Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, angry whining people from both sides of the aisle get together.

From FrontpageMag, South Africa has had enough of illegal immigration.

From Townhall, Border Czar Tom Homan demolishes President Trump's critics in one emphatic speech.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a media watchdog launches an AI chatbot which suggests there are at least 72 genders.

From the Washington Examiner, former National Security Advisor John Bolton pleads guilty to a count of mishandling classified information.

From The Federalist, lies from the media and the Democrats about pro-life laws are not only false but also deadly.

From American Thinker, the West fails to understand that the Iranian regime's motivations are religious, not pragmatic.

From NewsBusters, The Washington Post injects babble about climate change into stories about algae put into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From Canada Free Press, socialists, communist and con men gather to tell us who our new enemies are.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela reports an expanded relief effort as the combined death toll from its two earthquakes reaches 920.

From TCW Defending Freedom, former U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's parting gift is government surveillance at an unprecedented level.

From Snouts in the Trough, will the BBC ask U.K. political leaders any tough questions?

From EuroNews, the E.U. will exclude military-age Ukrainian men from temporary protected status.

From ReMix, what does Ukraine have planned for its operations against Russia in the next 40 days?

From Balkan Insight, a fire at a nearby landfill leaves the Bosnian city of Mostar "gasping for breath".

From The North Africa Post, the U.N. Security Council passes a resolution ending impunity for crimes committed by the militia Polisario against U.N. peacekeeping forces.

From The New Arab, an Israeli company might soon enter Egypt's oil industry.

From the Daily Mail, Shia Muslims observe the holy day of Ashura by leaving themselves drenched in blood.  (Due to the pictures, reader discretion is advised.)

From Gatestone Institute, did former German Chancellor Angela Merkel once work for the East German Stasi?

From The Daily Signal, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, stacked with allies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), passes a rent freeze.

From The American Conservative, muddling through on the memorandum of understanding with Iran.

From The Western Journal, why ProFa resembles Nazi Germany's stormtroopers.

From BizPac Review, moderate Democrat congresscritters prepare "for war" over the surge of socialists in their party.

From The Daily Caller, congresscritter Brandon Gill (R-TX) presses a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program advocate about why taxpayers should pay for sugary drinks.  (Gill's father-in-law is my second favorite convicted felon.)

From the New York Post, World Cup fans visiting the U.S. get a "redneck crash course" in Texas, including a trip to a Buc-ee's.

From Breitbart, a 250th anniversary tribute to America from the aforementioned Brandon Gill.

From Newsmax, over 700 rabbis demand an apology from the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani over his remarks calling AIPAC "monsters".

And from the Genesius Times, the twice-aforementioned Zohran Mamdani oversees New York City's first public stoning of a rape victim.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, the Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration may turn away asylum seekers at the border.

From FrontpageMag, when Arabs lose World Cup soccer games, it's because of the Jews.

From Townhall, the communists aren't even hiding what they're planning for the Democratic Party.

From The Washington Free Beacon, left-wing strategists and Hollywood insiders form a new organization called Stage Left.

From the Washington Examiner, the Border Patrol now has a record 21,471 agents.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court rules that "temporary" actually means "temporary".

From American Thinker, the frog is getting uncomfortable.

From NewsBusters, Forbes thinks that falling gas prices might be bad for inflation?

From Canada Free Press, an interview with Canadian constitutional lawyer Bruce Pardy on the degradation of civil liberties in Canada and its effect on the Alberta separatist movement.

From TeleSUR, Panama and the U.S. plan to send search-and-rescue teams Venezuela, which was struck by two earthquakes 39 seconds apart.

From TCW Defending Freedom, 10 years of lies endured by the supporters of Brexit.

From EuroNews, France takes two nuclear power plants offline during a record heatwave.

From Free West Media, Israel's greatest fear is the U.S. being less committed to it.

From ReMix, an Afghan migrant is arrested for allegedly groping and attempting to rape girls at a swimming pool in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, but a judge releases him.  (If you read Germany, read the story at TagesSchau.

From Balkan Insight, the Serbian government agrees to receive and rebury in Belgrade the remains of Blagoje Jovović, who claimed to have shot and wounded Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelić in Argentina in 1957.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco outdoes Spain in exporting Mandarin oranges to the U.K.

