Tuesday Things For Election Day

On a warm and sunny Tuesday after the first Monday of November, now that I'm back from voting, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Islamism, or maybe anti-Islamism, is on the ballot.

From FrontpageMag, what's going on in Warsaw, Poland.

From Townhall, on election day, the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk's message to Republicans matters more than ever.

From The Washington Free Beacon, it's time to "brace for impact".

From the Washington Examiner, whether taking a ballot selfie breaks the law depends on what state you're in.

From The Federalist, the biggest threat to the U.S. is stupid voters.

From American Thinker, a Brit sings the praises of American football.

From NewsBusters, the liberals at PolitiFact are neither "calm" nor "independent".

From Canada Free Press, the choice for Americans in today's elections.

From TeleSUR, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel points out that new economic reforms will not lead to privatization.

From Snouts in the Trough, the mainstream media's Trump Derangement Syndrome is off the scale.

From EuroNews, North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova at Bulgaria's demand that the North Macedonian government recognize the Bulgarian minority living in North Macedonia.

From Free West Media, supermarket freezers are hacked in at least seven European countries.

From ReMix, two ethnically non-Danish teenage males allegedly rape two Danish teenage girls in Kalindborg, Denmark.  (If you read Danish, read the story at B.T.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbian police officials are detained over allegations of torture and abuse of position.

From The North Africa Post, Shell Trading Rotterdam B.V. agrees to purchase jet fuel from Morocco's Port Nador facility.

From The New Arab, Aramco works to expand the oil pipeline that avoids the Strait of Hormuz.

From RAIR Foundation USA, how the terror-connected Muslim Public Affairs Council is placing Islamic operatives into police departments.

From Gatestone Institute, Morocco moves toward a golden future.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump's midterm traveling runs circles around those of former Presidents Obama and Biden.

From The American Conservative, today marks the last election of the Trump era.

From The Western Journal, ballot scanners undergo technical difficulties in a competitive New York House district.

From BizPac Review, pollster Nate Silver explains what Republicans need in order to avoid a disaster in today's elections.

From the Daily Wire, the 12 House races that you need to watch.

From the Daily Caller, Trump announces a deal with Prime Minister Netanyahu to end $4 billion per year in American aid to Israel.

From the New York Post, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) and other Democrats question McDonald's CEO Christ Kempczinski over AI pricing tools.

From Breitbart, more on the U.S. winding down its aid to Israel.

From Newsmax, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) predicts that Republicans will keep control of the Senate.

And from the Genesius Times, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX), who has claimed that God is non-binary, declines to say if the same is true for Allah.

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, predictions for the midterm elections.

From FrontpageMag, both of senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed's (D-Mich) parents worked with Islamic charities that were accused of funding al-Qaeda.

From Townhall, state Attorney General and senatorial candidate Ken Paxton (R-TX) nails the reason why his rival James Talarico (D-TX) doesn't represent Texas.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Angie Nixon's (D-FL) campaign receives $35,000 from a "black feminist" group.

From the Washington Examiner, Mr. Bill makes an 11th-hour endorsement for gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms (D-GA).

From The Federalist, Wayne Country, Michigan won't let voters see what the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed said after the Hamas terror attack of October 7th, 2023.

From American Thinker, before you vote for anyone, ask what and whom the candidates are willing to protect.

From NewsBusters, congresscritter Haley Stevens (D-Mich) explains why she's endorsing senatorial candidate Mike Rogers (R-Mich).

From Canada Free Press, what will Democrats try to do if they take one of both chambers of Congress?

From TeleSUR, four people are killed in explosions at a military base in Planadas, Colombia.

From Snouts in the Trough, a prediction about Islam in Europe was made in 1974 by Libyan then-leader Muammar Gaddafi.

From EuroNews, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever offers his government's resignation to King Philippe.

From Free West Media, protests over living costs, education and housing continue in the E.U.

From ReMix, an illegal alien holds a principal hostage at gunpoint and performs a mock execution in Nice, France.

From Balkan Insight, Romania and Moldova sign a military cooperation agreement.

From The New Arab, an Algerian army convoy arrives in Niger, the first such foreign deployment for Algerian forces since 1973.

From Gatestone Institute, Al Jazeera celebrates Hamas.

From The Daily Signal, will Virginia become one of the most extreme states on abortion?

From The American Conservative, the media whip up their latest round of "fascism" paranoia for the midterms.

