A Few Thursday Tidbits

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

From Breitbart, President Biden doubles down on his misleading claims about inflation and accuses businesses of price gouging.

From the New York Post, golfer Tiger Woods makes his latest comeback but by his own admission is rusty.

From The Daily Wire, the Ford Foundation gives millions of dollars to groups wanting amnesty for illegal aliens.

From The Stream, at the current rate, one in every 39 Americans will die of drug overdoses.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas also kills their fellow Muslims.

From Arutz Sheva, the terrorists who carried a shooting attack in Jerusalem had been released from prison for committing earlier acts of terrorism.

From The Times Of Israel, according to a Thai hostage released by Hamas, the group treated Israelis worse than others, and severely underfed all of them.

From The Jerusalem Post, another hostage claims to have been held captive by a teacher who works for UNRWA.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC's hypocrisy about calling Hamas "terrorists".

From The Daily Signal, Biden again omits his granddaughter, whose father is his son Hunter, during the holiday season.

From Canada Free Press, socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez tries to ban the Rosary.

From NewsBusters, nine things that still outnumber the sales of CNN reporter Brian Stelter's book about Fox News.

From American Thinker, the Chief Twit tells hard-left corporate advertisers that if they're trying to blackmail him, they can go [bleep] themselves.

From The Federalist, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) two of the White House's "censorship czars".

From the Washington Examiner, a private company plans to send an unmanned vehicle to the moon.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a member of a Massachusetts commission on hate crimes accuses Israel of genocide and claims that Jews control the media.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, it's déja vu all over again with Israel and terrorists.

From FrontpageMag, how Jews were treated during the 19th century under sharia in the Ottoman Empire, and in the United States.

From National Review, more on the aforementioned shooting in Jerusalem.

And from SFGate, a hiker in Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco, finds an photographs a badger of another color.

Henry Kissinger 1923-2023

Henry Kissinger, the diplomat who influenced U.S. foreign policy for decades, and served under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, has died at his home in Kent Connecticut at age 100.  His death was announced by his consulting firm Kissinger Associates.

Heinz Alfred Kissinger was born in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany to Louis Kissinger and the former Paula Stern, the family being German-Jewish.  As a child, he enjoyed playing soccer.  In 1938, when he was 15, his family left then-Nazi Germany and later arrived in New York City.  He graduated from George Washington High School and started to attend the City College of New York, but his education was interrupted when he was drafted into the Army in 1943.  That same year, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.  During World War II, he served in both combat and military intelligence, the latter assignment being given due to his fluency in German.  After the war, Kissinger attended Harvard University, where he earned his BA, MA and PhD, and stayed on its faculty until 1971.

Kissinger was a foreign policy advisor to Republican presidential candidate Nelson Rockefeller and later offered his services to to candidate Richard Nixon.  While serving under Presidents Nixon and Ford as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, he was a proponent of Realpolitik.  After Ford was defeated in 1976 by Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter, Kissinger found work outside the federal government, including a five-year stint as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary.

Kissinger married Anneliese Fleischer in 1949.  They had two children, Elizabeth and David, before divorcing in 1964.  He married Nancy Maginnes in 1974.  He also became influential in the growth of soccer in the United States.  He is survived by his wife Nancy, his two children, and his five grandchildren.

Read more at The Hill, CNN, NBC News, CBS News and AP News.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a sunny but cold Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to his mother, the young boy who wore face paint and a headdress at a Kansas City Chiefs game and was accused of racism by the media is a Native American.

From FrontpageMag, Israel cannot afford to repeat its past mistakes in Gaza.

From Townhall, the latest group to celebrate fake female Dylan Mulvaney.

From The Washington Free Beacon, two very different welcoming parties in Israel and Gaza.

From the Washington Examiner, the debate between Governors Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Gavin Newsom (D-Cal) will offer two different visions for America.

From The Federalist, Special Counsel Jack Smith sought information on anyone who liked or retweeted posts by former President Trump on the platform once known as Twitter.

From MRCTV, according to financial documents, Disney admits that its woke approach has been unsuccessful.

From NewsBusters, show host Dan Abrams "rips" the "far-left media" for equating "toddlers and terrorists".

From Canada Free Press, the left-wing self-loathing of the U.S. is a threat to its existence.

From TeleSUR, a provincial court in Ecuador recognizes the Siekopai people as the rightful owners of land that was incorporated into a wildlife production reserve without their consent.