From The New Arab, Shiite Muslims observe the holy day of Ashura, even after months of war in Iran and Lebanon.

From The Indian Express, plan to target tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, India was set in motion a week before they were attacked, and involved a cellphone trekking app.  (via OpIndia)

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey is a safe haven for Hamas and a blind spot for the West.

From The Daily Signal, three House committee chairs seek testimony from a White House lawyer for then-President Biden in an investigation of the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue.

From The American Conservative, as the war with Iran winds down, European elites want escalation in Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, former Mr. Bill henchman James Carville melts down after socialists win congressional primaries in New York City.

From BizPac Review, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) promises to push the SAVE American Act through another reconciliation, but some congresscritters don't agree with him.

From the Daily Caller, congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier (D-NY) storms out of a Spanish-language interview, exposing a rift among the far-left.

From Breitbart, the Supreme Court rules against Hawaii's law restricting concealed carry on private property.

From Newsmax, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns Iran against the "fantasy" of imposing fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

And from the New York Post, before their World Cup soccer match, Ecuador and Germany have a battle of the bands in Times Square in New York City.

A Few Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, the 2006 movie Talladega Nights, which is being rereleased for its 20th anniversary, retraces our tracks.

From FrontpageMag, suicidal empathy can also be called "sympathy for the devil".  ("Please allow me to introduce myself....")

From Townhall, after four years, Democrats are still crying about Dobbs v. Jackson.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) called to cut police budgets and spend the money on social programs instead.

From the Washington Examiner, federal prosecutors indict 12 people for allegedly using drones to deliver drugs, cellphones, weapons and other contraband into prisons.

From The Federalist, the media gear up to whitewash New York City's takeover by socialists.

From American Thinker, foreigners visiting the U.S. for the World Cup find the real America.

From NewsBusters, fact-checkers spin a 2018 Tweet by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Labour Party's "Ministry of Truth" is a step toward dictatorship.

From Snouts in the Trough, do the U.K.'s useless "plods" having anything better to do than gawk?

From Gatestone Institute, Helion Energy's "Radioactive Materials License and Radioactive Air Emissions License", granted for a nuclear fusion project, is a milestone that should be celebrated.

From The American Conservative, Peru has a chance to become stable if candidate Keiko Fujimori is elected president.

From BizPac Review, UFC fighter Dana White names the one Republican who could keep him involved in politics.

From the Daily Caller, Democrats are against trying to restrict the export of gasoline.

From the New York Post, according to the Department of Homeland Security, ICE has arrested 10,000 migrant gang members during President Trump's second term.

From Breitbart, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son warns not to commit "blasphemy against AI".

From Newsmax, Florida attorney John Morgan announces the name of a new political party that he's creating.

And from the Humor Times, how Vice President Vance's obsession with a divan killed peaceful coexistence.

Tuesday Tidings

On an unseasonably cool and rainy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump's face gets posted all over Washington, D.C.

From FrontpageMag, among the guests at the opening of former President Obama's center are his old friends Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dorn.

From Townhall, an illegal alien working illegally as an Uber driver is arrested after allegedly kidnapping, drugging and raping a passenger in Miami.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) scrubs his website of statements supporting "trans kids" and "bold, progressive ideas".

From the Washington Examiner, an appeals court rules that ICE may deport illegal aliens without the approval of a judge.

From The Federalist, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) and Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood have some things in common.

From American Thinker, my state wrongly sends out over 500,000 replacement mail-in ballots.

From NewsBusters, according to a study, TV news networks waste almost seven hours discussing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From Canada Free Press, U.S. energy dominance can defund terrorism.

From TeleSUR, Peruvian presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez denounces what he believes is fraud and refuses to recognize rival Keiko Fujimori if she becomes president.

From TCW Defending Freedom, if U.K. parliamentcritter Andy Burnham becomes prime minister, he won't fix the country.

From Snouts in the Trough, according to U.K. fictional character Amelia, replacing former Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Burnham won't do much good.

From EuroNews, the E.U. warns that tensions between Poland and Ukraine will play into Russian President Putin's hands.

From ReMix, according to a right-wing Hungarian politician, it's "understandable" that someone threw LGBTQ Pride flags off a bridge in Budapest.

From Balkan Insight, 14 Serbian NGOs urge the U.N. to investigate if a "sonic weapon" was used to break up a protest in the capital city of Belgrade.

