Sunday, November 7, 2021

Sunday Links

On a mostly sunny Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Terry McAuliffe (D) could have won the Virginia gubernatorial election had congress passed the "infrastructure" bill sooner.

From Townhall, the city council of Charlottesville, Virginia tells the Lincoln project to stay out after the group's election publicity stunt.

From The Washington Free Beacon, singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is "the low priest of pop".

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) calls a video of the Sesame Street character Big Bird getting vaccinated against the coronavirus "propaganda".

From American Thinkers, are Republican congresscritters actually trying to demoralize their voters?  (The italicized emphasis on "trying" is in the article's title.)

From Red Voice Media, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York offers tampons in men's restrooms and calls them "mxnstrual products".  (Do the people who run Cornell think that mxn mxnstruate?  The story comes via LifeZette.)

From NewsBusters, a panel on ABC's This Week pummels the Republicans over their victory in Virginia and predicts no repeat.

From Canada Free Press, in his confusion, President Biden "insists on building you back better".

From TeleSUR, President Daniel Ortega votes in Nicaragua's election.

From The Conservative Woman, some history of the lies about the Christian Church.

From Snouts in the Trough, why are none of our leaders or the media interested in how the communist Chinese coronavirus started?

From Free West Media, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban calls the E.U.'s bluff on migrant quotas.

From EuroNews, 70 members of Italy's largest mafia organization are convicted in a "mega-trial".

From The North Africa Post, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba visits Morocco.

From The New Arab, Baghdad is placed on high alerts after an attempt to assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.

From Republic World, Pakistan Maritime Security personnel open fire on Indian fishing boats, resulting in the death of one fisherman.

From Israel Hayom, E.U. parliamentcritters are given a tour of tunnels dug by Hezbollah.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a French Jew recalls his being tortured in a Turkish prison.  (If you read French, read the story at FDeSouche and a related story at La Dépêche.)

From Gatestone Institute, a new team and new fears in Tehran, Iran.

From The Stream, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D) colluded with a Russian to create the fiction that her opponent Donald Trump (R) colluded with Russia.

From Space War, more on the attempted assassination of Iraq's prime minister.

From The Western Journal, the 13 Republican congresscritters who voted for the "infrastructure" bill try to explain themselves.

From BizPac Review, San Franciscans ponder what to do about burglaries.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) lays out a plan for Republicans to retake the Senate in 2022.

From the Daily Caller, unvaccinated Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers loses his deal with Prevea Health.

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Jim Banks (R-IN), Republicans "must become the party of parents".

From Newsmax, Republicans are increasingly optimistic about flipping some governor's seats in 2022.

From the Daily Star, U.K. royal consort Camilla Bowles reportedly "hasn't stopped talking about" President Biden's breaking of wind.  (I'd say that congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal) should move over.)

And from the New York Post, in the football game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen sacks Josh Allen.

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Saturday Stuff

As the cool sunny weather continues on a Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Democrat spending bill is passed in the House, with the help of 13 Republican congresscritters.  (Is it time to start using the term "RINO" yet?)

From Townhall, the spending bill was also voted against by 6 leftist Democrat congresscritters.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration gathers millions of records on American gun owners.

From the Washington Examiner, the Biden administration sends 70 planes carrying illegal migrants to Florida.

From The Federalist, Energy Secretary Jennifer Grantholm laughs at high gas prices.

From American Thinker, what happened in the 2020 election.

From Red Voice Media, during a speech, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) "goes full Biden".  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, networks bury a historic Second Amendment win at the Supreme Court.

From Canada Free Press, don't be too happy about the 2021 elections.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the last act of the American Civil War was the surrender of a ship - in Liverpool, England.

From Free West Media, according to French Housing Minister Emmanuelle Wargon, owning a home is "ecological nonsense".

From EuroNews, five takeaways on the sixth day of climate protests.

From The North Africa Post, the U.N. confirms that two Algerian trucks have entered the region of Western Sahara.

From YNetNews, Palestinian and Israeli pavilions at Expo 2020 in Dubai showcase the past and the future.

From The New Arab, six Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continue their hunger strike.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, two Tunisian migrants "staying irregularly" in Nantes, France are released from police custody and allegedly commit another offense in less than 10 minutes.  (If you read French, read the story at Maville par Ouest France.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration is silent as the E.U., Iran and China violate U.S. sanctions.

From The Stream, can intelligent design exist without God?

