Friday Fuss

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, actor Tom Cruise's film Digger is a climate hoax satire.

From FrontpageMag, the cover model for the men's issue of New York magazine is.....(You'll have to click on the link to find out, but I'll call this person "Dylan Mulvaney in reverse".)

From Townhall, what senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) gets wrong about having 1,000 millionaires instead of one billionaire.

From The Washington Free Beacon, The New York Times gets hypocritical about tax breaks.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican is renewing an "alliance" with "artists and cultural institutions" against AI.

From The Federalist, climate activists want the Supreme Court to impose the Green New Deal, which voters rejected, onto American industries.

From American Thinker, three classes that all college students should be required to take.

From NewsBusters, ABC, CBS and NBC upward revisions of GDP data.

From Canada Free Press, when Chicago made a Rosary of balloons.

From TeleSUR, Paraguay hosts over 8,000 competitors from 91 countries at the World Skate Games.

From EuroNews, Hungary and Ukraine edge closer to a deal on the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine, which could unblock Ukraine's efforts to join the E.U.

From ReMix, one French woman is burned with a makeshift flamethrower and another is beaten by a mob in rioting by students.  (If you read French, read the story at BMF.)

From Balkan Insight, the late Bosnian Serb politician Biljana Plavšić was a "war criminal who withdrew her remorse".

From The North Africa Post, Morocco exports 75 percent more blueberries to Switzerland during the year ending this past June than it did one year earlier.

From The New Arab, Egypt starts building a railway to the town of Taba in the Sinai region, raising concern in Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Congress has the means to provide fusion power to the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, a look at the Democratic Socialists of America's policy to end the nuclear family

From The American Conservative, is Russia planning to attack a NATO country, as alleged by Ukrainian President Zelensky?

From The Western Journal, leftists don't approve as rapper Eminem makes a guest appearance on Kid Rock's upcoming Christmas album.

From BizPac Review and the "no good deed goes unpunished" department, the manager of a Kroger food store is fired for trying to protect an elderly co-worker from shoplifters.

From the Daily Wire, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) wants an "independent" investigation into the "Cornell 7".

From the Daily Caller, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy exchange some words.  (Language warning)

From the New York Post, four astronauts set a U.S. speed record going to the International Space Station.

From Breitbart, migrants contaminate a beach in Ceuta, Spain with their [bleep].  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Faro Ceuta.)

From Newsmax, due to various complications, the Kennedy Center Honors will be held at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

And from the eponymous site of Douglas V. Gibbs, how understanding Thomas Jefferson requires considering the context.

Thursday Things To Start October

On a warm and sunny Thursday at the start of October, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the thwarted FlyDubai hijacker underwent "Islamist radical indoctrination".

From FrontpageMag, white paint on your walls is racist.

From Townhall, a fundraiser for senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) has an "interesting" take on the thwarted FlyDubai hijacking.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the aforementioned Adbul El-Sayed exaggerates claims about erasing medical debt.

From the Washington Examiner, what to know about the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike in Tennessee.

From The Federalist, the Department of Justice files a judicial misconduct complaint against several Minnesota judges for allegedly "pandering" to The New York Times about deportations.

From American Thinker, the enemies of the West have realized that the way to defeat us is to turn us against ourselves.

From NewsBusters, Comedy Central podcaster Jon Stewart doesn't like being called a socialist for wanting health care to be.....(wait for it).....socialized.

From Canada Free Press, California builds a fortress to protect fraud.

From TeleSUR, former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presents his new book.

From Snouts in the Trough, do charities lie to get our money?

From EuroNews, Russia tells Hungarian embassy and consulate staff to go home.

From Free West Media, the geopolitical battle behind the war between the U.S. and Iran.

From ReMix, the principal of a school in Rouen, France is hit in the face with a firework mortar, and the entrance to the school is set on fire.  (If you read French, read the story at Paris Normandie and a related story at Ici.)

From Balkan Insight, thousands of people in Pristina, Kosovo again protest against the war crimes convictions of four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco has secured enough fuel to last through the end of 2026, but has to import electricity.

