Friday Phenomena

On a warm, cloudy and sometimes rainy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, anyone running for office can't be both a slimeball and lazy.  (Italicized emphasis in the article's title.)

From FrontpageMag, some questions for Muslims running for office.

From Townhall, Senator Socialism (I-VT) gives a weak clapback after being roasted by fellow Senator John Fetterman (D-PA).

From The Washington Free Beacon, Congress takes up legislation that would prohibit foreign adversaries from accessing U.S. national labs run by the Department of Energy.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump secures the release of an American missionary captured by a terrorist group in Niger.

From The Federalist, Trump signs an order intended to help expand American shipbuilding capacity.

From American Thinker, the witches of Salem, Massachusetts have returned, with pro-abortion legislation.

From NewsBusters, CBS covers a victory for the 2nd Amendment only in its streaming service.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney becomes a "snow flake melting in Hades".

From TeleSUR, protests in Peru force President Keiko Fujimori to subsidize fuel for certain transport workers.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s National Health Service is looking for yet another "manager of total bollox".  (My spellchecker has no problem with "bollox", or even with the alternative spelling "bollocks".  Due to one of the pictures, reader discretion is advised.)

From EuroNew, Russia admits having a shortage of gasoline amid its long-range strikes on Ukraine.

From ReMix, Berlin backs off from racially segregating a public pool for six hours.

From Balkan Insight, a wildfire forces about 2,000 people to evacuate Omiš, Croatia.

From The North Africa Post, according to the International Organization for Migration, Algeria has become the leading country of origin for illegal irregular migration into Spain.

From The New Arab, Palestinians are divided over Hamas involvement in upcoming elections.

From Arutz Sheva, a note on the mini-October 7th suffered by a Catholic parish in Rouen, France.

From Gatestone Institute, the world's energy superpower is not China but the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, a look at senatorial candidate James Talarico's (D-TX) record in the Texas state legislature.

From The American Conservative, according to a panel of foreign policy experts, Trump's policies on Latin America won't stop drug trafficking.

From The Western Journal, the man on trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson pleads guilty.

From BizPac Review, Lieutenant Governor and senatorial candidate Peggy Flanagan (D-Min) claims that there are "no native voices" in the Senate, thus dissing Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA).

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, Kansas is now doing something that the whole country should do.

From the New York Post, a man is reunited with a muscle car that was stolen from him in 1993.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, the British have a more negative view of immigration than they did during the Brexit referendum.

From Newsmax, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announces felony charges for the woman who allegedly vandalized the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.  (An uncle of mine fought in WWII, so I regard the memorial as his.)

And from Fox News, the GSA finds that some technology labeled "Made in USA" really isn't.

A Few Things For Thursday

On a very warm and partly sunny Thursday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, the ins and outs of President Trump's decoy ruse in Ankara, Turkey.

From FrontpageMag, U.N. statistics show that rumors of a famine in Gaza have been greatly exaggerated.

From Townhall, congressional candidate Randy Villegas (D-Cal) wants to expand the Supreme Court.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a DEI fellowship created by Sponsors for Educational Opportunity promised to recruit "underserved" legal talent, but accepted some very privileged students.

From the Washington Examiner, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) snubs both congresscritter AOC (D-NY) and Senator Socialism (I-VT) in his first campaign ad.

From The Federalist, leaving her job as White House press secretary to raise her children makes Karoline Leavitt an even better role model.

From American Thinker, what would America look like had Vice President Harris won the 2024 election?

From NewsBusters, former Hardball host Chris Matthews calls the Democratic Socialists of America "crazy".

From IranWire, two Iranian student activists are sentenced to five years each for their participation in protests during January.

From the Daily Mail, the Sultan of Brunei strips his daughter-in-law of her royal titles for alleged "unbecoming behavior".

From The Jewish Chronicle, the U.K. must confront the Iranian government's efforts against dissidents living in the U.K.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas has a secret weapon to continue its rule in Gaza.

From The American Conservative, The New York Times supports gun rights for people who check the right boxes.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Brandon Gill (R-TX) admits that his fellow Americans are getting squeezed, and blames mass migration.

From the Daily Caller, a Chinese Communist Party intelligence official buys a historic building near the White House Complex.  (How many Americans have been allowed to buy property in Beijing?)

And from the New York Post, waking up a sleeping polar bear is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

Goose Creek Bridge And The Battle Of Upperville

Today I resumed my exploration of northern Virginia by visiting Goose Creek Bridge Historic Park, just off U.S. route 50.  On June 23rd, 1863 during the Civil War, the battle of Upperville was fought around a bridge over Goose Creek, about three miles east of Upperville, Virginia.  Today, there's a small park around the bridge that is run by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.  The park includes an area from which to view the bridge - and a modern power line.