From The Western Journal, FBI Director Kash Patel issues a warning after the FBI rescues a teenage girl who was missing for 18 months.

From BizPac Review, a Jewish conservative activist speaks out after being attacked at the University of Michigan.

From the Daily Wire, Vice President Vance turn's his daughter's toy heist into a roast of the Democrats.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, the left is eager to light the tinderbox which the Free World has become.

From the New York Post, AI-powered glasses could eliminate talking and typing while at work.

From Breitbart, a new report from the Government Accountability Institute exposes at least 50 threats to election integrity.

From Newsmax, some small Iranian tankers have reportedly evaded the U.S. blockade and smuggled liquefied petroleum gas to China.

And from The Babylon Bee, a Democrat sadly starts to run out of space to put her "I voted" stickers.

Sunday Stories For The Start Of November

On a sunny and mild Sunday on the first day of November, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter and former senatorial candidate Haley Stevens (D-Mich) endorses senatorial candidate Mike Rogers (R-Mich).

From FrontpageMag, the Department of Justice flags 300,000 voters who might not be U.S. citizens.

From Townhall, more on the aforementioned Haley Stevens endorsing the aforementioned Mike Rogers.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book written by Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R).

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) promises to accept the results of Alaska's senatorial election if he is defeated.

From American Thinker, Polish judges become the latest to go wild.

From NewsBusters, according to a study, late night shows target Republican senatorial candidates and mostly leave Democratic senatorial candidates alone.

From Gatestone Institute, some important policies are at stake in this week's midterm elections.

From The American Conservative, as President Trump "makes nice" with Russia, the CIA doesn't.

From the New York Post, Russia suffered 54,000 casualties in October, as claimed by Ukraine.

And from Brain Flushings, 14 people go to the West Bank and find out that a farm is not a designated protest area.

Saturday Links For Halloween

On a cool and partly sunny Saturday falling on the last day of October, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, fake Somali autism centers in Minnesota compete for fake Somali children.

From Townhall, ICE arrests an illegal alien who allegedly assaulted a New York City policeman.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) disinvites his primary opponent, congresscritter Haley Stevens (D-Mich), from his "unity" event.

From the Washington Examiner, D.C. and Virginia sue to block President Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch.

From American Thinker, Pope Leo XIV votes in the current U.S. election.

From NewsBusters, soccer player Megan Rapinoe "can't wait to see an elite trans person play sports".

From The Jerusalem Post, Al Jazeera airs rare archival footage of Hamas commander Muhammad Deif holding discussions before the attack on October 7th, 2023.

From Gatestone Institute, Islamists have ruined empires and would do the same to the U.S. if given the opportunity.

From The American Conservative, what the writers of horror can teach us about AI.

From BizPac Review, Virginia reportedly restores voting rights to a dog who went to the Rainbow Bridge five years ago.

From the Daily Wire, according to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the case against congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) is "large" and involved multiple people.

From the New York Post, evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky, Ukraine are reunited with family members at the Ukraine-Belarus border.

From Breitbart, the U.S. embassy in Moscow warns of a potential terror attack.

From Newsmax, ICE arrests over 180 illegal aliens in northwestern Alabama.

And from Future of Jewish, the strange history and contradictions of hatred against Jews.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, President Trump got the midterm matchups that he wanted.

From FrontpageMag, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) and former President Obama are a perfect match.

From Townhall, rules should apply to the people who make them.

From the Washington Examiner, of course, the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed sides with the terrorists.

From The Federalist, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis) starts an investigation into Alaska's "decoy Dan" senatorial race scandal.

From American Thinker, some questions which the media should ask the Democrats about affordability.

From NewsBusters, the elitist media are terrible at guarding democracy.

From Canada Free Press, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) treasonous video.

From TeleSUR, Chile launches the 63rd Antarctic Scientific Expedition from the city of Punta Arenas.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. become more peaceful with each passing day?

From EuroNews, Italy goes on high alert as thousands strike in dozens of cities.

From Free West Media, the Czech parliament votes to abolish broadcasting fees for television and radio.

From ReMix, the number of suicides in Germany during 2025 was the highest in almost 30 years.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgaria's presidential election heads to a runoff.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's new F-16 fighter jets will be equipped with Viper Shield digital electronic countermeasures.

From The New Arab, according to a U.N. report, Sudanese civilians face drone strikes from the Rapid Support Forces and arbitrary arrests from forces affiliated with the Sudanese army.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese President To Lam urges the province of Thai Nguyen to build modern infrastructure and improve the quality of life.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwanese professor Wang Chin-tsan wins an award in Paris for his wastewater-to-energy research.