From The American Conservative, communist China and the "G" word.

From The Western Journal, despite President Biden's denial, the White House does not disavow proposing huge payouts to illegal aliens.

From BizPac Review, left-wing Democrat congresscritters vote against a resolution supporting Cubans protesting against their communist government.

From The Daily Wire, Arizona senatorial candidate Blake Masters (R) wants the border wall to be completed.

From the New York Post, a federal appeals court blocks the Biden administration's coronavirus mandate.

From Breitbart, the aforementioned 13 Republican congresscritters who voted for the "infrastructure" bill face backlash.

From Newsmax, according to economist Steve Forbes, the Democrats are getting more creative at injecting socialism into government policy.

And from the Daily Caller, a "Let's Go Brandon" banner is flown above the Georgia-Missouri NCAA football game.

Friday, November 5, 2021

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, whether New York Times columnist Charles Blow realizes it or not, coronavirus cases are declining in the south and increasing in the north.

From FrontpageMag, at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, Afghans sleep in barracks and soldiers have to bunk outdoors.

From Townhall, Pew Research gets lambasted for its "distribution of skin color" graph.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Republicans press President Biden to abandon nuclear talks with Iran after its drone strikes a U.S. base in Syria.

From the Washington Examiner, two Republicans in New York successfully run for district attorney positions campaigning against bail reform.

From The Federalist, the right has finally joined the culture war.

From American Thinker, why does anyone want to vaccinate children against the coronavirus?

From CNS News, the coronavirus vaccination mandate on businesses "is not a mandate".

From LifeZette, Republicans anticipate more victories in the near future.

From the eponymous blog of Drew Berquist, could Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ) switch parties?  (via LifeZette)

From the eponymous blog of Steve Gruber, what former President Trump has in common with two Senators named McCarthy.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, networks allocated 14 seconds to the harassment of Senator Manchin.

From Canada Free Press, when they return to power, Republicans must punish Democrat criminals.

From CBC News, when in a bar in the Canadian province of Alberta, please refrain from coughing on the employees.

From TeleSUR, the caravan of illegal migrants from Central America overwhelms Mexican National Guard troops.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the lights were kept on at the U.N. climate conference by coal, not by birdchoppers.

From Snouts in the Trough, let's give the Third World more money.

From the Express, the E.U. refuses to budge on its Brexit demands.

From the (Irish) Independent, according to Irish Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, "it would be reckless" to rule out further coronavirus restrictions.

From VRT NWS, the government of the Belgian commune of Flanders agrees to a plan to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent.  (How much carbon dioxide does Belgium emit?  Find out here.)

From the NL Times, a climate march planned for Amsterdam this coming Saturday is expected to draw 20,000 people.

From Deutsche Welle, crime in Germany drops 15 percent in 15 years.

From Free West Media, German greens are responsible for Germany's energy crisis.

From the CPH Post, according to experts, coronavirus passes and facemasks must return in Denmark.

From Polskie Radio, according to Poland's defense ministry, Belarusian troops are staging more "provocations" against Polish troops at the Poland-Belarus border.

From ReMix, the E.U.'s push to centralize its power keeps a possible Polexit on the table.  (I'll just offer the Polish word wyjście, which means "exit".)

From Radio Prague, Czech President Miloš Zeman says that he is ready to designate opposition leader Petr Fiala as prime minister.

From Euractiv, Czechs get vaccinated against the coronavirus so they can get beer.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak winemakers are angered by the presence of foreign wines at Slovakia's pavilion at the Dubai Expo.

From Daily News Hungary, how to be a good house guest in Hungary.

From Russia Today, a Russian diplomat is found dead outside Russia's embassy in Berlin.

From Romania-Insider, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis delays nominating a new prime minister until a new parliamentary majority is formed.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Novinite, according to experts, Bulgarians should save enough money to live for 6 months.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a project to turn the island of Halki green.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, stricter coronavirus measures are possible in Montenegro starting on December 1st.

From Total Croatia News, an agreement is signed to develop and use the Zagreb Deep Sea container port is Rijeka, Croatia.

From Total Slovenia News, President Borus Pahor announces general elections for Slovenia on April 24th.

From The Malta Independent, the organization BirdLife Malta files a judicial protest against a "research project" in which finches are trapped.

From ANSA, according to Emergency Commissioner Francesco Figliuolo, 83 percent of Italians are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From SwissInfo, the global corporate tax deal could be advantageous for Switzerland.