A Few Items For Wednesday

Now that I'm back from running around, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, a former Southern Poverty Law Center finance officer is arrested for alleged fraud for payments to informants inside white supremacist groups.

From FrontpageMag, the group "Priests Against Genocide" ignore the real genocides.

From Townhall, beware of proposals to "tax the rich".

From The Washington Free Beacon, photos show senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) hanging around with Nation Of Islam ministers.

From the Washington Examiner, some possible replacements for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who plans to resign at the end of this month.

From The Federalist, the problem with the Democratic Socialists of America is not socialism, but third-worldism.

From American Thinker, in the last 75 years, England has had a 34,900 percent increase is mosques.  (Has the number of churches increased at all in last 75 years in any Muslim-majority country?  If so, please point it out in a comment.)

From NewsBusters, professors at four universities claim that being nice is a "component of whiteness".  (Does this mean that only white people are supposed to be nice?  That being nice, if you're not white, is "acting white"?  In order to "be less white", everyone should be more of a jerk?)

From Snouts in the Trough, if you think that "race replacement" is a conspiracy theory, think again.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Hamas steps up its torture of Gazan civilians.

From the Daily Mail, a woman testifies against the two Afghan migrants who allegedly raped her in a park in London.

From AMU, over 130 Hazara and Shiite students at universities in the Afghan provinces of Balkh and Herat are denied access to dormitories.

From Gatestone Institute, a conversation with French author Alexandre del Valle about "neo-Ottomans" and British author Bat Ye'or.

From The American Conservative, what President Trump should do to beat Iran.

And from SFGate, an ice cream store in Walnut Creek, California outcompetes nearby frozen treat businesses.

Tuesday Tidings

On a warm and partly sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the differences between socialism and interventionist capitalism.

From FrontpageMag, are the Israeli Jews "colonists"?

From Townhall, the group Republicans for Talarico, claiming to support senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX), turn out to be Democrats in disguise.

From The Washington Free Beacon, gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong (D-Wis) once hosted a dinner "inspired by menstruation".

From the Washington Examiner, how "drone dogs" can help the Air Force maintain its aircraft.

From The Federalist, as seen from his text messages, Dr. Anthony Fauci and his friends covered up concerns about coronavirus vaccines and miscarriages.

From American Thinker, what right-wing commentator Matt Walsh gets wrong about the Civil War.

From NewsBusters, top TV morning and evening shows go Sergeant Schultz about findings from Fauci's phone.  (There's some alliteration for you.)

From Canada Free Press, socialists seek to plunder a country forgetful of God.

From TeleSUR, President Abelardo de la Espriella puts the death toll from Colombia's recent earthquake at 181.

From Snouts in the Trough, could there really be a climate crisis after all?

From EuroNews, Latvia steps up its border security due to a surge in illegal irregular immigration from Belarus.

From ReMix, Alternative for Germany co-leader Alice Weidel slams the German government after migrants attack each other with axes, hammers and bats in the city of Düren.

From Balkan Insight, firefighters douse a wildfire in the Deliblato Sands in northern Serbia.

From The North Africa Post, companies from Italy, Germany, India and China vie for a contract to supply tracks for a TGV running between the Moroccan cities of Kenitra and Marrakech.  (This means that the Marrakesh Express could become a reality.)

From The New Arab, Syria agrees to surrender nuclear material left over from the government of then-President Bashar al-Assad to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

From The Jerusalem Post, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is expected to travel to Syria and Lebanon next month with a taxpayer-funded detail from the New York Police Department.

From Gatestone Institute, "the dictatorship of virtue".

From The Daily Signal, a report exposes foreign money behind the climate change movement.

From The American Conservative, do Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's reforms in American military universities go far enough?

From The Western Journal, a clip of the aforementioned James Talarico in which he characterizes Christians as "causing trouble" comes back to bite him.

From BizPac Review, Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov downplays congresscritter AOC's (D-NY) radicalism.

From the Daily Caller, according to senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich), "toxic masculinity" is at the heart of American football.

From the New York Post, the aforementioned New York Police Department has seized over 3,000 guns so far this year as the number of shooting in New York City continues to drop.

From Breitbart, about 75 migrants who invaded the enclave of Ceuta have reached mainland Spain.

From Newsmax, according to congressional candidate Michael Alfonso (R-Wis) affordability is a top priority in his campaign.

And from the Genesius Times, the aforementioned Dr. Fauci recommends putting face masks over our eyes in order to avoid reading his leaked emails.

Monday Links

On a hot day that's been sunny, rainy and cloudy, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the problem with both major political parties.

From FrontpageMag, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) is "an American tragedy".