From TCW Defending Freedom, new Argentinian President Javier Milei's task is to bring his country's bureaucrats to heel.

From EuroNews, with Finland closing its border with Russia, Estonia prepares for a "spillover" as migrants could seek a new route.

From Voice Of Europe, according to a study, Germans are trying to eat right, but are failing to do so.  (If you read German, read the story at Der Spiegel.)

From The Guardian, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (U.K.) accuses Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Greece) of "grandstanding" over the Parthenon marbles.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the Portugal Resident, President Marcello Rebelo de Sousa that he will dismiss the Portuguese government in December, ahead of elections scheduled for March 2024.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From ReMix, after a German teenage girl is raped by nine perpetrators, only one of them is sent to prison.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Balkan Insight, the Greek government "finalizes" a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI calls for a international binding resolution to impose a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia allegedly wants to "hook Africa [and] Asia on oil".

From The Jerusalem Post, according to former Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the "queers for Palestine" movement shows that our society is becoming stupid.

From Jewish News Syndicate, speakers defend Hamas at the Oakland City Council.

From The Times Of Israel, the IDF investigates a claim made by Hamas that a woman and her two children have been killed.

From Gatestone Institute, the genocidal hatred of the Jews and of the West.

From The Stream, why rage on college campuses is thriving.

From The Daily Signal, smears against capitalism.

From BizPac Review, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) pulls the plug on electric vehicle mandates.

From The Daily Wire, according to an association representing them, federal air marshals have been directed to follow people who flew to Washington, D.C. on January 6th, 2021, even if they were never present at the Capitol that day and were never charged with any crime.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calls out fellow liberals for trying to justify Hamas's attacks on Israeli civilians.

From the New York Post, why food is gonna cost ya more at one McDonald's than the next, pilgrim.

From Breitbart, how goods and services are gonna cost ya more due to Bidenomics, pilgrim.  (The article links to one in Bloomberg, which will cost ya if you want to read it, pilgrim.)

From Newsmax, on his platform Truth Social, Trump tells us how he really feels.

And from the Genesius Times, the White House Christmas tree falls over in an attempt to be closer to President Biden.

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, the 2024 Republican presidential primary is starting to look like a repeat of 2016.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden skips the latest climate conference, which is held in a major oil-producing state.

From Townhall, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad protect hostages released to the Red Cross from Palestinian civilians.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a supporter of Hezbollah is tapped to address "hate and threats of violence".

From the Washington Examiner, the five congresscritters who were kicked out of the House.

From The Federalist, if you want federal funds, transgender your businesses, non-profits, and schools.

From American Thinker, yes, liberals out there, let's talk about colonization.

From MRCTV, Biden claims that Hamas attacked Israel because he was about to bring peace to the region, but admits not be able to prove it.

From NewsBusters, Big Tech censors Biden's opponents far more than it censors Biden himself.

From Canada Free Press, some parts of the world are not behaving as global warming believers expect them to.

From TeleSUR, according to Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, defending the region of Essequibo is a national issue.

From TCW Defending Freedom, no country can survive the level of immigration that the U.K. is now experiencing.

From Snouts in the Trough, the four ways by which we are lied to.

From EuroNews, migrant smugglers and human traffickers could face up to 15 years in prison under new laws proposed by the European Commission.

From Voice Of Europe, two brothers from Brazil are arrested in Estepona, Spain for alleged connections to ISIS.

From ReMix, over 62 percent of welfare recipients in Germany are migrants.  (If you read German, read the story at NiUS.)

From Balkan Insight, a Serbian woman's data is misused in an election.

From The North Africa Post, the Algerian government intensifies its crackdown on peaceful opposition.

From The New Arab, an anti-Israel law divides President Kais Saied and the Tunisian parliament.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian man disrupts a mass at Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria and threatens to cut throats.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From The Jerusalem Post, Palestinian prisoners released by Israel chant their support for Hamas.  (Unlike the Israeli hostages for whom they are exchanged, these prisoners were incarcerated for actually committing crimes.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, a 12-year-old Israeli-French boy held captive by Hamas was forced to watch videos of their attack against Israel on October 7th.

From RAIR Foundation USA, a TikTok user reveals the jihadi agenda.

From Gatestone Institute, should we fund present-day "Nazis"?

From The Stream, "identifying and denouncing antisemitism".

From The Daily Signal, a member of my state's hate crime commission is suspended for comparing Israel to Nazi Germany, and won't apologize.

From The Western Journal, First Son Hunter Biden agrees to testify before the House Oversight Committee, but with a catch.

