Sherwood Forest - Part 2

Here is some more of Sherwood Forest, the residence and former plantation once owned by President John Tyler (and today by his grandson Harrison Tyler).

The eastern end of main house was the kitchen, seen here from its south side.  It had two rooms, one of which was a laundry until the laundry (later Tyler's law office) was built at the other end of the main house (as seen in Part 1).  Enslaved and possibly non-enslaved servants worked and may have even lived in the kitchen and original laundry.

Sherwood Forest - Part 1

Today I visited Sherwood Forest.  Not the original Sherwood Forest, somewhere in the English county of Nottingham where an outlaw named Robin Hood hung out, but the historical residence of Virginia state legislator/Virginia Governor/Senator/Vice President/President/congresscritter (both USA and CSA) John Tyler.  The plantation was first recorded in a 1616 land grant and was known as Smith's Hundred.  Tyler purchased the property in 1842 from his cousin Collier Minge and soon afterward renamed it Sherwood Forest due to his being "outlawed" by the Whig Party.  Today, it belongs to Tyler's grandson Harrison Tyler.  (I first learned about Harrison Tyler in 1998 when he appeared on the TV network C-SPAN and explained how he was the grandson of a man who was president of the U.S. during the 1840s.  As of this post, he's still alive today at age 95.)

The first thing I saw walking from the parking lot to the main house, on a self-guided tour, was the pet cemetery.

A Few Things For July 4th

Now that I've returned from a bit of exercise, as you're celebrating American independence, here are some things going on:

From National Review, happy 248th birthday, America.

From FrontpageMag, a tale of two revolutions, each with a significant date in July.

From Townhall, the sentence from President Biden that should terrify his fellow Democrats.

From the Washington Examiner, some tips for watching the Fourth of July fireworks on the Mall in Washington, D.C.

From The Federalist, why you should read The Federalist Papers, and where you could start.

From American Thinker, what the Preamble to the Constitution would look like if it were written by modern woke leftists.

From NewsBusters, the networks surely but slowly continue to turn on Biden.

From Canada Free Press, the Democrats are fixing to replace Biden with another dangerous-to-America candidate, who would get the approval of former President Obama.

From TeleSUR, Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum presents her incoming Cabinet.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "a tale of two elections".

From The Standard, according to exit polls, the U.K.'s Labour Party has won 410 seats in the House of Commons, a majority of 170 seats.  (On America's Independence Day, the country from which we became independent has held a parliamentary election.  The Standard appears to be the new name of what was called the Evening Standard.)

From the (U.K.) Independent, some top Tory parliamentcritters appear set to lose their seats.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Canadian parliamentcritter Anthony Housefather (Liberal-Montreal) condemns a flyer calling him a neo-Nazi and telling him to leave Canada.

From Gatestone Institute, what democracy really looks like.

From The Stream, the forgotten Founding Father whose steady hand wrote the Declaration of Independence and made it legible.

From The Daily Signal, Virginia decouples from California's electric vehicle mandate.

From The American Conservative, an examination of Biden's life and inner circle.

And from BizPac Review, actor and comedian Rob Schneider offers some good advice.

Happy Fourth Of July

My fellow Americans, may you have a happy and safe Independence Day.  Just down the road from where I'm staying, some people from a Rotary Club decided to fly a few flags, so wave yours proudly, too.

I might put some other stuff up today, but I'm not sure yet about what.  In any event, see youz soon.

Wednesday Wanderings From A Wandering Sasquatch

Earlier today, I made my way down to eastern Virginia, to an area where I've previously spent some time and have grown to like.  There will be more on my undisclosed location later.  Meanwhile, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former President Trump and his fellow Republicans should treat Vice President Harris as a cautionary tale.

From FrontpageMag, killing democracy is the only thing that can save the Democrats.  (The article notes, correctly in my opinion, that Democrats define "democracy" as members of their party winning elections.)

From Townhall, is this the reason why President Biden's family doesn't want him to drop out of the presidential race?

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Don Beyer (D-VA) compares Biden to Jesus.

From the Washington Examiner, more Democrats call for Biden to drop out.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court sends "get Trump" lawfare cases into a tailspin.

From American Thinker, the un-American attacks against WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark.

From MRCTV, in an operation that took over a month, U.S. marshals found 200 missing children.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC didn't like the Supreme Court case which overturned the Chevron doctrine.

From Canada Free Press, the case which overturned the Chevron doctrine is related to another case.

From TeleSUR, gangs in Haiti continue to attack police stations.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why is there outrage over rapists only when they're white?

From Gatestone Institute, a selected list of "big lies about Israel".

From The Stream, this year's "pride month" ends with a whimper.

From The Daily Signal, happy Independence Day, America.

From The American Conservative, one of my former governors is blowing his race for Senator.