From France24, why France lags behind on its carbon dioxide emission goals.

From EuroNews, a former body guard for French President Emmanuel Macron is sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting protesters at a march in Paris.

From El País, how the volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma has affected businesses.

From The Portugal News, Portugal has undergone a "remarkable" transformation.

From Morocco World News, Morocco allocates 62 billion dirhams for education and preschool learning.

From The North Africa Post, according to a Moroccan government spokesman, the closure of a gas pipeline between the Maghreb and Europe will not affect electricity production in Morocco.

From the Libyan Express, Tunisian authorities issue and arrest warrant against former President Moncef Marzouki.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, almost 470,000 refugees have returned to Syria from Turkey.

From Rûdaw, 125 people are injured in Baghdad as pro-Iranian protesters reject election results.

From Armenpress, according to PACE rapporteurs Kimmo Kiljunen and Boriana Åberg, Armenia is a "shining star" of democracy.

From In-Cyprus, travelers from Cyprus flying on British Airways and arriving at London's Heathrow Airport get crates of fish instead of their luggage.

From The Syrian Observer, Russian President Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Bennett agree to drive Iran out of Syria.

From The961, a large number of fish are found floating dead at the port in Sidon, Lebanon.

From Arutz Sheva, two Israeli bookstores pull books by Irish pro-boycott novelist Sally Rooney.

From the Egypt Independent, an Egyptian geophysics expert comments on U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's claims that the city of Alexandria could disappear due to climate change.

From the Sudan Tribune, the junta in Sudan arrests three leading members of the Forces for Freedom and Change.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, 443 Ethiopians return from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

From the Saudi Gazette, 23 Saudi Arabian women win court verdicts filed against parents or guardians who refused to let them get married.

From The New Arab, three people are killed when Iraqi security forces fire on pro-Iranian protesters.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iran is urged to release two dual-national activists held for a year.

From Dawn, according to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Ahsan Iqbal, Prime Minister Imran Khan is "misleading" Pakistan over the recent hike in gasoline prices.

From India Today, as Delhi, India suffers from poor air quality, a political blame game starts.

From the Dhaka Tribune, an abrupt public transport strike in Bangladesh strands commuters.

From the Colombo Page, the Colombo International Airport prepares to resume domestic operations within Sri Lanka.

From Raajje, SriLankan Airlines plans to resume flights to Addu City, Maldives in December.

From The Jakarta Post, according to an editorial, the Indonesia's military chief should not be a politicized position.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob intends to discuss the border between the state of Sabah and the Indonesian region of Kalimantan with President Joko Widodo.

From The Mainichi, a panel from Japan's health ministry approves the expanded use of Ronapreve, an antibody cocktail for treating coronavirus cases.

From Gatestone Institute, China weaponizes space.

From The Stream, some questions for people supporting or opposing critical race theory.

From The Daily Signal, the proposed biggest increase in means-tested welfare in U.S. history would hurt the poor, not help them.

From The American Conservative, yes, there should be more parents in the classroom.

From The Western Journal, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) defies President Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandate.  (Yes, that's a "D" after her name.)

From BizPac Review, according to an educator in Indiana's largest school district, the school administration uses a "very clever trick" to "lie" to parents about critical race theory.

From The Daily Wire, Democrats rush to get votes on their infrastructure bill.

From the Daily Caller, Energy Secretary Jennifer Grantholm laughs when asked about rising gasoline prices.

From the New York Post, congresscritter Lauren Boebert (R-CO) trolls fellow congresscritter AOC (D-NY) with a "Let's Go Brandon" dress.

From Breitbart, Biden just can't get go of his obsession with his immediate predecessor.

From Newsmax, Colorado State Senator Kerry Donovan (D) is prevented from challenging Boebert for her House seat due to redistricting.

From Fox News, leftists irked at "Let's go, Brandon" are hypocritical.

From Conservative Daily Briefing, an explanation of why gas prices in the U.S. are so high.

And from Wicked Local, does a bear [bleep] in the woods in Saugus, Massachusetts?  (via Newsbreak)

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, truck driver Edward Durr (R) defeats New Jersey Senate president Stephen Sweeney (D), spending only $153 during his campaign.

From FrontpageMag, the indoctrination in government education is not new.

From Townhall, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) corners Dr. Anthony Fauci about changing the definition of "gain of function".