From BizPac Review, an innocent young boy is accused of "black face" for wearing makeup in the colors of his favorite football team.

From The Daily Wire, terrorists reportedly violate the ceasefire in Gaza.

From the Daily Caller, transwomen are barred from the female category in competitive fishing in England.

From the New York Post, about 2,850 migrants in New York City are finally given federal authorization to work.

From Breitbart, a 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death in Crépol, France by a group who reportedly shouted "stab white people", but the French government is worried about any vigilante response.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Figaro.)

And from Newsmax, Pope Francis cancels his appearance at the aforementioned climate conference due to medical reasons.

Monday Links

On a sunny but cold Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the U.S. is under attack.

From FrontpageMag, the ceasefire with Israel is a boon for Hamas.

From Townhall, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to extend the ceasefire.

From The Washington Free Beacon, elite colleges decline to expel antisemitic students because they might get deported.

From the Washington Examiner, who is new Argentinian President Javier Milei?

From The Federalist, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) show off their hypocrisy about ethics.

From American Thinker, while migrants who enter the U.S. illegally are welcomed, foreigners who want to visit the U.S. legally have to wait over a year just to apply for a visa.

From MRCTV, according to a study, about 32,000 babies have been saved since the end of Roe v. Wade, which displeases the media.

From NewsBusters, host Sunny Hostin of The View brags about watching antisemitic news and things that everyone should do the same.

From Canada Free Press, the Turkey of the Year award goes to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

From TeleSUR, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will testify El Aro massacre.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Tories need to listen to the U.K.'s people.

From EuroNews, why Catholic priests in Ireland are fading into history.

From Voice Of Europe, trade unionists protesting in Prague, Czech Republic demand "money for schools, not for weapon".

From ReMix, a story about a 4-year-old Iraqi girl who was lost after crossing from Belarus into Poland has been determined to be fake news.

From Balkan Insight, more and more Germans move to the coast of Montenegro.

From The North Africa Post, Malian forces take the town of Kidal, which was a stronghold for Tuareg rebels.

From The New Arab, farmers in southern Lebanon find their fields littered with unexploded bombs and contaminated with white phosphorus.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Palestinian minister calls Hamas's attack against Israel on October 7th "heroic".

From the BBC, six French teenagers go on trail for alleged complicity in the murder of teacher Samuel Paty.

From Arutz Sheva, doctors fight to save the life of 84-year-old released hostage Elma Avraham.

From Gatestone Institute, why Arabs have "betrayed" the Palestinians.

From The Stream, Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post writes a 500-page book about about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, but it implodes in just one sentence.

From The Daily Signal, can Europe ever again become a leader of Western civilization?

From The Western Journal, Chevy makes a Christmas commercial without wokeness, but instead tugs at American heartstrings.

From BizPac Review, migrants trying to illegally enter the U.S. from Mexico are reportedly given GPS coordinates.

From The Daily Wire, Elon Musk visits an Israeli kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas on October 7th.

From the Daily Caller, according to host Ana Navarro of The View, far-left groups have been "ridiculous" in accusing President Biden of supporting genocide.

From the New York Post, for the second consecutive year, a large number of White House reporters are snubbed from the presidential press corps Christmas parties.

From Breitbart, pro-HamasPalestinian protesters disrupt a Christmas tree lighting in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

From Newsmax, according to his spokesperson, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) has been using an email address based on the name of a deceased Hall of Fame baseball pitcher.

And from the Babylon Bee, Irish citizens make history by rioting while completely sober.

A Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

On a cool and cloudy Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, according to Slovenian former prime ministerial chief of staff Peter Šuhel, everyone in Europe knows that Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán has won the migration debate.

From TCW Defending Freedom, remembering Christianity's debt to Judaism.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a novel by right-wing commentator Andrew Klavan.  (Please remember that there are no e's in his last name.)

From American Thinker, who deserves to be called "extreme"?

From NewsBusters, is NPR really the radio voice of BLM?

From The Times Of Israel, female IDF tank crews send Hamas terrorists to their virgins.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas terrorists tell hostages to "keep waving" as they are released.

From Iran International, Iranian military personnel kill two fisherman protesting in the port city of Kargan.

From Gatestone Institute, is President Biden about to betray Israel?

From The Stream, when Christians do the work of the devil.

From ZeroHedge, the Disney movie Wish becomes its latest woke bomb.