From The New Arab, the Houthis in Yemen mass their forces near the border with Saudi Arabia.

From Le Figaro in English, inside France's standoff against fundamentalist Islam.

From the Express, fury erupts in response to a Muslim preacher in the U.K. telling Muslim men to discipling their wives.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas and Iran will not voluntarily give up their fight.

From The Daily Signal, the Senate confirms Secretary of Labor nominee Keith Sonderling.

From The American Conservative, U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham takes a risky gamble on pension reform.

From The Western Journal, President Trump takes away the only argument from the Democrats against the SAVE America Act.

From BizPac Review, former congresscritter Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is investigated for allegedly placing bets on his pardon from then-President Biden.

From the Daily Wire, the aforementioned FlyDubai hijacker had a "bizarre" practice dealing with women.

From the Daily Caller, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) halts executions for the rest of this year after the aforementioned botched execution of Christa Pike.

From the New York Post, at the playoff baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, a hockey game breaks out - in the upper deck stands.

From Breitbart, according to the aforementioned Andy Burnham, there is a "strong indication" that the Iranian government was involved in the alleged terror plot against a U.K. air force base.

From Newsmax, a D.C. Superior Court judge permanently dismisses a criminal case against a former Olympian who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

And from SFGate, a restaurant in Escondido, California really belongs to a bunch of elephants.

Wednesday Wanderings For The End Of September

Now that I'm back from wandering around the southwestern U.S., on a warm and partly sunny Wednesday falling on the last day of September, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a pilot flying a FlyDubai jet full of Israeli passengers going to Tel Aviv stabs his co-pilot and attempts to crash the plane, but is thwarted by passengers.

From FrontpageMag, the aforementioned attempt to crash a plane just might be part of a pattern.

From Townhall, gun control advocates want no one of any age to own guns.

From The Washington Free Beacon, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) strategy for protecting Jews gets denounced by Jews.

From the Washington Examiner, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs a law banning ICE from using its shock gloves in California.

From The Federalist, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) is caught in a lie about his position in trans issues.

From American Thinker, the planned Mesabi steel plant in Iowa is President Trump's "tariffs in action".

From NewsBusters, are flock cameras a tool for fighting crime or a tool of mass surveillance?

From Canada Free Press, how to take back America by not outsourcing our minds.

From TeleSUR, millions of Brazilians attend a rally held by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Salvador de Bahia.

From Snouts in the Trough, is there yet more proof that U.K. police and judges are "enemies of the people"?

From EuroNews, the U.K. ends its "one in, one out" migrant return deal with France.

From Free West Media, why conservative politicians are regarded as more attractive.

From ReMix, data from Berlin shows that Europe's housing crisis is really an immigration crisis.

From Balkan Insight, tracing the cigarette smuggling through the mountainous borderlands of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, the African Development Bank Group grants Morocco €270 million to modernize its airports.

From The New Arab, when in Oman, please refrain from riding the turtles.

From Gatestone Institute, the "America first" policy doesn't mean that Israel is last.

From The Daily Signal, gas prices put into perspective.

From The American Conservative, why a potential impeachment of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth terrifies Republicans.

From The Western Journal, accused murderer Lindsay Clancy's defense team screams at a black member of the media as they enter a courthouse for a retrial hearing.

From Fox News, Attorney General Todd Blanche announces voter fraud charges against 10 lawful immigrants in Minnesota.

From BizPac Review, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) claims that 100,000 Virginians were kicked off SNAP, but those people might not really be Virginians.

From the Daily Wire, a deadly drug can be found right next to the candy bars.

From the Daily Caller, the Senate votes down an insider stock trading ban.

From the New York Post, a Connecticut man gets 92 months in prison for trying to support ISIS.

From Breitbart, according to a study, fans of musician Taylor Swift aren't all that bothered by her use of a private jet.  (Apparently, producing carbon dioxide is OK when she does it.)

From Newsmax, according to Senator John Husted (R-OH), Democrats are blocking his Ratepayer Protection Act just to deny Republicans a victory on affordability.