From The Washington Free Beacon, "reality bites the Democrats".

From the Washington Examiner, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin meets with Governor Blackface (D-VA) to start the transition process.

From The Federalist, the sheriff of Racine County, Wisconsin calls for felony charges against five election commissioners.

From American Thinker, yes, Virginia, critical race theory has been taught in your schools.

From CNS News, according to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Biden administration has gotten an "F" from the American people.

From LifeZette, the slogan "Let's go Brandon" drives the left-wing media "bonkers".

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) unveils a task force having the purpose of investigating and stopping election fraud.  (via LifeZette)

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, lessons learned from Tuesday's elections.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, the Android 12L will reportedly include a "Pregnant Man" emoji.  (I remember when a man with such a shape was said to have a "beer gut".)

From Canada Free Press, what happens now for the Democrats after the Virginia election disaster.

From CTV News, why some Canadians decline to receive any coronavirus vaccine.

From TeleSUR, Nicaraguans will vote to elect their new president this coming Sunday, from among six candidates.

From TCW Defending Freedom, as more people cross the English Channel illegally, fewer of them are getting arrested for it.

From the (U.K.) Independent, police in England and Wales report a record number of rapes for one year.

From Free West Media, a clinic in Münster, Germany stops giving coronavirus vaccine booster shots  because of too frequent side effects.

From EuroNews, Sweden's Social Democrat Party elects Magdalena Andersson as its leader, thus paving the way for her to become the first female Swedish prime minister.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, five success stories met in Budapest when the V4 prime ministers met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

From ReMix, according to Hungarian President János Áder, the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland didn't accomplish much of anything.

From The Moscow Times, Russia expels Dutch journalist Tom Vennick, the second reporter in two months.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev presents awards to the people who towed the stranded ship Vera Su.

From the Greek City Times, a survey done for a project to create electrical connection between the Greek island of Crete and the Peloponnese peninsula reveals an ancient shipwreck.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković defends Finance Minister Zdravko Marić.

From Balkan Insight, Montenegro's governing majority plans to postpone local elections in three towns.

From Euractive, the Croatian Central Bank plans to develop its own climate policy.

From The North Africa Post, according to French essayist Gabriel Robin, France must recognize Morocco's sovereignty over the region of Sahara.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Israel "will do what it needs to" against a nuclear-armed Iran.

From The New Arab, the Lebanese judge in charge of investigating the Beirut port explosion suspends the investigation for the third time due to a lawsuit being filed.

From Iran International, Vietnam confirms that Iran has seized its oil tanker as the U.S. denies claims made by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

From Pakistan Today, an 80-year-old Pakistani man earns his PhD from the University of Balochistan.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, journalists in Afghanistan face financial difficulties and the classification of information.

From ANI, the Madhya Pradesh state chief minister announces a reduction in the value-added tax on gasoline and diesel fuel.

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinian Authority's campaign against Palestinian NGOs, some of which were classified by Israel as terrorist groups.

From The Stream, congratulations and thanks to Virginia Lieutenant Governor-elect Winsome Sears (R).

From The Daily Signal, Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) tells the Texas Association of School Boards to remove from schools materials that are inappropriate for children.

From Sino Daily, according to a delegation visiting Taiwan, the E.U. is "standing" with it.

From Space War, Israel starts its initial testing for the deployment of an elevated sensor system.

From The American Conservative, demonstrations against Italy's coronavirus "green pass" shake Europe.

From The Western Journal, President Biden the effective date for his vaccine mandate.

From BizPac Review, San Francisco will require children aged 5 to 11 to prove that they are vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to enter certain public places.

From The Daily Wire, the U.S. trade deficit reached a new record high in September.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, Republicans need a positive vision in order for them to build on their win in Virginia.

From the New York Post, the RNC calls Biden's coronavirus vaccination mandate "authoritarian overreach".

From Breitbart, New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli (R) proves that Republicans can be successful engaging deep blue areas.

From Newsmax, oil consumption in the U.S. has returned to pre-pandemic levels, but production and refining have not.

And from Newsweek, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is surrounded by climate protesters as he steps off his houseboat.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, yesterday's election in Virginia was a "five-alarm fire" for the Democrats.

From FrontpageMag, Virginia becomes the setting of "another American Revolution".

From Townhall, one crosstab in the Virginia elections should send the Democrats into panic mode.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Maryland government officials worked with open borders activists to draft a sanctuary law.