And from SFGate, how internal family disputes rocked the only champagne maker in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Saturday Stuff

Now that I'm back from my Thanksgiving break on a cool and sunny Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, an American spends Thanksgiving in England.

From i24, Palestinian factions publicly execute two men for "collaborating" with IDF forces.  (via National Review)

From Townhall, why Hamas terrorists are gumming up the release of a second group of hostages.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the book Social Justice Fallacies by right-wing commentator Thomas Sowell.

From the Washington Examiner, presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. (I) goes to Utah.

From American Thinker, have left-wingers finally blown it?

From NewsBusters, when the media went after Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris (R).

From Canada Free Press, the Democrat Party implodes.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the big lie about Israel threatens everyone.

From Snouts in the Trough, who will win the coming clash of civilizations?

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's other willing accomplice is the E.U.

From The Stream, AI that can read minds has become a reality, and the world yawns.

From BizPac Review, President Biden admits not knowing if the American hostages held by Hamas are still alive, and if so, when they'll be released.

From The Daily Wire, Hollywood struggles during the Thanksgiving holiday.

From the Daily Caller, Biden is harassed by pro-HamasPalestinian protesters while lighting a Christmas tree in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

From Breitbart, Biden makes a Thanksgiving proclamation in which he omits God, but he's not the first president to do that sort of thing.

From Newsmax, Vice President Harris can have a gas stove, but you can't.

And from the New York Post, nine-year-old Ohad Monder, along with his mother and grandmother, are reunited with his father and brother after spending 49 days being held hostage by Hamas.

Vehicle Explodes At U.S.-Canada Border Crossing

I have arrived at my undisclosed location at a family member's house and was not intent on blogging anything, but I could not ignore what happened earlier today in Niagara Falls, New York.  A vehicle, believed to be a Mercedes, sped toward the U.S. border checkpoint on the Rainbow Bridge, which spans the Niagara River near Niagara Falls.  It reportedly hit a concrete barrier, careened toward cars waiting to enter the U.S., and exploded, killing its two occupants.  According to New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D), there's "no indication" that the incident was related to terrorism, but it is being investigated by the FBI, the New York State Police, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Read more at ABC News, CNN, AP News, Fox News and NBC New York.

Taking A Break, And A Few Items

During the next few days, I'll be visiting family in Virginia for Thanksgiving, as I normally do.  Due to various activities in December, my blogging will be somewhat lighter than usual.  So if I miss a day or two somewhere, don't worry, because I'll be back soon enough.  Meanwhile, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, according to declassified intelligence, the Russian mercenary group Wagner is preparing to provide Iran or Hezbollah with air defense systems.

From FrontpageMag, it's always a mistake to make a deal with Islamic terrorists.  (Terrorists having other motivations are probably not worth making deals with, either.)

From Townhall, the proposed ceasefire in Gaza is believed to be a way for Hamas to buy time.

From The Washington Free Beacon, CAIR defends their promotion of a fake hate crime.

From The Federalist, three of the trans people eulogized by President Biden died while attacking someone else.

From American Thinker, the evil legacy of the late terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.

From NewsBusters, the U.K.'s North Hertfordshire Museum claims the Roman Emperor Elagabalus was transgender.

From EuroNews, has the real name of the British artist known as Banksy been revealed?

From Voice Of Europe, Ukraine set a timer for its own destruction 10 years ago.

From ReMix, the Dutch establishment is in a "panic" as Geert Wilders's Party for Freedom is set to become the largest party in the Dutch parliament.

From Gatestone Institute, the curious case of former presidential advisor Robert Malley.

From The Stream, a letter about the "Letter to America" written by the aforementioned Osama bin Laden.

From The Daily Signal, Biden sends more U.S. taxpayer money to the U.N. than ever.

From The Western Journal, the brother of a girl whose ears Biden claimed to "love" snaps back at him.

From BizPac Review, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) once again does well in the stock market.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritters Mike Waltz (R-FL) and Jim Banks (R-IN) express concern over the National Security Agency's glossary that defines woke terms.

From the Daily Caller, the Air Force asks troops who were kicked out because they refused coronavirus vaccination to come back.

From the New York Post, a small plane crashes and burns in a shopping center parking lot in Plano, Texas.

From Breitbart, demand at food banks increases due to inflation.

From Newsmax, the Israeli cabinet approves a ceasefire with Hamas.  (So much for the warning above against making deals with terrorists.)

