you read Hindi, read the story at News 18.)

From Gatestone Institute, the real reason why China is providing Russia with weapons for use in the invasion of Ukraine.

From The Stream, according to a Bloomberg Law columnist, asking law student to respect the 1st Amendment is similar to "McCarthyism".

From The Western Journal, the Chief Twit tells his employees to either get back to work or get out.

From BizPac Review, at a rally for former President Trump, musician Ted Nugent has some unkind words for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

From The Daily Wire, at the same rally, Trump accuses Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of "prosecutorial misconduct".

From the Daily Caller, a federal regulator acknowledges that offshore bird choppers cause harm - to fish.

From the New York Post, Vice President Harris arrives in Ghana for the start of a weeklong trip to Africa.

From Breitbart, climate nut-jobs clash try to block the construction of a rainwater reservoir and torch police cars, thus creating more carbon dioxide.  (These activists thus get the "stupid people" label.  If you read French, read the story at Le Figaro.)

From Newsmax, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) comes out in favor of the platform TikTok and against Big Tech's data "harvesting".  (On the latter part, I can agree with her.)

And from Sky News, new research discovers a way to treat social anxiety.

Saturday Links

On a cool cloudy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the 2024 presidential election is shrinking.

From Townhall, schools in Colorado, Virginia and Maryland remove police officers to appease BLM, which did not end well.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the movie Decision to Leave.

From the Washington Examiner, a Republican plan to strike down President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan might gather the support of some Democrats.

From American Thinker, how gun control works in Canada.

From NewsBusters, when media spin helped to bring about Obamacare.

From Canada Free Press, the U.S. needs to heed the old saying that when you're in a hole, "stop digging".

From TCW Defending Freedom, time, and the words left unsaid.

From EuroNews, two Finnish politicians reach out to potential voters by releasing rap videos.

From The North Africa Post, the U.N. extends a grain export deal with Ukraine to help ease hunger in Africa.

From The New Arab, five ways in which the West has recognized Ramadan.

From Gatestone Institute, the growing power of the alliance between Iran and China, thanks to the Biden administration.

From The Stream, why some countries are skeptical of Muslims.

From The American Conservative, an appreciation of former TAC writer Rod Dreher.

From The Western Journal, according to recent Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's (R) lawyer, there were not merely a few bad signatures on mail-in ballots, but a "systemic failure".

From BizPac Review, Biden praises China, I mean, Canada.

From AP News, two people are killed and five other remain unaccounted for in an explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania.  (via the Washington Examiner)

From The Daily Wire, Pennsylvania officials give conflicting updates about the chocolate factory explosion.

From the Daily Caller, students at an Illinois high school don't like being threatened with punishment if they protest against its transgender bathroom policy.

From the New York Post, let's stop complaining about the new MLB pitch clock, and some other matters.

From Breitbart, the U.N. accuses both Russia and Ukraine of war crimes.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg backing off his prosecution of former President Trump lends to the belief that his actions are a "political witch hunt".

And from Sky News, the strangest substitute items sent out by supermarkets to online customers.

Friday Phenomena

On a cool rainy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, is President Biden losing faith in Vice President Harris?

From FrontpageMag, was the Capitol riot on 1/6/2021 really the worst attack on the Capitol since the Civil War?

From Townhall, congresscritter Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) doesn't appear to understand what pistol braces do.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration makes a sanctions waiver that allows Iraq to buy electricity from Iran.

From the Washington Examiner, when congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) visits Capitol riot prisoners, she will be joined by left-wing freshman congresscritters Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and Robert Garcia (D-Cal).

From The Federalist, the men who have won "Woman of the Year" awards.

From American Thinker, the fall and fall of Stanford University's law school.

From CNS News, congresscritter Diana DeGette (D-CO) tells the CEO of TikTok that it needs to a better job - of providing information on how to obtain abortions.

From Fox News, residents of Biden's childhood home town of Scranton, Pennsylvania don't want him to run for reelection.  (via LifeZette)

From Canada Free Press, does Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's intend to arrest former President Trump stem from a plan to replace the Capitol riot narrative?

From TeleSUR, heavy rains result in floods in the Ecuadorian province of Guayas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the hidden cost of subsidies for solar power and bird choppers.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s National Health Service is taking the people for fools.

From EuroNews, ten French expressions that get lost in translation when rendered into English.  (I'm sure that there are also English expressions that don't translate well into French, or into Polish for that matter.)

From Euractiv, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, nuclear energy is not "strategic" for E.U. decarbonization.

From ReMix, the German federal government goes Sergeant Schultz on the illegal migrant crisis.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia and Kosovo mark the anniversary of the NATO air strikes of 1999 - for different reasons.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian President Tebboune shows the inconsistency of his country's foreign policy.

From The New Arab, can the restored relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran lead to peace in Yemen?

From Anadolu Agency, the Muslim population has increased by 10 times in 30 years.