From the Washington Examiner, after the Virginia elections, liberals lash out at Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ).

From The Federalist, Glenn Youngkin's (R) victory over Terry McAuliffe (D) for Virginia governor is a referendum on the left's culture war.

From American Thinker, more about yesterday's elections and "incredible" gains made by Republicans.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal), Youngkin's win tells us that "policy matters".

From LifeZette, Republicans won "across the board" yesterday, with New Jersey's governorship still in play.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, President Biden has become a worldwide laughingstock.  (via LifeZette)

From Red Voice Media, political consultant Roger Stone promises to run against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in 2022 if he doesn't audit the 2020 elections.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, former Vice President Al Gore defends the "commitment" to end overseas coal financing by the world's largest carbon dioxide-emitting country.

From Canada Free Press, last night, the lights came back on in the U.S.

From Global News, the Canadian province of Quebec drops its coronavirus vaccination mandate for healthcare workers.

From TeleSUR, "far-right" Chilean President Sebastian Piñera defends the pardons he granted to 10 Pinochet-era criminals.

From TCW Defending Freedom, should the British ditch their monarchy and elect a president?

From Snouts in the Trough, global warming has made the world almost as hot as it was 115 years ago.

From the Evening Standard, according to the National Farmers' Union, the U.K. can meet its goal of reducing methane emissions by 30 percent without reducing the size of its cattle herds.

From Euractiv, U.K. parliamentcritters are told to keep their masks on.

From the Irish Examiner, Taoiseach Micheál Martin is accused of "dodging" questions about Ireland must reduce its cattle herds in order to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions.

From the Brussels Times, a man from Wellen, Belgium is given a four-month suspended sentence for beating a badger to death.

From Dutch News, police in The Hague, Netherlands arrest 13 people while breaking up a demonstration against new coronavirus rules.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From EuroNews, Germany is undergoing a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, mainly among the unvaccinated.

From Hungary Today, a small painting by Hungarian painter Pál Szinyei Merse is returned to Hungary after being taken to the West in 1944 or 1945.

From ReMix, will the E.U. help pay for any of Hungary's border fence?

From Sputnik International, according to U.S. media, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is "still months away" from being used.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov sets rules for school children returning to in-person classes.

From Ekathimerini, six people are arrested in the Greek region of Attica for allegedly trafficking she-don't-lie.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the E.U. is concerned about the situation is Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From Balkan Insight, Prime Ministers Zdravko Krovokapić (Montenegro) and Ana Brnabić (Serbia) put their disputes on hold.

From The Slovenia Times, four ducks are found dead at Malta's Chadwick Lakes, after being illegally introduced.

From Italy24News, starting yesterday, Italians had better pay their tax bills.

From RFI, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy slams a summons to testify in the trial of his former aides as "unconstitutional".

From The North Africa Post, doctors and nurses go on strike in Algeria to protest the deteriorating situation of the country's health sector.

From Turkish Minute, Kurdish poet and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı is sentenced to 11 months in prison for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From The Times Of Israel, the Israeli Knesset votes on a budget for the first time in 3 and a half years.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi orders his government to move to the country's New Capital in December.

From The New Arab, Israel forces detain at least 13 Palestinians in raids in the West Bank.

From IranWire, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims to have thwarted an American attemot to steal Iranian Oil.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announces a subsidy program amid rising inflation.

From the Hindustan Times, five Indian states announce tax cuts for gasoline and diesel fuel after the Indian federal government announces a similar cut.

From New Age, Bangladeshi police search for the body of a "wanted" Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army commander.

Form the Daily Mirror, according to the Archbishop of Colombo, former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and security workers were concerned only about their own safety after receiving warnings before the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks.

From Michael Smith News, Qantas Airlines calls the West Bank and Gaza "Occupied Palestinian Territory".

From The Straits Times, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatens to punish local government officials for falling behind on coronavirus vaccination.

From the Borneo Post, colored rice grown in the Malaysian state of Sarawak is exported to Singapore.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with the leaders of other countries and NGOs on the sidelines of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas explains what it means by "free, free Palestine".

From The Stream, the left doesn't seem to regard stealing as wrong.

From The Daily Signal, "climate democracy dies in darkness, censorship, and groupthink".

From The American Conservative, why Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) won.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Andy Biggs (R-AZ) makes a big move in an attempt to "cripple" President Biden's coronavirus vaccination mandate.