From The Western Journal, the White House scrambles to respond to a report in The New York Times that Biden is seriously considering dropping out.  (The article links to the story in TNYT, but you'll have to register if you want to read it.)

From BizPac Review, podcaster Megyn Kelly raves about a new book that exposes some skeletons in the Kennedy family's closet.

From The Daily Wire, a government report supports Trump's claim that illegal aliens are "taking black jobs".

From the Daily Caller, the sad truth which Biden is now realizing.

From the New York Post, New York City is preparing another round of giving pre-paid debit cards to illegal aliens.

From Breitbart, actress Kerry Washington claims that due to the Supreme Court decision on immunity, Trump could kill political opponents with no consequences, while BBC host David Aaronovitch calls on Biden to "have Trump murdered", later claiming that this idea was "satire".  (There's nothing quite like the "it was a joke" excuse.  Or do some people regard political assassination as acceptable when masterminded by a Democrat?)

From Newsmax, Biden vows to keep running for reelection.

And from the Genesius Times, in time for July 4th, the aforementioned Vice President Harris removes all those racist white stripes from the U.S. flag.  (This story, by the way, is real satire.)

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, former President Trump has a partial victory at the Supreme Court.

From FrontpageMag, some illegal aliens could receive more gun rights than U.S. citizens.

From Townhall, Trump's sentencing for his hush-money-related convictions is postponed.

From The Washington Free Beacon, text messages show deans at Columbia University sneering at alleged "privilege" of Jewish students.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL)'s former friendship with an eventual convicted sex trafficker comes back to haunt him.

From The Federalist, how it took just a week for President Biden's mental decline to go from "misinformation" to fact.

From American Thinker, fellow right-wingers, any speculation that the 17th Amendment can be repealed is pure fantasy.  (The 17th Amendment established electing Senators directly by the people of each respective state, replacing the original constitutional practice of having them chosen by each respective state legislature.  To repeal this Amendment would be to take away votes from the people, something which the vast majority of whom would probably not be willing to accept.)

From MRCTV, New York state disbars former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R).

From NewsBusters, MSNBC mischaracterizes Trump's immunity case.

From Canada Free Press, if the things said about her by visiting former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Khaire are correct, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) should go.

From TeleSUR, a confrontation between drug cartels in the Mexican state of Chiapas leaves 19 people dead.  (While drug cartels have been known to be active in Mexico's northern border regions near the United States, Chiapas is the southernmost state in Mexico.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, in the U.K., blame everything on former Prime Minister Liz Truss.

From EuroNews, candidates from French opposition parties unite against the party National Rally.

From Voice Of Europe, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to announce compensation to living Polish victims of Nazi crimes during World War II.

From ReMix, Ukrainian Armed Forces leader Oleksandr Syrskyi clashes with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

From Balkan Insight, Greek unions and the opposition party SYRIZA protest the governing New Democracy party's proposal to shift some industries to a six-day work week.

From The North Africa Post, the Nigerian military imposes a curfew in the state of Borno after a series of suicide bombings.

From The New Arab, the Arab League denies removing the group Hezbollah from its "terror list".

From The Times Of Israel, the mother of recently rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani dies of cancer.

From Gatestone Institute, why does Western media ignore Hamas's crimes?

From The Stream, we Christians need to "stand up".

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) becomes the first elected Democrat to call for Biden to exit the 2024 presidential race.

From The American Conservative, cars and freedom are on the ballot.

From The Western Journal, the HuffPost is reported to the FBI for "the most dangerous headline in American history".

From BizPac Review, columnist Jennifer Rubin of The Washington Post gets some facts incorrect in an attempt to compare Trump to Hitler.  (She appears to have fallen for the common misconception that Hitler was elected to office in Germany.  In reality, he was appointed to the cabinet position of chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg.)

From The Daily Wire, a look at how, according to a lawsuit, affirmative action works.

From the Daily Caller and maybe the "believe it or not" department, Chinese illegal aliens are deported and flown back home, the first such flights in six years.

From Breitbart, Biden signs an election year agreement with Panama to close the Darien Gap migration route.

From Newsmax, according to a survey, 56 percent of voters don't like Vice President Harris.

And from the New York Post and maybe again from the aforementioned "believe it or not" department, home prices decrease in the New York borough of Manhattan.

Links For The Start Of July

As the second half of 2024 gets underway on a not-so-warm Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court rules that former President Trump has immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his constitutional authority.

From FrontpageMag, open borders leads to femicide.

From Townhall, what then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Del) once said about Roe v. Wade.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration admits flying migrants who were deported after their asylum claims were rejected back into the U.S.

From the Washington Examiner, four new laws take effect in Virginia today.

From The Federalist, the media are not upset that President Biden is senile, but that they can't hide it any longer.

From American Thinker, French voters had a surprise for President Emmanuel Macron.