And from Fox Business, some restaurants which will be open on Thanksgiving.  (via the New York Post)

Monday Mania

On a sunny but cool Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Iowa's state Board of Regents votes to scale back DEI at its universities.

From FrontpageMag, cities in Massachusetts and Michigan display the Palestinian flag.

From Townhall, 11 things that have been around for a while, but for not as long as than President Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, IDF soldiers troll Hamas from bombed-out ruins in Gaza.

From the Washington Examiner, Argentinian President-elect Javier Milei made inflationary government spending the villain in his campaign.

From The Federalist, thanks to Bidenflation, the cost of a Thanksgiving meal is still "outrageously high", even though it's a bit less than a year ago.

From American Thinker, whatever happened to science based on evidence?

From MRCTV, a migrant living in free accommodations in Italy complains about having no pocket money.

From NewsBusters, CBS reporters go crazy over the election of a "far-right" Argentinian presidential candidate.  (As I've surely stated previously, I'd like some of these reporters to explain the difference between "far-right" and merely "right".)

From Canada Free Press, against former South Carolina Governor and presidential candidate Nikki Haley (R).

From TeleSUR, Panamanians continue to protest against a mining project.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a coronavirus vaccine destroyed a U.K. man's health, but he is not "injured enough" to receive compensation.

From EuroNews, European President Ursula von der Leyen claims to be "unfazed" by a campaign against her launched by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

From Voice Of Europe, the Vienna General Hospital is ready to accept children from Gaza who need intensive medical care.

From InfoMigrants, Croatia tightens its border controls due to increased migration through the Balkans.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From ReMix, Finland considers closing its border with Russia amid accusations that the Russian government is providing migrants with bikes and scooters.

From Balkan Insight, the trial of Serbian fighter Cedomir Aksic for alleged war crimes starts in Pristina, Kosovo without him being present.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan company OCP welcomes the U.S.'s reduction in tariffs on phosphate-based fertilizers.

From The New Arab, Iraq's Supreme Federal Court removes parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi.  (Will former U.S. House Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) send his condolences?)

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, what Hamas terrorists did to Israeli women deserves capital punishment.

From Gatestone Institute, according to a poll, there is very large support among Palestinians for Hamas and for Israel's destruction.

From The Stream, how should Christians respond to the accusation of being "Christian Nationalists"?

From The Daily Signal, even the Census Bureau wants to push radical gender ideology.

From The Western Journal, Joe Biden becomes the first president to celebrate his 81st birthday while in office.  (For the first time in months, I've been able to access this site.)

From BizPac Review, presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) responds to former DNC chairperson Donna Brazile's racist comment about him.

From The Daily Wire, a report from the Israeli Kibbutz of Kfar Aza, where Hamas murdered dozens of people.

From the Daily Caller, why is a U.S. "ally" hosting Hamas and supporting terrorism?

From the New York Post, experts may have finally figured out what causes the throbbing some people experience after drinking red wine.

From Breitbart, British politician Nigel Farage goes on the U.K. reality TV show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

From Newsmax, a wave of congresscritters announcing their retirements could jeopardize Republican chances of keeping the House in the 2024 election.

And from The Babylon Bee, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warns that hospitals in Gaza are in danger of running out of ammunition.

Rosalynn Carter 1927-2023

Rosalynn Carter, who served as the First Lady of the United States and of Georgia, has died at age 96 from natural causes at her home in Plains, Georgia.  She had been diagnosed with dementia this past May.

Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains, Georgia, the first child of Wilburn Smith and his wife, the former Frances Allethea "Allie" Murray.  He was an auto mechanic, a bus driver and a farmer.  She was a teacher, a dress maker and a postal worker.  Rosalynn graduated from Plains High School as its salutatorian and later attended Georgia Southwestern College, graduating in 1946.  She started dating U.S. Naval Academy student Jimmy Carter in 1945.  They married in July 1946 and went on to have four children:  John ("Jack"), James ("Chip"), Jeffery ("Jeff"), and Amy.

Carter became the First Lady of Georgia in 1971 after her husband Jimmy was elected governor, and First Lady of the United States in 1977 after he was elected president.  She became an honorary chairwoman of the President's Commission on Mental Health and was the second First Lady (after Eleanor Roosevelt) to appear before Congress.  After Jimmy stepped down from the presidency, Rosalynn Carter continued her mental health advocacy, founded the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, co-founded (with Jimmy) The Carter Center, and (also with Jimmy) became involved in Habitat for Humanity.  She also wrote five books.  In 2021, the Carters became the first presidential couple to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.