From BizPac Review, according to former President Trump, with Youngkin's win in Virginia, the MAGA movement "is bigger and stronger than ever before".

From The Daily Wire, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) regards the Republican wins in Virginia as "incredible".

From the Daily Caller, according to records, two of Dr. Anthony Fauci's subordinates raised concerns about gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in a Wuhan, China lab in 2016.

From Breitbart, the red wave in yesterday's elections inflames Democrat infighting over President Biden's agenda.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve will start slowing its economic aid due to worries about inflation.

From the New York Post, Youngkin's win in Virginia sends MSNBC and CNN hosts into the "7 stages of grief".

From AP News, reports of the abolition of the Minneapolis Police Department turn out to have been greatly exaggerated.

From the StarTribune, four Minneapolis City Council members who backed abolishing the police department lose their seats.

And from the Genesius Times, losing Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliff wonders what happened to his "Biden spike" of votes.

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Tuesday Links

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

From National Review, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) invents a rally featuring his opponent Glenn Youngkin (R) and former President Trump.  (Today is election day in Virginia).

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's new move makes the entire U.S. into a sanctuary state.

From Townhall, "compare and contrast" the closing arguments about education from the two Virginia gubernatorial candidates.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an explanation of all you need to know about the Virginia gubernatorial race.

From the Washington Examiner, the Lincoln Project should be judged by its "Reichstag Fire" stunt in Virginia.

From The Federalist, no matter who wins the Virginia gubernatorial race the Democrats "have already lost".

From American Thinker, when it comes to ridicule, the left can't take what they dish out.

From CNS News, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warns of a Democrat plan sweep young children "into a big-government net".

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, Attorney General Merrick Garland feigns ignorance of a memo outlining 13 ways to go after parents who oppose policies from school boards.  (via LifeZette)

From Maness, former congresscritter Trey Gowdy (R-SC) calls out congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for blaming police for a rise in violent crime.  (via LifeZette)

From Red Voice Media, congresscritter Cori Bush (D-MO) calls Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) "anti-black" for his opposition to the Democrat spending plan.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, CNN calls out McAuliffe's lie that Youngkin and Trump were at an event together.

From Canada Free Press, does the attack on parents by the McAuliffe campaign show that he knew that the fix was in?

From CBC News, speaking at the U.N. climate conference in Scotland, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls for a worldwide carbon tax.  (The word "dioxide" and the formula "CO2" do not appear in the article.)

From TeleSUR, Mexicans observe the Day Of The Dead.  (November 2nd is All Souls Day as observed by the Catholic Church, but the Day Of The Dead also has roots in cultures indigenous to Mexico.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the professor whom the U.K. government should be listening too.

From the Express, the U.K. looks to find trade routes bypassing the one between Dover, England and Calais, France.

From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish party Sinn Féin is accused of withdrawing a bill that would effectively ban offshore bird choppers.

From VRT NWS, will all new cars sold in the Belgian commune of Flanders have to be electrically powered starting in 2027?

From the NL Times, a Scottish fugitive is arrested in Maastricht, Netherlands after being at large for 13 years.

From Deutsche Welle, coliform bacteria is found in the drinking water at Berlin's new airport.

From the CPH Post, Denmark reports its highest coronavirus infection rate since January 4th.

From Polskie Radio, German rivals worry about a planned new hub airport that would be built near Warsaw, Poland.

From Radio Prague, according to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland has "failed to deliver anything new".

From The Slovak Spectator, despite some trails being closed, winter hiking season kicks off in Slovakia's High Tatras.  (Yours truly is thus merely one of many Slovaks who like to hike.)

From Daily News Hungary, was a Hungarian child's body found in Arad, Romania?  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Hang.)

From ReMix, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland plan to block new E.U. taxes on homes and cars.

From Russia Today, the Kremlin responds to claims that Russian military personnel are "massing" at the border with Ukraine.

From Romania-Insider, the party AUR starts proceedings to suspend Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.

From Novinite, Bulgarian army troops will assist the country's Interior Ministry in guarding its border.

From the Greek Reporter, does Greece intend to store energy for Europe?

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the U.N. Security Council postpones its session about Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonian coalition parties urge Prime Minister Zoran Zave to reconsider his resignation.

From Total Croatia News, speaking at the U.N. climate conference, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković indicates that Croatia will protect its sea and plant more trees.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenes vaccinated against the coronavirus might need a booster shot.