From The North Africa Post, Djibouti asks Morocco for help in developing solar energy.

From The New Arab, Algeria beats Jordan 2-1 at the World Cup.

From The Jerusalem Post, a middle school principal in Boston apologizes to Arab and Muslim students who felt "unsafe" after a lesson about the Holocaust.  (Imagine apologizing to non-black students after a lesson about slavery.)

From Gatestone Institute, Iran and Hamas have no intention of meeting U.S. President Trump's peace demands.

From The Daily Signal, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration under then-President Biden allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills into the U.S. to gather intelligence.

From The American Conservative, Vice President Vance angers the neocons.

From The Western Journal, more on the Biden administration allowing large numbers of fentanyl pills into the U.S.

From BizPac Review, Dr. Anthony Fauci gets a subpoena.

From the Daily Caller, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson ditches the Republican Party.

From the New York Post, the IDF claims that an Al Jazeera journalist killed in Gaza and mourned by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) was a sniper for Hamas.

From Breitbart, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz increases slightly, defying Iran's claim that it was closed.

From Newsmax, the Department of Justice sues New York state over its law restricting federal immigration officers and ending cooperation with ICE.

And from SFGate, El Niño hits California.

Monday Links

As the warm and cloudy weather continues on a Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how did the Marquis de Lafayette become America's favorite Frenchman?

From FrontpageMag, former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard tells the truth.

From Townhall, President Trump sends a "scathing" message to the leftists who vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congressional candidate Randy Villegas (D-Cal) blames conservatives in his district for creating a "climate of fear" by opposing illegal immigration.

From the Washington Examiner, Larry the cat, the chief mouse-catcher of 10 Downing Street in London, outlasts his sixth prime minister.

From The Federalist, why aren't any World Cup soccer players taking a knee for slain Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak?

From American Thinker, why does the resignation of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer mean so much, not just to his country, but also to observers in the U.S.?

From NewsBusters, the Democratic Socialists of American want to socialize the New York Knicks, who just won the NBA championship.

From Canada Free Press, the aforementioned vandalism on the Reflecting Pool reflects left-wing insanity.

From TeleSUR, Mexico warns that fewer people are using the Maya language.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the aforementioned Keir Starmer's resignation speech proves why he had to resign.

From Snouts in the Trough, two stories from last week.

From The Standard, Prime Minister Starmer resigns and parliamentcritter Andy Burnham is poised to succeed him.

From the Express, parliamentcritters Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch warn the aforementioned Andy Burnham about calling for a general election.

From EuroNews, the E.U. prepares to decouple the accession processes for Ukraine and Moldova.

From Remix, even with Starmer no longer in office, the U.K. right may have little to cheer about.

From Balkan Insight, Greek former europarliamentcritter Michelle Asimakopoulou is convicted of violating secrecy laws by leaking email addresses of Greek expatriates.

From The North African Post, Spain is urged to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization.

From The New Arab, trials in Syria for Assad-era figures accused of war crimes will test whether the new regime can deliver justice.

From The Jerusalem Post, Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire grants honorary citizenship to the city to the civilians of Gaza and the West Bank and to Palestinian journalists.

From Arutz Sheva, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is criticized after calling AIPAC and its supporters "monsters".

From Culture Watch, are Europe and the West close to their end?

From Gatestone Institute, why many Arabs opposed the memorandum of understanding between Iran and U.S. President Trump.

From The Daily Signal, President John Quincy Adams on U.S. foreign policy.

From The American Conservative, the lost charms of soccer, a.k.a. football, and of life.

From The Western Journal, Vice President Vance announces a "major" breakthrough in negotiations with Iran.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Ro Khanna (D-Cal) calls for an investigation of the Chief Twit for allegedly killing 4.5 million kids.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Jean Shaheen (D-NH) awkwardly attempts to perform an African dance.

From the New York Post, Norwegian World Cup fans give New York City a big does of the Viking row.

From Breitbart, Army Infantryman Scotty Hastings is shot 10 times in Afghanistan and later becomes and singer-songwriter.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter James Comer (R-KY), Democrats and the media are "probably rooting for Iran".

And from The Babylon Bee and the "don't give him any ideas" department, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) raises his state's income tax rate to 110 percent.

Sunday Solstice Stories For Fathers Day

On a warm and cloudy Sunday falling on both the summer solstice and Fathers Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, finding serenity in Idaho.