From China News, IOC President Kirsty Coventry looks forward to the debut of the martial art wushu at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.

From The Korea Herald, a portable shrine used to house gilt-bronze Buddha statues located at the Cheoneunsa Temple in Gurye, in the province of South Jeolla, will be designated a National Treasure in South Korea.

From The Mainichi, the Sapporo District Court sentences a man to six and a half years in prison for setting fire to a mosque and another building in the Japanese city of Ebetsu.

From Japan Today, Suzuki overtakes Honda as the no. 2 automaker in Japan according to global sales.

From Gatestone Institute, do not let China cow the U.S. on AI.

From The Daily Signal, unclear abortion-related ballot measures in four states could confuse voters.

From The American Conservative, Vice President Vance is the man to end the war against Iran.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Ilhan Omar's (D-Min) ex-husband describes himself as a "gay man" in an academic paper.

From The Western Journal, Biker for Trump removes an agitator at a Trump rally in Texas.

From the Daily Wire, how to catch a Medicaid fraudster.

From the Daily Caller, the Department of Justice is reviewing felony charges against jounalists James O'Keefe and Cam Higby over an undercover election sting in Minnesota.

From Breitbart, a Purple Heart recipient who fought in Vietnam, who was a guest of Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) at Trump's 2025 Joint Address to Congress, accuses him of abandoning veterans in a new political ad.

From Newsmax, early voting explodes in the current midterm election.

And from the New York Post, dozens of New York City Marathon runners call on "Etsy witches" in hopes that they will reverse the forecasted warm weather for the race.

Patrick Stewart 1940-2026

Actor Patrick Stewart, known for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the show Star Trek:  The Next Generation and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men movies, died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 86.  He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia.

Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield, a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, part of the English country of York.  His parents were Alfred Stewart, a sergeant major in the British Army Parachute Regiment during World War II who later became a postman, and the former Gladys Barrowclough, a weaver and textile worker.  During his childhood, an English teacher gave him a copy of something from Shakespeare and told him to perform.  He studied drama in school until he dropped out at age 15 and supported himself as a newspaper reporter.  He eventually received a grant to study at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Stewart first appeared on stage in 1959 in a production of Cyrano de Bergerac.  He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1966 to 1982.  His first TV appearance was as a fire officer on the show Coronation Street.  He would appear in many TV series and played some minor roles in films.  In 1987, he was chosen for the role of Captain Picard in Star Trek:  The Next Generation and several movies set after that series.  In 1990, Stewart resumed acting on stage, which he continued from time to time over the rest of his life.  During the late 1990s, he accepted the role of Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men movies.  He also provided voices for animated films.

Stewart was married to Sheila Falconer from 1966 to 1990.  They had a son named Daniel, who is also an actor, and a daughter named Sophia.  He was married to ST: TNG producer Wendy Neuss from 2000 to 2003.  In 2013, he married American singer/songwriter Sunny Ozell, by whom he is survived, along with his children Daniel and Sophia.

Read more at AP News, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, TMZ and The Guardian.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, diversity of opinion about the "Cornell 7" is not welcome at Columbia University.

From FrontpageMag, in defense of voting based on realism.

From Townhall, The Washington Post omits some important facts about a D.C. middle school baseball coach who was detained by ICE.

From The Washington Free Beacon, records show that senatorial candidate Troy Jackson's (D-ME) "logging" company is really a consulting firm.

From the Washington Examiner, the sneaky Democrat strategy in Alaska.

From The Federalist, the U.S. is headed for either mass immigration or mass deportation.

From American Thinker, former President Bush the Younger was and still is wrong about 9/11.

From NewsBusters, The View had no problem earlier this week with the fake Dan Sullivan in Alaska.

From Canada Free Press, a "diagram of a leftist revolution", of which France is merely a preview.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez announces transformations, labor dialogue, and reforms.

From Snouts in the Trough, hey leftists, what about the genocide in Nigeria?

From EuroNews, the foreign policy and governing challenges facing the Student List movement in Serbia.

From Free West Media, an oil spill near the Strait of Hormuz could cause a water crisis.

From ReMix, according to former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller, current Prime Minister Donald Tusk could win next year's parliamentary elections but still fail to form a governing majority.  (If you read Polish better than yours truly, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, 11 police officers and two prosecutors are suspended after the latest femicide in Kosovo.

From Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, Athens, Greece has its own "Mount Trashmore".  (FfJE appears to be a subsidiary of Balkan Insight.)

From The North Africa Post, almost 35 percent of Moroccan exports are from its automotive industry.

From The New Arab, Yemeni authorities accuse the Houthis of using banned toxic substances in attacks in the Province of Taiz.

From the Colombo Gazette, 14 university students participate in a training program on hydrography and marine geospatial information at the Sri Lanka National Hydrographic Office.

From the Daily Mirror, shortages of cards prevent Sri Lanka from producing drivers licenses, and national identity cards.

From Raajje, former Maldivian parliamentcritter Yaugoob Abdulla warns that waiting until 2028 to replace the current Maldivian government could be back for the education sector.

From the Bangkok Post, a mishap at Thailand's Suvarnabhumi airport is attributed to ground subsidence.

From The Straits Times and maybe the "what could go wrong?" department, visitors to the Singaporean island of Sentosa can book rides on self-driving shuttles starting in early 2027.

From Tempo(dot)Co, student protesters call for Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to dismiss Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni over his alleged failure to address forest fires.

From Free Malaysia Today, the party Perikatan Nasional announces five of the six candidates it will field in the upcoming election in the Malaysian state of Melaka.

From the Borneo Post, according to Finance Minister Amir Hamzah Azizan, the Malaysian government is increasing the allocation for all of the country's states, with Sabah and Sarawak getting the most.

From Counterview, the challenges faced by women who leave Islam are highlighted at a conference in London.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. needs to learn from its own successes.

From The Daily Signal, before President Trump goes to a rally in South Carolina, his administration highlights five illegal aliens recently arrested in that state.

From The American Conservative, some FBI agents finally face justice over former First Son Hunter Biden's laptop.

From The Western Journal, a State Department employee who lost her job after throwing a drink at an NBA game tells her side of the story.

From BizPac Review, a woman wearing a burka tries to turn a Pinellas County, Florida council meeting into an Islamic call to prayer and is escorted out.

From the Daily Wire, the Wisconsin Supreme Court opens a new investigation into a judge who helped an illegal alien evade ICE.

From the Daily Caller, small towns in Texas payed tens of thousands of dollars on performances by Tejano singer and congressional candidate (D-TX) Bobby Pulido.

From the New York Post, former (and very briefly) White House press secretary Katie Zacharia spars with journalist Piers Morgan over her private chats with Trump.

From Breitbart, screenwriter/director Adam Sorkin admits that he's not good as a director after his film The Social Reckoning flops.

From Newsmax, federal investigators found evidence in 2016 that then-private citizen Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage was fraudulent.

And from SFGate, the creepiest street in California has lured weirdos and sci-fi fans for a long time.

A Sasquatch's Wednesday Dozen

Now that I'm back from running around on a cool and sunny Wednesday, here are 12 things going on:

From MalayMail, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that his country's 2027 budget reinforces Islam.

From The Straits Times, Syria reopens its border with Jordan.

From The Star, Fitch Ratings estimates that Malaysia's Islamic finance industry is worth more than U.S. $800 million.

From The Soufan Center, Malian government forces retake the desert town of Kidal from Tuareg separatists and groups linked to al-Qaeda.

From NDTV, an American woman married to an ISIS fighter is convicted of receiving terrorist training.

From AMU, according to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Taliban is intensifying its restriction on women and girls.  (That non-sound which you're not hearing is the non-existent reaction from Western feminists.)

From IranWire, Iran wants the outside world to see women who appear free, but not women who choose freedom.

From World, Egyptian authorities release six Christians from jail who had been arrested for posting videos allegedly offensive to Islam.

From the New York Post, an underage ISIS supporter tries to knife a policeman guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, which becomes his last mistake.

From Al Jazeera, Arab parties are on course to win a record 17 seats in the Israeli Knesset.  (All 10 of the above links come via The Religion Of Peace, which also appears to be a record.  Of course, this makes today's intent to post 12 articles very easy to accomplish.)

From Gatestone Institute, will AI be verified when it learns Jew-hate?

And from Snouts in the Trough, how did the U.K.'s police become the enemies of its people?

Tuesday Tidings

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

From National Review, getting to the bottom of President Trump's antics.

From FrontpageMag, amid the riots in France, the leftist narrative falls apart.