From The Islamic Information, an Indonesian Umrah pilgrim gets a two-year sentence for sexually harassing a female Lebanese pilgrim.  (The Umrah, or "lesser pilgrimage", is a pilgrimage to Mecca at a time other than when the Hajj takes place.  Unlike the Hajj, the Umrah is voluntary.)

From Gatestone Institute, disasters, natural or otherwise, in Turkey.

From The Stream, the U.N.'s lies about Islam and its history.

From The Daily Signal, the "Parents Bill of Rights" passes the House, despite Democrat opposition.

From The American Conservative, "operation warp bleed".

From The Western Journal, the White House is roasted for a video showing Presidents Biden and Obama to mark the 13th anniversary of Obamacare.

From BizPac Review, January 6th "instigator" Ray Epps demands a retraction and an apology from Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

From The Daily Wire, two brothers who play hockey for the Florida Panthers refuse to wear LGBTQ sweaters during warmups.

From the Daily Caller, the woman who runs the "Libs of TikTok" account on Twitter explains why she chose to reveal her identity.

From Breitbart, anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. reached a record high in 2022.

From Newsmax, the Chief Twit and his ex-girlfriend shorten their daughter's name.

And from the New York Post, women's plus-size clothing stores in Thailand have some unflattering but perhaps truth-revealing names.

Thursday Tidbits

On a mild and cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden wrongheadedly embraces ESG scores.

From FrontpageMag, a book tries to audit Biden's victory in 2020.

From Townhall, the Manhattan grand jury case against former President Trump takes another turn.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how conservative speakers are treated at elite colleges.

From the Washington Examiner, a parent of Parkland shooting victim is arrested after allegedly disrupting a gun control hearing held by a House committee.

From The Federalist, the Georgia and Iowa legislatures pass bills to ban child mutilation.

From American Thinker, wokeness includes a bit of sadism.

From CNS News, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) explains the problems caused by Bidenomics.

From Fox News, the Chinese-owned app TikTok sends a swarm of influencers to the U.S. Capitol ahead of an expected congressional grilling of its CEO.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, when it comes to TikTok, "follow the money".

From Canada Free Press, did Microsoft CEO Bill Gates create computer viruses so he could see anti-virus programs?

From TeleSUR, some important milestones in the history of Cuba's electoral system.  (When Cuba allows the existence of political parties other than the Communist party, get back to me.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, according to some top scientists, damage from coronavirus vaccines is indisputable.

From EuroNews, strikes and protests grip France in defiance of President Emmanuel Macron's proposed pension reforms.

From Euractiv, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev double down on his refusal to send any of his country's weapons to Ukraine.

From ReMix, Poland and Israel reach an agreement under which Israeli youths will be allowed to visit Holocaust sites without Israeli security guards.

From Balkan Insight, Montenegrin authorities arrest South Korean suspected cryptocurrency fraudster Do Kwon at the Podgorica airport.

From The North Africa Post, Nigerien army personnel send 20 Boko Haram terrorists to their virgins.

From The New Arab, Muslims prepare for a difficult Ramadan due to soaring inflation.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a look at what the Palestinians are thinking.

From OpIndia, fugitive Indian Islamist hate preacher Zakir Naik arrives in Oman for a lecture series.

From Anadolu Agency, a man is charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to burn two men alive outside mosques in the English cities of London and Birmingham.  (If you think that the suspect is a white British native with "far-right" political views, you're wrong.)

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan Navy arrests 12 Indian fishermen and seizes their two trawlers for allegedly fishing in Sri Lankan waters.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe states that he will not allow schoolchildren to be held hostage.

From Raajje, President Ibrahim Solih calls on his fellow Maldivians to devote more time to religious practices and obligations during Ramadan.  (The article was published yesterday.  Since today is the first day of Ramadan, I seems that the site might be taking today off, so I'll let the date slide.)

From The Straits Times, 11 million families in the Philippines face a water crisis.

From Tempo(dot)Co, the transportation Transjakarta will allow passengers to break their Ramadan fasts on their buses and at their bus stops.

From Free Malaysia Today, police in Johor Bahru, Malaysia look for 20 people who allegedly rioted during a wake at a funeral home.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian bazaar traders are told to keep high standards of hygiene when handling food and drinks that are sold to the public.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam and Italy mark the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan recalls its ambassador to Honduras.

From The Korea Herald, five types of dogs found in South Korea.

From The Mainichi, a "flying car" is tested in Imabari, Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, the disruptions at Stanford University of a speech by federal judge Kyle Duncan were organized by the National Lawyers Guild.

From The Stream, right-wingers set their sights on school boards, which causes left-wingers to "go guerilla".

From The Daily Signal, according to an inventor rights activist, the U.S. patent system needs to be fixed.

From The American Conservative, bad governance from corporate board rooms.

From The Western Journal, former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) scores a legal victory at the state's Supreme Court.