Rosalynn Carter is survived by her husband Jimmy, their abovementioned four children, their 11 grandchildren, and their 14 great-grandchildren.

Read more at AP News, CNN, Fox 5 Atlanta, Atlanta News First, The Hill, and this statement from The Carter Center.

Sunday Links

On a cool clear Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the latest NBC poll shows former President Trump defeating President Biden in 2024.

From Townhall, neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic groups are on the rise, with the same horrible message.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the 1968 presidential election.

From NewsBusters, taxpayer-funded PBS and NPR promote a book by Brian Stelter, in which he trashes Fox News.

From American Thinker, understanding the mindset of people who always vote Democrat.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the common raven is a "magnificent flying machine".  (The first blog to which I contributed, And Rightly So, was created by a woman in New Hampshire who called herself Raven.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, President Erdoğan tells the Turkish parliament that Israel will soon be destroyed.

From The Times Of Israel, the University of Alberta fires the head of its campus sexual assault center who signed onto an open letter denying rapes committed by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel.

From the Daily Mail, Houthi rebels from Yemen hijack a cargo ship belonging to a company of which an Israeli tycoon is a partial owner.

From Gatestone Institute, when neutrality is wrong, and the problem with moral equivalence.

From The Stream, by releasing the tapes from the Capitol riot, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) may have saved the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, six takeaways from Trump's speech at his rally in Idaho.

From BizPac Review, a male playing on a female volleyball team reportedly taunts a female opponent with a lewd remark about his anatomy.

From the Daily Caller, will New York City politicians destroy Wall Street with taxes?

From the New York Post, the complete winners list at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards.

From Breitbart, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) endorses Trump.

From Newsmax, a freeway in Los Angeles closed due to arson is expected to reopen tomorrow.  (If you live in or commute to the Los Angeles area, will you hold your breath?)

And from Pro Football Talk, after the game between the Washington Commanders and the New York Giants, FedEx Field has some technical difficulties.  (via the New York Post)

Saturday Links

On a cool sunny Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a Colorado district judge rules that former President Trump can stay on the state's presidential primary ballot.

From Townhall, an illegal alien convicted of rape in Brazil is found living on Martha's Vineyard.  (The story quotes a Breitbart article, but does not provide a link to it.)

From the Washington Examiner, California Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) green energy crusade could lead to new rules outside of his state.

From The Federalist, Pope Francis's removal of a conservative bishop in Texas exposes cracks in the Vatican's agenda.

From American Thinker, is America more pro-life or less after the end of Roe v. Wade?

From NewsBuster, CBS and NBC downplay evidence that Hamas is using the Al-Shifa Hospital as a base.

From Canada Free Press, the roots of war in the region known as "Palestine".

From TCW Defending Freedom, how Hamas uses Gazan civilians as human shields.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration's $10 billion gift to Iran.

From The Stream, what's the purpose of medicine?

From The American Conservative, Harvard and Yale engage in their annual "ritual combat".

From BizPac Review, Republican congresscritters once again call on the federal government to ban the Chinese app TikTok, for allegedly "pushing terrorist propaganda on American kids".

From The Daily Wire, the Chief Twit plans to file a "thermonuclear" suit against Media Matters.

From the Daily Caller, the current Supreme Court term will be very consequential for the 1st Amendment.

From Breitbart, the U.S. Army is apparently trying to get back soldiers it had kicked out after they rejected its coronavirus vaccine mandate.

From Newsmax, Ukrainian troops try to push back Russian forces on the east side of the Dnipro River.

And from the New York Post, a Canadian teenager with autism breaks two of his own Guinness World Records for stacking Jenga blocks, which inspires a movie.

Friday Phenomena

On a mild and cloudy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Chief Twit messes up.

From FrontpageMag, China sides with Hamas against Israel.

From Townhall, what the media aren't saying about the suicide of a cross-dressing mayor.  (I've believed for a long time that the left-wing bias which we right-wingers accuse the media of having is mostly shown, not by what the media say, but by what they don't say.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Republicans in California blast Governor Gavin Newsom (D) for moving to block an anti-tax ballot measure.  (What is this "democracy" you speak of?)

From the Washington Examiner, left-wing protesters blocking bridges are raging against the wrong machine.

From The Federalist, former President Trump's right to speak about corruption is temporarily reinstated.

From American Thinker, more illegal aliens are entering the U.S. than new American citizens are being born.