From The Malta Independent, 49 migrants are rescued from cliffs near the bay Għar Lapsi in Malta.

From ANSA, the mayor of Novara, Italy calls for no more demonstrations against the coronavirus health pass after protesters dressed up as concentration camp prisoners.

From SwissInfo, guidelines are presented to boost the protection of victims of violence in Switzerland.

From France24, the sole surviving alleged assailant in the 2015 Paris terror attack testifies in court.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a knife-wielding man in Paris tries to claim France for ISIS.  (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From Euractive, right-wing French commentator Éric Zemmour is a "non-candidate who enchanted the media".

From El País, because a pipeline from Algeria has been cut off, Spain will import more natural gas by sea.

From The Portugal News, the number of active companies in Portugal rose 19.9 percent from February to June.

From Free West Media, E.U. parliamentcritters push back against against mandatory coronavirus health passes.

From EuroNews, over 100 countries sign a pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent.

From Morocco World News, Morocco has a very large dam capacity.

From The North Africa Post, according to a former E.U. parliamentcritter, Algeria shows that it is not a reliable partner by closing the gas pipeline to Spain.

From the Libyan Express, according to Libyan High Council of State leader Khalid Al-Mishri, Libhya's election laws are being written in Paris and Cairo.

From Hürriyet Daily News, an Ottoman-era mosque on the banks of the Tunca River in the Turkish province of Edirne will be preserved by being lifted three meters upward.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi President Barham Salih cancels his planned trip to the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow.

From Armenpress, speaking at the U.N. climate conference, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian urges his fellow leaders to "start thinking differently".

From In-Cyprus, the Cypriot government considers extending its coronavirus measures.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian People's Assembly demands that the Turkish military gets out of Syria.

From The961, the newspaper The Daily Star Lebanon fires all its staff via email.

From Arutz Sheva, a Syrian bunker full of ammunition is found during an operation to clear a minefield in the Golan Heights.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi looks forward to a balanced and legally binding dam agreement.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia's Council of Ministers declares a state of emergency throughout the country.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's Standards, Meteorology and Quality Organization signs agreements with counterparts in Senegal, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iran slams South Korea's donation of 2,000 face masks as "a joke" while billions of dollars of its assets in South Korea are frozen.

From Dawn, at least 13 people are injured by the explosion of a bomb carried by a motorcycle in the district of Kharan, in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

From Khaama Press, two explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan kill 15 people and injure 34 others.

From The Hans India, a car owner in Dwaraka Thirumala, Andhra Pradesh, India is surprised to learn that a toll is collected on his vehicle even though it was at home.

From the Dhaka Tribune, speaking at the U.N. climate conference, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Halina states that a political commitment can save the planet from the impact of climate change.

Form the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka intends to modernize its railway stations to attract tourists.

From Raajje, speaking at the U.N. climate conference, Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih warns that the Maldives ceasing to exist will be a "dark omen".  (The end of the Maldives was predicted about 30 years ago, and it still hasn't happened.)

From The Jakarta Post, the Jakarta Intercultural School plans to open a learning center for students with special needs.

From Free Malaysia Today, more residents are evacuated from floods in the Malaysian states of Kedah and Perlis.

From Gatestone Institute, why President Biden's policies on the Palestinians will not bring peace to the area.

From The Stream, socialists allow no ceasefires in their war on the family.

From The American Conservative, Tennessee gets it right on coronavirus policies.

From The Daily Signal, Democrats could come to regret messing with American moms.

From The Western Journal, Biden checks his watch again, this time during U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's closing remarks at the U.N. climate conference.

From BizPac Review, U.S. border agents thwart the attempted smuggling of over $50 million worth of meth near Brownsville, Texas.

From The Daily Wire, Senator John Barrosso (R-WY) demands the details about the presidential entourage that traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to attend the U.N. climate summit.

From the Daily Caller, the aforementioned congresscritter Ilham Omar votes to abolish the Minneapolis police department.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, only 42 percent of respondents believe that Biden is "mentally sharp".

From Newsmax, Biden states that he will "very quickly" nominate a chairman for the Federal Reserve.

And from the New York Post, New York mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa (R) has a hard time voting and carrying his cat at the same time.