From BizPac Review, Biden claims that his wife Jill leaves messages for him on his shaving mirror.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) reveals why she no longer attends "dumb" Democrat luncheons.

From the Daily Caller, transgender activist Alejandra Carabello criticizes left-wing commentator Ana Kasparian's about the language by which some leftists describe women.

From the New York Post, the election held in Fleischmanns, New York is thrown into chaos due to accusations of voter fraud.

From Breitbart, Border Patrol officials from the Del Rio Sector report just over 10,000 illegal border crossings in a week.

From Newsmax, Trump lashes out at the Manhattan district attorney who is trying to prosecute him.

And from WYFF, if you burglarize a home and steal a camera from it, be sure to turn it off.

Wednesday Wanderings

On a mild and cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Wellesley College students don't reject stereotypes, but reject biology.

From FrontpageMag, the case against former President Trump is legally and morally flawed.

From Townhall, USA Today gives a "Woman of the Year" honor to a transgender Democratic Minnesota state legislator.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how President Biden compares with his recent predecessors when it comes to giving interviews and press conferences.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump, who expected to be arrested yesterday, gets another day's reprieve.

From The Federalist, the House Judiciary Committee finds that the Department of Justice had "no legitimate basis" to label parents as terrorists.

From American Thinker, what Trump needs to consider when criticizing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).

From CNS News, a record number of Chinese nationals are illegally crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

From Fox News, a man in California allegedly makes threat against a school and is later caught with two stolen guns.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, the unintended consequences of DEI training.

From Canada Free Press, even better than watching liberals eat their words is when they choke on those words.

From TeleSUR, Colombian Vice President Francia Marquez denounces an attempted bomb attack against her.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a writer explains why he does not believe that the coronavirus actually existed.

From EuroNews, from what did the composer Ludwig van Beethoven die?  (I played a lot of his music when I was a Littlefoot taking piano lessons.)

From Euractiv, the German party FDP proposes gasoline price hikes instead of a ban on new cars with internal combustion engines.

From ReMix, Ireland has failed to deport 84 percent of the asylum seekers whose claims it has rejected.

From Balkan Insight, part of the Heliodrom detention camp in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina will be turned into a museum, despite complaints people who were imprisoned there.

From The North Africa Post, the E.U., the U.N., and the African Union call upon Libyan authorities to stop abusing migrants.

From The New Arab, the family of jailed Tunisian opposition leader Said Ferjani calls for sanctions against President Kais Saied.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, people in Iran and other Asian countries celebrate Norouz.

From IranWire, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei slams alleged "enemies" in his Nowruz speech.  ("Nowruz" and "Norouz" are two ways of spelling the word for "new year".)

From Iran International, according to Iranian politician Hossein Marashi, no one can stop most of the dissidents taking to Iran's streets.

From Khaama Press, according to Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, Afghan government forces have destroyed an ISIS hideout in Kabul.

From Hasht-e-Subh, more on celebrating Nawroz.  ("Nawroz" is yet another spelling for the new year festival.)

From the Afghanistan Times, at least 13 people are killed in an earthquake striking in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

From Dawn, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan claims that another "operation" will take place with the intent of assassinating him.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan releases the first-ever braille transcription of its 1973 constitution.

From Pakistan Today, the Election Commission of Pakistan postpones elections in the province of Punjab until this coming October.

From The Hans India, police in the Indian state of Punjab find a motorcycle used by a fugitive.

From the Hindustan Times, at a high-level meeting, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi advises on coronavirus-appropriate behavior.

From ANI, India's Border Security Force recovers over three kilos of drugs dropped near the city of Amritsar by a drone coming from Pakistan.

From India Today, NCP leader Sharad Pawar calls for a meeting with other Indian opposition party leaders.

From the Dhaka Tribune, in a pilot program, Myanmar will take back 1,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.

From New Age, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over 39,365 more houses to homeless and landless families.

From Gatestone Institute, the World Economic Forum and the "crapification" of the U.S. economy.

From The Stream, how redefined marriages deprives children of what's best for them.

From The Daily Signal, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signs a bill to keep males out of female bathrooms.

From The American Conservative, the aforementioned Governor DeSantis goes against the Ukraine war machine.

From The Western Journal, a Trump lawyer gives a "mic-drop" of an answer when asked if Biden is a clone.

From BizPac Review, military doctors promote the idea that children as young as seven years can "consent to gender-affirming" treatment.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduces a bill to stop the creation of a "central bank digital currency".

From the Daily Caller, Cruz plans to also reintroduce a constitutional amendment that keeps the number of Supreme Court justices at nine.

From Breitbart, reviews of the Silicon Valley Bank's internal practices reveal that loans to its insiders tripled before its collapse.  (The article links to one in Bloomberg, which is behind a paywall.)

From Newsmax, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) refuses to speak about Trump.

And from the New York Post, badgers burrow under railroad tracks in the Netherlands, resulting in some cancellations.