From MRCTV, President Biden had a member of military the military hold the Chinese flag, but he's not alone.

From NewsBusters, the media can't stand the idea of Texas enforcing the federal immigration laws.

From Canada Free Press, it's time to save the environment from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his friends.

From TeleSUR, Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca and Brazilian President Lula da Silva discuss Bolivia's entry into MERCOSUR.

From TCW Defending Freedom, insurance companies panic over the increasing deaths of young people, but still refuse to blame coronavirus vaccines.

From EuroNews, two conservative Lithuanian parliamentcritters propose making machine guns legal.

From Voice Of Europe, some Ukrainians are protesting against President Volodymyr Zelensky's policies.

From ReMix, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki seeks support from centrists and radical rightists in order to keep his job.

From Balkan Insight, clashes between Bulgarian police and soccer fans result in calls for Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov and Bulgarian Union Football President Borislav Michaylov to resign.

From The North Africa Post, 24 African countries reiterate their call for the African Union to expel SADR.

From The New Arab, Gazans with permits to work in Israel are returned home.

From Arutz Sheva, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) leads an effort to block military aid from Israel.

From BBC News, Berlin is on edge ahead of hosting a visit from Turkish President Erdoğan, after his fierce criticism of Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, a "war cabinet" is needed for economic and national security.

From The Stream, the near and far enemies of Israel.

From The Daily Signal, six voter fraud cases that have not yet been resolved.

From The American Conservative, a Latin American version of former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew.

From BizPac Review, for its "woke" Christmas decoration, Target deserves a lump of coal in its stocking.

From The Daily Wire, the Girl Scouts plan to hold training sessions on "internalized racism" and "white supremacy culture".

From the Daily Caller, despite poor polling numbers, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) claims that he can win the Republican presidential nomination.

From the New York Post, a mural in Milan, Italy depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank is vandalized with the words "Gaza free".

From Breitbart, a report from Netiv Haasara, Israel.

And from Newsmax, video footage shows actor Alec Baldwin handling a prop gun on the set of Rust days before the tragic shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

A Few Things For Thursday

On an unseasonably warm Thursday, here are some things going on:

From the Daily Mail, the incoming "devil comet" explodes for the fourth time.

From CNN, the man who attacked the husband of then-Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) at their house is convicted on two counts.

From FrontpageMag, is there anything Palestinian about congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich)?

From Townhall, a federal court rules that banning the "thin blue line" flag on township property is unconstitutional.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a biolab illegally run by a Chinese national in California is ignored by federal authorities for months despite pleas from local officials.

From The Federalist, teaching kids to hate America leads to TikTok users siding with terrorists.

From American Thinker, cartoonists Michael Ramirez responds to the decision of The Washington Post to cancel his cartoon of a Hamas terrorist who has human shields tied to himself.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Suella Braverman leaves her office, with democracy following close behind.

From The Times Of Israel, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has 22 times as much enriched uranium as allowed by the 2015 nuclear accord.

From The Jerusalem Post, Bethlehem, West Bank removes all Christmas decorations in solidarity with Hamas "martyrs".

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration proposes dangerous solutions for the Gaza Strip.

From The Stream, more money for Iran, soccer player Megan Rapinoe misses widely with God, and other items.

From The Daily Signal, a slew of faithful Catholic colleges are seeing "unprecedented" enrollment numbers and financial support.

And from SFGate, according to the California Highway Patrol, 50 people have been arrested as a protest shuts down the Bay Bridge.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, the march for Israel in Washington, D.C. proves how broad the pro-Israel consensus is in the U.S.

From FrontpageMag, the media downplays the pro-Israel march.

From Townhall, well what do you know, the IDF finds another hospital in Gaza full of Hamas weapons.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Loudoun County, Virginia prosecutor Buta Biberaj (D) concedes to prosecutor-elect Bob Anderson (R).

From the Washington Examiner, why President Biden's attacks against Republicans on the issue of immigration won't work.

From The Federalist, a government-backed censorship tool is billed as an arbiter of truth.

From American Thinker, November 2024 isn't here yet.

From MRCTV, a group of woke astronomers demand that the Magellanic Clouds be renamed.  (My spellchecker objects to "Magellanic".  Have these scientists already gotten Blogspot to agree with them?)

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell claims that Israeli troops are shooting civilians trying to run away from the fighting.

From Canada Free Press, it's time for former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama to leave Washington, D.C.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela rejects any attempt by Guyana to drill for oil in the disputed maritime area of Essequibo.