And from the Genesius Times, the WNBA bans all of its fans from its game after one of them pointed at Las Vegas Aces player A'ja Wilson.  (Is she named after a certain Steely Dan album?)

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, what happened at the U.K. air force base?

From FrontpageMag, according to a left-wing judge on the Michigan state Supreme Court, monkeys have rights but unborn human babies don't.

From Townhall, the holdout juror in the trial of accused murderer Lindsay Clancy finally speaks out.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a watchdog, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund sent nearly $32 million to non-profits based in China.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), then-special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed at least 4,782 checks from donors to then-candidate Donald Trump.

From The Federalist, an alleged gang rape at Cornell University could be a hoax, which would not be the first such event.

From American Thinker, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear's (D) new religion.

From NewsBusters, ABC, CBS and NBC spend a total of almost 29 minutes on confrontations with ICE while going Sergeant Schultz on crimes committed by illegal aliens.

From Canada Free Press, it's not heaven, it's just the United States of America.

From TeleSUR, El Salvador records its highest coffee harvest since the 2012-2013 season.

From EuroNews, two Hungarian assemblycritters are detained under Prime Minister Péter Magyar's "Operation Purge".

From ReMix, a Turkish woman living in Germany allegedly commits €11 million in fraud.

From Balkan Insight, Belgrade, Serbia Mayor Aleksandar Šapić denies punching city councillor Tatjana Mićić.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI appoints Fatima El Mansouri as the head of government, the first woman to be designated as such.

From The New Arab, who has committed sabotage against Syria's gas network.

From Digitalshield, the conflict between sacred law and international law in Morocco.

From The Straits Times, the Israeli air force sends a senior Hamas commander to his virgins, and the U.S. finally gets out of Iraq.

From Organiser, why do Sunni Muslims in the Indian state of Keralam support the Shia Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia?

From The Jerusalem Post, Iranian judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei demands a crackdown against women who disobey Iran's hijab law.

From Kabul Now, the Afghanistan Journalists Center calls for support as the Taliban intensifies its crackdown on the media.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Jihad Watch, Turkish President Erdoğan speaks against "the occupying Zionist mindset".

From Resonate, a South Korean college student is sentenced to at least a year in prison for pledging allegiance to ISIS and planning a bomb attack.

From AA, California officially recognizes the Islamic holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.  (My spellchecker doesn't like "Fitr" and "Adha", but has no problem with "Eid".)

From Heartlander News, a Christian journalist sues Dearborn, Michigan for allegedly favoring Muslim holidays over Christian and Jewish ones.  (The last 10 stories, including two from The Straits Times, come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, is selling F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia a gift to China?

From The Daily Signal, a new bill introduced by Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) would prevent welfare agencies from accusing parents who don't "affirm" their children's trans status of child abuse.

From The American Conservative, on some issues, President Trump should be more like congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY).

From The Western Journal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recuses himself from a high-profile climate change case.

From BizPac Review, journalist Chris Cuomo predicts that journalist Scott Jennings will leave MAGA.

From the Daily Wire, a look at Trump's crackdown on crime in Memphis, Tennessee a year later.

From the Daily Caller, a woman on death row in Tennessee claims to feel a "kinship" with the aforementioned Lindsay Clancy.

From Breitbart, U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announces plans to import more asylum seekers from Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories.

From Newsmax, if you have the qualifications, you can join ICE.

And from the New York Post, if you have $4.4 million lying around, you can buy a mansion in Hollywood Hills, California which was once covered in graffiti.

Monday Mania

Now that I'm back from New Mexico, let's see if I can remember how to do my normal blogging.  On a mild and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, a leftist passes for non-white.

From Townhall, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) creates a scholarship program, but not for her fellow Americans.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Angie Nixon (D-FL) faces a criminal referral about allegedly concealing back taxes and student loans from the body she wishes to join.

From the Washington Examiner, Republican congresscritters demand that a lawyer for ActBlue testify over its foreign donor screening.

From The Federalist, a document on abortions for trans youth should be seen as a preview of California Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) potential presidency.