From MRCTV, the San Francisco Pride Party's "Fetish Zone" got truly disgusting.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From NewsBusters, CNN host Jake Tapper has an interesting take on the aforementioned Supreme Court case involving Trump.

From Canada Free Press, Western civilization faces a challenge.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela rejects Argentinian President Javier Milei's statements on the coup attempt in Bolivia.

From TCW Defending Freedom, has the aforementioned President Macron done this year what then-U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron did in 2016.

From EuroNews, four takeaways from the French elections.

From Voice Of Europe, the Spanish Supreme Court denies amnesty to former Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont.

From ReMix, don't expect Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to take the blame for rising energy prices.

From Balkan Insight, new Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Daniil Vidinsky sparks an alarm due to his pro-Russia views.  (My spellchecker objects to his last name, but has no problem with his first name.)

From The North Africa Post, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani wins reelection with over 56 percent of the vote.

From The New Arab, police in Bejaia, Algeria arrest people at a book event, including French author Dominique Martre.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a "man of unknown origin" sprays people with sulfuric acid at a café in Bochun, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Unser Mitteleuropa.)

From RAIR Foundation USA, a gang of Middle Eastern men attack a lesbian couple in Halifax, Canada.

From Jewish News Syndicate, synagogues in Toronto, Canada are vandalized.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. must stop playing with whack-a-mole sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party.

From The Stream, a bill could destroy free speech in Canada.

From The Daily Signal, bad defenses of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of Trump's hush money case.

From The American Conservative, questioning from the right about Trump's proposal to link green cards to college graduation.

From The Western Journal, Trump responds to the Supreme Court ruling about his immunity.

From BizPac Review, Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor offers a "bat[bleep]" dissent in Trump's immunity case.

From The Daily Wire, Vice President Harris gets fact-checked after wrongly claiming that Trump would outlaw abortion nationwide.  (Since the Dobbs v. Jackson decision sent abortion back to state legislatures, federal officials such as the president and Congress would have no authority to permit, restrict or ban the procedure.)

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, First Lady Jill Biden desperately clings to power as her husband the president falls apart before her eyes.

From the New York Post, left-wingers riot in Paris in response to the electoral victory of the French right-wing party National Rally.  (What's this "respecting election results" you speak of?)

From Breitbart, Donald Trump blasts a former friend of former (and maybe future) First Lady Melania Trump who blamed President Biden's debate loss on camera angles and poor lighting.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH), the aforementioned Supreme Court immunity decision sends a message to "hyperpartisan" prosecutors.

And from The Babylon Bee, "Trump will imprison his political opponents", says the man trying to do exactly that sort of thing.

Stories For The End Of June

As we reach the middle of the year, falling on a warm and mostly cloudy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to congresscritter Jim Clyburn (D-SC), President Biden's poor performance at the debate was caused by "preparation overload".

From FrontpageMag, the solution to the Chevron crisis is smaller government.

From Townhall, headlines from one European country show how poorly they regard Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book on a conservative type of environmentalism.

From the Washington Examiner, the Biden administration's pier on the Gaza coast comes to an end.

From American Thinker, some more facts about replacing Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee.

From NewsBusters, when the media opposed a Republican bill that would have reduced the costs of health care.

From Canada Free Press, with "puppeteer" and former President Obama waiting to replace Biden, the fundamental transformation of the U.S. is still in play.

From TeleSUR, islands in the eastern Caribbean prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl.

From TCW Defending Freedom, one man's comments does not mean that the party Reform UK are all racists.

From The Jerusalem Post, Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel sparks controversy by telling the truth about Hamas.

From the Daily Mail, don't call British Muslims antisemitic, because that could drive them toward extremism, says an Islamic scholar.

From Gatestone Institute, the desire to build a wall reaches Iran.

From The Daily Signal, shareholding activists challenge corporate support for LGBTQ policies which harm children.

From The American Conservative, in Michigan, "weed" is growing like a weed.

From The Western Journal, according to columnist Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post, Biden should drop Vice President Harris from the Democratic ticket and replace her with former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  (I vaguely remember a rumor in 2012 that then-President Obama was going to drop then-Vice President Biden and replace him with Mrs. Clinton.  My reaction to Parker's suggestion is the same as my reaction to that rumor, although directed to a different president.  "Mr. President, please hire a food-taster".)

And from SFGate, a hot dog stand in Visalia, California offers the best meal under $5 in the entire state.

Saturday Links

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

From National Review, during the debate, the split screen tolls for President Biden.

From FrontpageMag, the Supreme Court rules that federal agencies are not allowed to make their own laws.

From Townhall, a clip of then-Vice President Biden from his debate against then-Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis) in 2012 shows how much he has deteriorated since then.

From the Washington Examiner, Republican congresscritters call for an investigation into alleged Affordable Care Act enrollment fraud.