From Townhall, an AI data center has been good for Ellendale, North Dakota.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congressional candidate Manny Rutinel (D-Col) once filed a lawsuit on behalf of a horse.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump turned a longstanding conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia into a model for peace.

From The Federalist, the father of a woman killed by an illegal alien urges Wisconsin voters to not let their state become Illinois.

From American Thinker, Trump tackles birth tourism, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling.

From NewsBusters, the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed admits that "Medicare-for-all" means more taxes.

From Canada Free Press, life in a "workers' paradise".

From TeleSUR, at least 111 people have been killed by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake in Colombia.

From Snouts in the Trough, will a book written by British "professor" Jason Arday be classified as fiction, or maybe fantasy?

From EuroNews, according to Ukrainian President Zelensky, Russia is preparing to deploy more troops from North Korea.

From Free West Media, Ukraine loses its access to the Black Sea.

From ReMix, a Moroccan man is arrested after allegedly entering the home and the bed of a woman in Ceuta, Spain.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo protests as Serbia considers changing the course of the Ibar River.

From The North Africa Post, Sudanese gold exports in the first half of 2026 match their total for the year 2025.

From The New Arab, ancient sites in Syria are ravaged by "massive" looting.

From the Daily Mail, migrants attempt to invade Ceuta by air, one making his last mistake.

From RedState, tensions flare after the town council of McKinney, Texas approve a large proposed expansion of an Islamic center.

From The Times Of Israel, Iran's new security chief is wanted by Interpol in connection with the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

From the Express, three terrorists linked to a plot to blow up airplanes over the Atlantic Ocean could be released from prison.  (The last four posts come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Arab-Islamic formula for "peace" is to ignore Hamas and blame Israel.

From The Daily Signal, according to congresscritter Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), socialists and antisemites have hijacked the Democratic Party.

From The American Conservative, thanks to the open border policies of then-President Biden, the New World screwworm has reentered the U.S.

From The Western Journal, several American food chains recall salsa from Mexico due to contaminated jalapeño peppers.

From BizPac Review, NBC finally asks the twice-aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed a question about left-wing commentator Hasan Piker that he can't dodge.

From the Daily Caller, overall crime in Washington, D.C. is down, but violent assaults are up.

From the New York Post, what to know about the chances for success in freezing one's eggs, which congresscritter AOC (D-NY) is starting to have done.

From Breitbart, WNBA player DiJonai Carrington, who accused fellow player Sophie Cunningham of having "white privilege", has been quite privileged herself.

From Newsmax, more on the earthquake in Colombia.

And from The Babylon Bee, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX), inspired by the aforementioned AOC, also decides to have his eggs frozen.

In And Around Strasburg, Virginia

Today I did some exploring in the area of Strasburg, Virginia, which I have passed through many times, but rarely visited.  The first place where I stopped in was the Deer Rapids suspension bridge, which spans the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.  I did not try to walk on the bridge due to the "no trespassing" signs around the adjacent parking lot, which was reserved for boaters and hunters.  But I still got this shot of the north end of the bridge.

Saturday Links

On a very warm and partly cloudy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to The Lancet, wildfires are the latest "health emergency".

From FrontpageMag, a Pakistani illegal alien freed under the policies of then-President Biden allegedly tries to rape an elderly woman.

From Townhall, gun control activist David Hogg tells moderate Democrats to go fly a kite.

From The Washington Free Beacon, The Odyssey and "the clash of civilizations".

From the Washington Examiner, according to Vice President Vance, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) would hurt the middle class and the auto industry.

From American Thinker, stop negotiating with Iran and get the job done.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW is terrified that the Department of Justice is stopping illegal aliens from voting.

From Snouts in the Trough, ladies, be careful whom you sit next to on a plane.

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump should beware of the motivations of "friends" in the Middle East.

From The American Conservative, copying Chinese technology to defend the U.S.?

From BizPac Review, Trump asks federal prosecutor Jeanine Pirro to reconsider her decision not to prosecute a former Olympic athlete who allegedly vandalized the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.

From the Daily Caller, the Senate narrowly confirms Attorney General-nominee Todd Blanche.

From the New York Post, New York Police Department Chief Michael LiPetri praises the force for a record low number of shootings in July.

From Breitbart, former Jill Biden press secretary Michael La Rosa breaks with his fellow Democrats and endorses senatorial candidate Mike Rogers (R-Mich).

From Newsmax, congresscritter Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) defends WNBA players who speak out against males competing in women's sports.

And from Fox News, the Nigerian military rescues 308 hostages held by terrorists in the state of Kwara.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, can we get a straight answer about our stockpiles of munitions?

From FrontpageMag, an illegal alien from Gaza overstays his student visa, commits $547 million in healthcare fraud, and sends money to terrorist groups in the Middle East.

