Friday, February 9, 2018

Friday Links

As the latest work week comes to a close, here are some things going on (along with my own $0.02):

From the Mirror, at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Trump and Kim impersonators get kicked out.  (via Yahoo Sports)

From National Review, let's have a military parade.  (I don't agree with this.  Do we really need one?)

From the Los Angeles Times, Brazilian women get serious about "no means no".


From ABC7, a woman gives birth and leaves her baby behind at an airport.  (The story comes via ABC News and Canada Free Press.  H/T Gulf Dogs for Tweeting the CFP article.)

From The Daily Signal, "free speech zones" on campuses are going away, and that's good.

From Breitbart Texas, Mexican Marines arrest a Los Zetas boss who was born in the U.S.

From the Express, U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis responds to comments by the E.U.'s chief negotiator.  (What do you know?  There's a secretary for Brexit.)

From WestMonster, the Bank of England revises their 2018 economic forecast upwards.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Russia Today, France wants to spend $45 billion to strengthen their nuclear arsenal.

From Christianity Today, an Afghan seeking asylum in Germany is given a life sentence for murdering a fellow Afghan who converted to Christianity.

From Sputnik International, Belgium will resume deportation of Sudanese migrants.  (The article uses the term "undocumented Sudanese migrants", which in reality means migrants in Belgium illegally.)


From E-International Relations Students, "Anti-Smuggling Operations in the Central Mediterranean".

From Reuters, the owner of the Daily Mirror has bought the Daily Express, the Daily Star and OK! magazine.  (The story comes via Breitbart London, who call the Daily Mirror "far-left" and the Daily Express "right wing".)

From Hürriyet Daily News, 603 undocumented migrants are being held in Turkey, as of yesterday.  (Or as they should be called, 603 illegal aliens.)

From Euractiv, the European parliament passes a resolution calling for Turkey to end its emergency powers and crackdown on criticism.  (Turkey is not a member of the E.U., so I don't think this resolution is going to accomplish anything.)

From The Times Of India, clerics in Deoband issue a fatwa against life insurance.

From The Moscow Times, Russia accuses ISIS of running online casinos.  (Wait a minute.  Isn't gambling against Islamic teaching?)

From the New York Post, a "trust-find creep" takes a 10-year plea deal for raping unconscious women.

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, "weird scenes on the campaign trail".

And from National Geographic, the strange genitalia of reptiles.

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