From American Thinker, former President Trump needs to be careful.

From NewsBusters, Trump recommends the documentary Screams Before Silence.

From Canada Free Press, it's time for the Democrats to put away the puppet show.

From TeleSUR, Storm Beryl has become a hurricane and is headed for the Caribbean.

From TCW Defending Freedom, may God bless an honest Kenyan farmer whom the "Green Blob" has vilified.

From the Greek City Times, a gang led by a Syrian man beats a Greek man to death - in Germany.

From The Cable, two suicide bombers reportedly kill seven people and injure 16 others as they were returning from a wedding in the Nigerian state of Borno.

From BBC News, a police officer is shot with a crossbow outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.

From Gatestone Institute, the Obama and Biden administrations have paved the way for a nuclear-armed Iran.

From The Stream, when Christians liberated the Spanish city of Córdoba.

From The Daily Signal, a judge in Montana strikes down the state's law defining "sex" as either male or female.

From The American Conservative, is the U.S. headed for another Cuban missile crisis?

From The Western Journal, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) calls on Biden's cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.

And from Fox Sports, Orlando Cepeda, who played mainly at first base for six Major League baseball teams, goes to the stadium in the sky.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, when it comes to Supreme Court cases, overturning the Chevron doctrine is functionally bigger than overturning Roe v. Wade.

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats can't make President Biden stop seeking reelection if he wants to continue.

From Townhall, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) blasts Biden's most blatant lie made during last night's debate.

From The Washington Free Beacon, now that the debate is over with, "we need to talk about Grandpa".

From the Washington Examiner, former President Obama weighs in after the debate.

From The Federalist, dumping Biden and replacing him with another Democratic candidate is not that simple.

From American Thinker, the Supreme Court just made three important decisions.

From MRCTV, despite the government's push for electric cars, nearly half of Americans who have bought one reportedly have regrets.

From NewsBusters, the site formerly known as Twitter restricted a popular pro-Trump account during the debate.

From Canada Free Press, it's about time to fact check the fact checkers.

From TeleSUR, Bolivia captures four more military personnel allegedly involved in the recent coup attempt.

From TCW Defending Freedom, facts show that the drive to Net Zero is pointless.

From Snouts in the Trough, do any politicians realize that airplane engines and their exhaust are hot?

From EuroNews, according to polls, the "far-right" is ahead in France's upcoming elections.

From Voice Of Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico plan to create a new faction in the European Parliament.

From ReMix, Orbán slams the E.U.'s decision to appoint Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as the president of the European Commission.

From Balkan Insight, according to its census, Albania's population has decreased by 14 percent since 2011.

From The North Africa Post, the Pan-African Parliament makes some recommendations backing the Royal Africa-Atlantic Initiative launched by Moroccan King Mohammed VI.

From The New Arab, despite escaping the war in Gaza, Palestinians face dire conditions in Egypt.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Moroccan migrant in Spain is arrested for allegedly using his 16 TikTok accounts to forward content calling for jihad recruiting.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at VivaMálaga.  If you read French, read the story at FDeSouche.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, Hamas terrorists abduct and kill an Israeli military dog.

From The Jerusalem Post, a man is indicted for allegedly beating a pro-Israel activist, the sixth person facing charges in the beating.

From Swarajya, a Hindu boy in Nariar, Bihar, India is forced by Muslim classmates to chant "Allahu akbar" and "Miyan zindabad".

From The Jewish Chronicle, a study reveals a disturbing truth about coverage of the war in Gaza by The New York Times.

From Arutz Sheva, IDF troops in Gaza find a "board game" which focuses on destroying cities in Israel.  (The last six stories come via The Religion Of Peace.  Today's article in Gatestone Institute was already published a few days ago in Arutz Sheva.)

From The Stream, when outnumbered and starved Christian prevailed liberated the place where the term "Christian" was coined.

From The Daily Signal, the Supreme Court confirms that foreigners have no "right" to enter the U.S.  (Crossing a national boundary and entering a country is a privilege, not a right, as I've directly experienced every time I've been required to show my passport.)

From The American Conservative, Republican congresscritters run a victory lap after last night's debate.

From The Western Journal, during the debate, Biden wrongly claimed that no American troops died on his watch.

From BizPac Review, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) shares a "scary" takeaway after the debate, from which he was excluded.

From The Daily Wire, Biden administration official Rachel Levine met with members of the group WPATH while pushing for the removal of age restrictions for transgender surgery.  (The article's title refers to Levine as "He".)

From the Daily Caller, according to former Mr. Bill henchman Paul Begala, any Democrat politician who calls for Biden to step down will "end their career".

From Breitbart, more on the case the overturns the Chevron case.

From Newsmax, the police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas is indicted in connection with the delayed response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School.

And from the New York Post, while working out on a Pilates machine, new Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs has some technical difficulties.