Stories Before Springing Forward

Today is the last day before the start of daylight savings time, when most of us Americans "spring forward".  I can't help but recall an old observation, believed to have come from a Native American, that only a white man could cut a section from one end of a blanket, sew it onto the other end, and say that the blanket is now longer.  So while we're still in standard time, here are some things going on:

From MomZette, students at UTSA have launched a magazine called "No Whites Allowed".

From CBS News, the gunman who killed three woman at a veteran center in northern California had been a patient at the center.

From the Mirror, someone in Britain has been distributing leaflets calling for a "punish the Muslim day".

From Defend Europa, an Austrian activist and his American girlfriend are detained while entering the U.K.  (via Gateway Pundit)

From Deutsche Welle, Greece has freed two German journalists who had been arrested near the border with Turkey.

From Russia Today, an Islamic teacher at a school in France has been sentenced for shaving off a boy's "non-Koranic" blonde hair.

From The Journal, E.U. reforms are "under threat" because of Germany, Italy and Brexit.

From the Express, U.K. businesses "are very resilient" and the U.K. can adapt to a "no-deal" Brexit.

From Sputnik International, President Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon will give a speech to France's Nation Front party.  (Lefties and never-Trumpers are allowed to substitute "henchman" for "advisor".)

From The Daily Star, a spiritual leader in Iran, previously sentenced to death, has been retried and instead sentenced to five years.  (This site is Lebanese, and shares its name with a site in the U.K.  It has been a while since I've found a page on this site which didn't require a subscription in order to be read.  They cite Agence France Presse as their source.)

From Reuters, a Chinese official warns Muslims against Islamization.

From Gatestone Institute, what is a "refugee"?  (written by Alan Dershowitz)

From National Review, the conflict, between two second cousins, that "shaped our constitutional order".

From Townhall, some journalists have become "emotionally unhinged" over the Trump presidency, says Bob Woodward of Watergate reporting fame.

From the New York Post, space in underused skyscrapers has been bought by foreign elites.

And from CBC News, the weird new pet craze.