Monday, November 1, 2021

Caledonia Furnace

Earlier today, I took a short trip up to Pennsylvania to see the Caledonia Furnace, in Caledonia State Park.  The furnace and an adjacent parking lot are located near the intersection of U.S. 30 and PA 223.  It includes a truncated pyramid structure, common among the furnaces I've seen, along with some other stonework on either side.  As seen in this picture, three interpretive displays stand in front of the furnace.

Stories For The Start Of November

On a cool sunny day at the beginning of November, here are some things going on:

From National Review, whatever happened to investigating those Border Patrol agents who allegedly whipped Haitian migrants?

From FrontpageMag, a look at Senator Socialism's (I-VT) favorite socialist regime.  (If you think it's the one in Cuba, you'd be wrong.)

From Townhall, you may now float in the cesspool made by liberals.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden appears to nap at the U.N. climate conference in Scotland.  (This time, as the article points out, his motorcade only included 20 vehicles.)

From the Washington Examiner, right-wing commentator Byron York tells the Democrats that it's not 2020 anymore.

From The Federalist, Democrats are using the same shenanigans this year in Virginia that they used in 2020.

From American Thinker, activist Ibram X. Kendi gives away the con.

From CNS News, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, China must decide whether it will do the right thing on climate change.  (Finally, someone to the left of myself recognizes that China is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide.)

From LifeZette, The Washington Post defends another sex offender.

From NewsBusters, punishing achievement punishes everyone.

From Canada Free Press, reports of Facebook's "Meta death" are not greatly exaggerated.

From CTV News, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moves on his pledge to put a cap on emissions from Canada's oil and gas sector.

From TeleSUR, 15 people are injured when a gas line explodes in Puebla, Mexico.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Prince Charles of the U.K. should stand up for his people and not for the global elite.

From Snouts in the Trough, how the climate "crisis" became a "catastrophe".

From the (U.K. Independent), according to parliamentcritter Afzal Khan, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insulted Muslims by failing to answer questions on Islamophobia for a year.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the dome of the city palace in Berlin will no longer display a Bible verse because it could possibly anger Muslims.  (If you read German, read the story at Free the Words.)

From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban is re-elected president of the Centrist Democrat International.

From The Moscow Times, according to President Putin, Russia is decarbonizing faster than the G7 countries.

From Radio Bulgaria, the price of natural gas in Bulgaria decreases.

From the Greek City Times, according to Greek parliamentcritter Notis Mitarachi, Greece's Ministry of Immigration and Asylum will attempt to return Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants aboard a Turkish-flagged ship back to their respective countries.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Romanian party PSD decides to vote against the proposed government led by Prime Minister-designate Nicolae Ciucă.

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev resigns after his party loses in local elections.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's King Mohammed VI sends a speech to the aforementioned U.N. climate conference.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's coronavirus situation is back to where it was this past spring, but will it last?

From The New Arab, according to their lawyer, the whereabouts of Sudan's deposed civilian leaders are unknown.

From Iran International, "conservative" media in Iran attack Saudi Arabia's policy toward Lebanon.  (I get the impression that the article's definition of "conservative" is something like "biased towards the Iranian regime".)

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan directs the relevant authorities to take all necessary measures to bring down the prices essential commodities.

From India Today, speaking at the aforementioned climate conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlines India's climate goals.

From SheThePeople, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen Tweets about her suspension on Facebook.

From Gatestone Institute, could China's "satellite crusher" lead to a "space Pearl Harbor"?

From The Stream, race hoaxsters and hustlers just had a bad weekend.

From The American Conservative, the Bush family has had an affair with China.

From The Daily Signal, Presidents Putin (Russia) and Xi (China) do not show up in person at the aforementioned climate conference.

From Reuters, critics of coronavirus vaccine mandates use a little-known procedure against the Biden administration.  (via The Western Journal)

From The Western Journal, the numbers in President Biden's spending bill don't add up.

From BizPac Review, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) vetoes three voter integrity bills.

From The Daily Wire, the aforementioned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slammed for his promise to cap oil and gas sector emissions.

From the Daily Caller, according to experts, vaccinating kids against the coronavirus isn't the way to end the pandemic.

From the New York Post, for the right bid, you can have Henry Winkler's original Fonzie jacket.

From Breitbart, according to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney (D), Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin (R) and his supporters deny both the Holocaust and slavery.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, over 40 percent of Democrats want a presidential candidate in 2024 other than Joe Biden.

And from The Babylon Bee, the original anthem kneeler starts a new Underground Railroad to help fellow NFL millionaires escape to freedom.