From American Thinker, middle class wages have risen faster during Trump's presidencies.

From Newsbusters, the MS NOW show Morning Joe tries to revive the Daniel Penny case.

From Canada Free Press, Americans voted for deporting illegal aliens.

From TeleSUR, Peru offers sustainable tourism.

From Snouts in the Trough, if you want a decent government pension in the U.K., don't ever get a job.

From EuroNews, Russian forces strike Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv.

From ReMix, after a 93-year-old woman is found dead in her house in Toulouse, France, police arrest an unclothed illegal migrant from Sudan, also found in the house.  (If you read French, read the story at La Dépêche.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo parliamentcritters express "deep concern" over the war crimes convictions of four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Mauritania agree to upgrade a road between their El Guerguerat border crossing to the latter's capital of Nouakchott.

From The New Arab, Moroccans protest their country's deepening ties with Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian Authority President Mahmood Abbas tells the U.N. that reforms carried out by his government are complete, but the evidence doesn't agree.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, President Trump is transforming the U.N.'s failures into American savings.

From The American Conservative, a quiet change to immigration enforcement is a quite significant.

From The Western Journal, Trump is set to announce the construction of what will be the largest steel production plant in the U.S.

From BizPac Review, singer and Trump supporter Nicki Ninaj tells young Americans to "vote red".

From the Daily Wire, five men are arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb a British air base hosting American forces, and then released on bail.  (The DW is allowing me to read this article without subscribing or registering, so I'm passing it on to you.  I hope that this will be their policy from now on.)

From the Daily Caller, FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey announces his resignation after one year on the job.

From the New York Post, NBA record holder LeBron James joins the Philadelphia 76ers in hopes of extending his records.

From Breitbart, according to a study, politically biased spam filtering by Microsoft and Google obstructed an estimated $117 million in fundraising for Trump and Republicans.

From Newsmax, more on the aforementioned new steel plant.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump announces a plan to give Iran a yuge wooden horse.

One Last Stop

On my way back from Santa Fe to the Albuquerque airport, I stopped to see the Mormon Battalion Monument near a former trading post called Budaghers.  There's a small parking lot near the monument and a bench you can sit on, but not too much else that's very close.

Another Walk In Santa Fe

Today I've pretty much taken it easy, but I got in another walk, going to downtown Santa Fe.  The first thing I wanted to see was the Palace of the Governors, originally built by Spanish colonists in 1610.  Used during periods of Spanish, Mexican and American governance, it was designated as a museum in 1909.  This is the south side of the palace, seen from its west end, with its name above a window.  The section of the adjacent street, Plaza Avenue, in front of the palace is reserved for pedestrians.

More From The Road In Utah

With my visit to Natural Bridges National Monument complete, I retraced my course back to Utah route 95 and drove eastward to route 261 and went south.  This drive was uneventful until I reached the Moki Dugway, a three-mile section of road that includes a gravel surface, grades of up to 10 percent, and switchbacks; and excludes any painted lines.  Soon after the pavement gave way to gravel, I stopped at a pullout and took this picture of some nearby cliffs.

Natural Bridges National Monument

The farthest west I traveled yesterday was to Natural Bridges National Monument.  I continued westward on Utah route 95 and found route 275, which pretty much exists to connect the monument to the rest of the U.S.A.  The monument features three natural bridges and a set of Puebloan ruins, which all may be visited by following a one-way loop road.  For all three bridges, there are viewing points and trailheads along the road, which may be used depending on how much hiking you want to do.  The first bridge seen from the road is Sipapu Bridge, named after a Hopi word for a small hole or indentation in the floor of a kiva.

Mule Canyon Ruins

Further along Utah route 95, west of the Butler Wash Ruins, is the Mule Canyon Interpretive Site.  This site includes ruins that are much closer to the road than those of Butler Wash, which may be reached via a modern walkway.  The site is not actually in Mule Canyon, but on higher ground above and to the south of it.  A hiking trail about a mile long connects to a side road east of the interpretive site and leads into the canyon and a site called House On Fire.  The largest section of the ruins at the interpretive site are seen here.