From Townhall, congresscritter Ilhan Omar's (D-Min) memoir contains evidence that she lied about her age.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a donor who has given millions of dollars to Democrats PACs putting out ads linking Republicans to the late Jeffrey Epstein himself visited Epstein several times.

From the Washington Examiner, to Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the climate, Gaza and French schools are all the same fight.

From The Federalist, either the aforementioned Ilhan Omar lied about her age in her memoir, or she's lying about it now.

From American Thinker, why are women trying to get into college if it's a rape culture?

From NewsBusters, a detransitioner claims that she was not allowed to question senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) at a CNN/Jubilee town hall.

From Canada Free Press, the stench of sanctimony pervades a meeting between Trump and some Catholic bishops.

From TeleSUR, Cuba outlines its biodiversity priorities at the COP17 meeting in Yerevan, Armenia.

From EuroNews, Poland and the U.K. sign a three-year defense cooperation agreement.

From Free West Media, is there a straightforward way to end the war in Ukraine?

From ReMix, Europe has gotten and is expected to get more Muslims.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at La Gaceta.)

From Balkan Insight, the Bulgarian government is criticized for using state funds to promote presidential candidate Iliana Iotova.

From The New Arab, Syria closes its border with Jordan after Jordanian airstrikes kill seven Syrian civilians.

From The Hans India, the speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly calls for gender-neutral parliamentary rules.

From the Hindustan Times, most of convicts escaped from a jail in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu can't outrun police drones.

From ANI, Odisha state Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi promises a "zero-tolerance policy against corruption".  (My spellchecker objects to "Charan" but has no problem with "Mohan" or "Majhi".)

From India Today, according to Indian former Supreme Court judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul, governments have always preferred judges who agree with them.  (I've got a feeling that such preference is not by any means confined to India.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi police are ordered to crack down on drug and juvenile gang kingpins.

From New Age, according to a U.N. report, Bangladeshis are among men from 29 countries who were trafficked into the Russian military.

From NDTV, an "Arab" factor holds a critical balance of power in Israel's current election.

From Gatestone Institute, the new European totalitarians.

From The Daily Signal, a report from Trump's trip to Mississippi.

From The American Conservative, leftists want the U.S. to look like France.

From The Western Journal, more on the aforementioned Jordanian airstrikes.

From BizPac Review, could rapper Nicki Minaj become the next White House press secretary?

From the Daily Wire, no, police weren't called to a soccer game because a black three-year-old boy was too good at playing the game.

From the Daily Caller, the FBI raids a mansion in Beverly Hills, California in connection to an investigation of former congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal).

From the New York Post, crooks have stolen huge amounts of expensive AI equipment.

From Breitbart, leftist rioting in France does not prevent the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints from playing football in the Stade de France near Paris.

From Newsmax, Brazilian Senator and recent presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro is headed to the U.S.

And from the Genesius Times, a federal judge overturns a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and orders both countries to resume hostilities.

Walter Koenig 1936-2026

Actor and screenwriter Walter Koenig, known for playing Ensign Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek series and six subsequent Star Trek movies, died yesterday of natural causes at age 90, at his home in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.  His daughter Danielle and a niece were with him.

Walter Marvin Koenig was born in Chicago, Illinois to businessman Isadore Koenig and the former Sarah Strauss.  Both were Russian Jewish immigrants and lived in Lithuania before they left the Soviet Union.  During Walter's childhood, the family moved to Manhattan in New York City.  Koenig attended Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa and later received a BA degree from UCLA.  He also attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

Koenig portrayed a Marine Corps Sergeant on the NBC show The Lieutenant and appeared in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour before auditioning for the role of Ensign Chekov.  He was chosen for the role due to his resemblance to actor/singer Davy Jones of the Monkees, not to an alleged article in Pravda complaining about the lack of Russian characters in Star Trek.  Producer Gene Roddenberry asked him to "ham up" his Russian accent, which resulted in Chekov substituting a "w" for a "v" in words such as "wodka" and "wessel".

Before the start of the Star Trek movies, Koenig found some work as a writer.  He appeared on the sci-fi show Babylon 5 as the Psi Cop Alfred Bester.  He appeared as a guest star in various TV shows and wrote several films, one-act plays, and TV episodes.  He also taught acting and directing at UCLA.

Koenig married actress Judy Levitt in 1965.  He was predeceased by her in 2022 and by their son Andrew, who committed suicide in 2010.  He is survived by his daughter Danielle.

Read more at The Hollywood Reporter, NBC News, TMZ, Variety and People.