From Townhall, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) wants even more government control of healthcare.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a movie based on one summer in the life of chef Anthony Bourdain.

From the Washington Examiner, left-wing social media streamer Hasan Piker's digital footprint gives the Republicans a large amount of (figurative) ammo.

From The Federalist, RINOs who oppose President Trump are tanking the entire Republican Party.

From American Thinker, new revelations from Arizona in the 2020 election.

From NewsBusters, George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley takes on claims by congressional candidate Chris Rabb (D-PA) about the American Founders and policing.

From Canada Free Press, numbers show that crime is plummeting.

From TeleSUR, the Dominican Republic dominates at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

From EuroNews, five people are arrested in Thetford, England as anti-immigration protests take place in the U.K.

From ReMix, an Algerian man who has been granted amnesty in Spain and his son are arrested for allegedly violently robbing two elderly women.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at Información.)

From Balkan Insight, Croatian and Serbian authorities remain tight-lipped over the arrest of Serbian alleged hacker.

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. automotive technology company Gentex plans to build a facility in Morocco by 2028.

From The New Arab, will the Mecca defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan create a "Sunni NATO" in the Middle East?

From The European Conservative, Swedish authorities charge a 65-year-old pensioner with "agitation against a population group" for criticizing Islam on Facebook.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Firstpost, more on the aforementioned pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan.

From Gatestone Institute, is U.S. President Trump covering for Chinese President Xi as China sends weapons to Iran?

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, DEI comes back to bit congresscritter Shri Thanedar (D-Mich).

From The American Conservative, the WNBA cashes in on politics.

From The Western Journal, ICE arrests an illegal alien from Jordan in Illinois after finding him with eight Molotov cocktails.

From BizPac Review, a Georgia state trooper earns accolades for stopping a pickup truck driver amid an alleged "street takeover".

From the New York Post, the largest employer in San Francisco replaces human workers with AI.  (Just wait until those Cylons rebel.)

From Breitbart and the "what could go wrong?" department, scientists at Stanford University use AI to design 16 new viruses.

From Newsmax, former Vice President Harris endorses senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich).

And from the Daily Caller, a guide to burrito inflation.

Thursday Tidbits

On a very warm and sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the very concept of America will be on the ballot this coming November.

From FrontpageNews, Dr. Anthony Fauci's fraud against the American people.

From Townhall, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) seems to not understand how rent works.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an electric vehicle executive who donated about $450,000 to Democratic candidates is identified as a "comrade" of the Chinese Communist Party.

From the Washington Examiner, Jewish Democrats grapple with the primary victory of senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich).

From The Federalist, what happened in Ceuta, Spain could happen in the U.S. due to the recent Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.

From American Thinker, how Islam and communism both see the world as binary.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW fearmongers about President Trump's Department of Justice election monitors.

From Canada Free Press, "the real forever war" is not with Afghanistan, Iraq or Ukraine.

From TeleSUR, 272 new home are given to victims of Venezuela's two recent earthquakes.

From Snouts in the Trough, why Britain is no longer either a "nation" or "great".

From EuroNews, Ceuta Mayor Juan Jesús Vivas tells europarliamencritters that the migrant "invasion" has traumatized his city and demands deportations.

From ReMix, a teenager who threw a grenade into a couple's home in Västerhaninge, Sweden, killing their dog, gets two years and four months in secure youth care, thus avoiding prison.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Mitti Stockholm and Samnytt.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo Serb businessman and politician Milan Radoičić is among 20 people indicted for allegedly committing war crimes in 1999.

From The North Africa Post, Libyan House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh receives his country's state accounts report and pledges stronger oversight.

From The New Arab, Lebanon debates the future of the company Solidere.

From the Daily Mail, Taliban morality police round up Afghan women in the city of Herat, even though they were wearing hijabs.

From Gatestone Institute, giving Hamas money will not bring peace but will finance their next war.

From The Daily Signal, Trump expands a low-income child housing program that shrank under then-President Biden.

From The American Conservative, the left flank of the Democratic Party is not assured of a permanent victory.

From The Western Journal, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee votes to hold the aforementioned Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.

From BizPac Review, Trump is allegedly supporting Vice President Vance to be his successor.

From the Daily Caller, we've read the twice-aforementioned Dr. Fauci's diary, so are his cellphone texts next?

From Breitbart, a man facing rape charges in the U.K. was a provincial legislator for the Pakistani province of Azad Kashmir.  (The article uses the term "state", but Pakistan is actually divided into provinces.)

From Newsmax, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and congresscritter John Rose (R-TN) face off in the Tennessee gubernatorial primary.

And from the New York Post, for the right amount of money, you can have an old decommissioned New York City subway MetroCard Vending Machine.