From FrontpageMag, after six years and an investigation by the Department of Justice, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) just might release his tax returns.

From Townhall, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) walks out when asked about fraud in his state.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book written by a judge about Israel.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Vice President Vance, the U.S. and Iran can "sit together as teams" ceasefire deals being discussed in Switzerland.

From The Federalist, a woman's children are here because their father fought for them.

From American Thinker, tyrannical legislation in Canada drives over 100,000 Canadians to leave.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW contributor Inzaman Rashid calls Israeli strikes a roadblock to peace, but ignores Hezbollah's strikes against Israeli soldiers.

From TCW Defending Freedom, English engineer Isambard Brunel's cigar and some historical rewriting.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the paramilitary group leader of the Berlin division of Germany's Social Democratic Party and his photos with Islamists.

From The Jerusalem Post, the father of a girl killed in the 2001 bombing of a Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem for harboring the woman who allegedly masterminded the attack.

From Arutz Sheva, Iran paid people to shoot at synagogues in Toronto, Canada and document the attacks.

From Gatestone Institute, did President Trump cave in on Iran?

From The American Conservative, how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) lost control of his own succession.

And from the New York Post, a Russian combat engineer captured by Ukraine has a distinctive pedigree.  (If you read Ukrainian, read the story in the Ukrainian edition of BBC News.)

Some Nearby Sites

Today I took a hike, like I often do, but this time, I took a few pictures.  I hiked on the southernmost part of the Seneca Creek Greenway Trail and reached the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, which I thoroughly explored back in the 1990s.  Near the southern end of the SCGT is what's left of Seneca Mill.  Despite a sign warning against vandalism, it was largely covered in graffiti, as seen here.

Friday Fuss For Juneteenth

On a warm and sunny Friday on the anniversary of the arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, who announced the end of slavery, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the horrific rape gangs in the U.K.

From FrontpageMag, a 215-page report exposes the aforementioned rape gangs.

From Townhall, the Department of Justice targets hundreds of naturalized criminals who allegedly concealed fraud and sexual abuse on their applications for citizenship.

From The Washington Free Beacon, read Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's (D) lips, there will be new taxes.

From the Washington Examiner, under President Trump, ICE has deported almost 900,000 illegal aliens.

From The Federalist, why Juneteenth goes against the "1619 Project".

From American Thinker, the historical irony between Juneteenth and the emancipation proclamation.....of 1775.

From NewsBusters, the Department of Justice charges 15 people with benefit fraud in Massachusetts, 11 of whom are illegal aliens.

From Canada Free Press, election chaos and why the case Watson v. RNC matters.

From TeleSUR, Mexican President Sheinbaum downplays U.S. President Trump's claim that drug cartels run Mexico.

From TCW Defending Freedom, climate fearmongers get their junk science from both space and under ground.

From EuroNews, French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez slam the planned deportation hubs for rejected asylum seekers.

From Free West Media, cities finally admit that climate science has never been settled.

From ReMix, French right-wing political leader Jordan Bardella visits Polish right-wing sejmcritters.  (The Polish legislature is called the Sejm.  A sejmcritter is thus the Polish equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.  If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, pressure increases on Bosnia and Herzegovina to harmonize its visa policy with the E.U.

From The North Africa Post, the Swiss electronics company Cicor leaves Tunisia and decides to expand its presence in Morocco.

From The New Arab, a cousin of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claims to have established a militia to defend Alawites in Syria.  (The Alawites are a minority religious sect who live mainly in Syria.  The Assad family have been among its members.)

From BBC News, gunmen kill 35 people in an attack at Niger's largest airport.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), Trump's deal with Iran will allow it to earn $200 million per day, which could go to funding terrorism.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, without Israel, Europe would be disarmed.

From Gatestone Institute, part 2 of a conversation with Belgian Jewish leader Joël Rubinfeld.

From The Daily Signal, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) ruffles some feathers with his new stance on the death penalty.

From The American Conservative, "what the snobs miss about UFC Freedom 250", the fight held in front of the White House.

From The Western Journal, Trump literally supports 88-year-old Vietnam War veteran retired Marine Major James Capers before awarding him the Congressional Medal of Honor.

From BizPac Review, U.K. citizens may face eviction for flying the English or U.K. flags during the World Cup.

From the Daily Caller, at the opening of his Presidential Center, former President Obama plays air guitar and former President Biden asks where his granddaughter is.

From the New York Post, the largest jet ever used as Air Force One gets a well-deserved retirement as a jet gifted by Qatar could be its replacement.

From Breitbart, actor Kevin Bacon encourages people to eat beans instead of meat on Wednesdays.

From Newsmax, Israel and Hezbollah trade blows.

And from Page Six, actress Deidre Hall from Days of Our Lives slaps Today host Craig Melvin, but all in good fun.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, attacks on the Chief Twit's wealth are attacks on America.

From FrontpageMag, 70 years of rapes with 250,000 victims in the U.K.

From Townhall, the Los Angeles City Council advances a measure that would allow illegal aliens to vote in city elections.

From The Washington Free Beacon, opinion writer Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times used his column to promote Microsoft founder Bill Gates and denounce sex trafficking, but omitted Gates's ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Vance tells Republican critics of the Iran deal to "have a little faith".

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court unanimously rules a law denying guns to marijuana users.

From American Thinker, who the real extremists on immigration are.

From NewsBusters, the top 10 media freakouts over the aforementioned Chief Twit becoming a trillionaire.

From Canada Free Press, Prime Minister Mark Carney is leading the charge to drag Canada into Godless communism.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela finds a plan for economic recovery and prosperity.

From TCW Defending Freedom, soccer's smiling invasion of the U.S. and why U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his ilk suddenly decide that it's OK to fly the U.K. flag.

From EuroNews, Switzerland is heading toward a referendum on the construction of new nuclear power plants.

From ReMix, Ukrainian drones strike an oil refinery in Moscow.

From Balkan Insight, attacks on journalists increase in Serbia.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan pharmaceutical group Laprophan acquires a majority stake in the Swiss company Rivopharm.

From The New Arab, the UAE bans social media use for anyone under 15.

From The Jerusalem Post, the grandson of Iranian Islamic regime founder Ayatollah Khomeini claims that the "greater jihad" has begun.

From Murtadd to Human, "the Art of the Deal" vs. the Koran.

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump's deal with Iran has already emboldened Hamas.

From The Daily Signal, Republicans squabble about Trump's plan to attack the SAVE America Act to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act extension.

From The American Conservative, Trump would win against the chickenhawks.

From The Western Journal, read the deal.

From BizPac Review, the ringleader of the group that allegedly planned attack Washington D.C. during the UFC American 250 event is an illegal alien from Mexico who benefitted from DACA.

From the Daily Caller, Senators are divided about the deal.

From the New York Post, an alleged adult day care scam is busted in Brooklyn, resulting in eight arrests.

From Breitbart, the European Parliament passes reforms to its deportation system including the establishment of return hubs outside the E.U.

From Newsmax, the Office of Management and Budget reportedly shifts $352 in funding from the Secret Service to White House security projects.

And from That Eric Alper, on his 84th birthday, here are 84 facts about Paul McCartney.

A Sasquatch's Wednesday Baker's Dozen

On a warm and sunny Wednesday, after I've been running around, here are 13 things going on:

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a source, Iran fires drones at ships in the Strait of Hormuz after signing the memorandum of understanding with the U.S.

From Palestinian Media Watch, Fatah is angry at Iran for not destroying Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, the strategic importance of President Trump's "Office of Fusion".

From The American Conservative, Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak was really killed by policies enacted in the U.K. 27 years earlier.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC admits its anti-Brexit bias, and attacks the people who exposed it.

From Snouts in the Trough, are the men in the English constituency of Makerfield smarter than its women?

From National Review, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) continues to sell out on education reform.

From FrontpageMag, why the Muslim organization CAIR "has a problem with Memorial Day".

From Townhall, Trump lambastes Democrats for supporting a senatorial candidate with a tattoo of a Nazi insignia after calling him "Hitler" for 10 years.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former First Son Hunter Biden gets a new job.

From The Federalist, the cross burning in a Chicago park is the latest example of left-wing extremism being blamed on Republicans.

From American Thinker, senatorial candidates James Talarico (D-TX) and Graham Platner (D-ME) deserve a "come on, man", as former President Biden would say.

And from the Rolling Stone, Walter Parazaider, founding sax and flute player for the band Chicago, goes to the music studio in the sky.