From TCW Defending Freedom, who is your least favorite actor?

From Snouts in the Trough, the nightmare of "15-minute cities" is coming for you.

From EuroNews, Germany gets serious about planning to make its military "fit for war".

From Voice Of Europe, according to a survey, most Germans want to scale back their country's welfare system.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From ReMix, the U.K. Supreme Court strikes down the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

From Balkan Insight, Greece is urged to drop its investigation of journalists summoned as suspects due to their investigation of the government's public procurements during the coronavirus pandemic.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco considers establishing military industry zones.

From The New Arab, what is the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza?  (To learn the answer, read the article below from The Daily Wire.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, five Syrians beat up passengers on a train in Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Soester-Anzeiger.)

From The Times Of Israel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accuses Israel of doing what Hamas has done.

From Jewish News Syndicate, 59 U.S. troops have been injured in attacks in Syria and Iraq.

From Arutz Sheva, video footage shows an IDF soldier throwing back grenades at Hamas during its attack on a music festival.

From The Jerusalem Post, a reporter for Al Jazeera turns away from a Gazan who starts to criticize Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, secularism versus theocracy in Bangladesh - and elsewhere.

From The Stream, it's time for the woke Church to wake up.

From The Daily Signal, with the electoral defeat of the aforementioned prosecutor Buta Biberaj, every leader involved in the botched response to the rape of a teenage girl is now gone from office.

From BizPac Review, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) threatens to deport Vice President Harris back to her "liberal homeland" of California.

From The Daily Wire, the IDF raids the aforementioned Al-Shifa hospital, sends at least five Hamas terrorists to their virgins, and delivers important medical supplies.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and congresscritter Mary Miller (R-IL) introduce legislation to protect kids from inappropriate online material.

From the New York Post, New Hampshire defies Biden and sets next January 23rd as the date for the first primary in the U.S.

From Breitbart, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal tries to charge her electric vehicle in Los Angeles County, California, and finds that 40 percent of them don't work.

From Newsmax, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) announces that she will run for reelection.

And from the Genesius Times, the singer known as Pink threatens to force conservatives to listen to her music if they don't start to support gay adult material in schools.

Tuesday Tidbits

As the sunny and cool weather continues on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what you need to know about Hamas's use of hospitals.

From FrontpageMag, a gender ambiguous athlete claims that her male parts don't make her less of a woman.

From Townhall, video released by the IDF shows a Hamas tunnel to a hospital where they store weapons.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to survivors, children as young as 10 years old took part in Hamas's attack on October 7th.

From the Washington Examiner, today's "March for Israel" in Washington, D.C. is expected to draw support from both sides of the aisle.

From The Federalist, the gun which President Biden doesn't want you to have was just used to protect his granddaughter.

From American Thinker, inflation is down, unless you like to eat.

From MRCTV, according to soccer player Megan Rapinoe, her injury in her last game proves that God doesn't exist.

From NewsBusters, after a sponsor tells Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White to delete a pro-Trump media post, he responds with "go [bleep] yourself".

From Canada Free Press, more Republicans than just the "renegade" eight are letting DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas skate.

From TeleSUR, President Nicolás Maduro and Venezuelan diplomats discuss defending the region of Essequibo.

From TCW Defending Freedom, to find out who's killing England, you should follow the money.

From EuroNews, according to the Finnish Border Guard, more people are crossing into Finland from Russia without proper documents.

From Voice Of Europe, two bills intended to reduce restrictions on abortion are introduced into the Polish Sejm.  (The Sejm is Poland's national legislature, the word being pronounced like the English word "same".  If you read Polish, read the story at RMF24.)

From ReMix, recently-ousted former Home Secretary Suella Braverman gives U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a piece of her mind.

From Balkan Insight, the European Court of Human Rights finds Albania responsible for the shooting deaths of three people at a protest in 2011 in the capital city of Tirana.

From The North Africa Post, France reiterates its support for Morocco's plan for autonomy in the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, don't worry about those U.S. military planes landing at an airbase in Lebanon, says the Lebanese army.

From the Daily Mail, according to journalist Bari Weiss, antisemitism is a sign of social breakdown.

From Palestinian Media Watch, the BBC becomes a platform for Hamas propaganda.

From The Times Of Israel, seven people are indicted for allegedly torching a bicycle store in Taibe, Israel after its owner donated bikes to Jewish children.

From Gatestone Institute, why Turkish President Erdoğan wants Muslim nations to have a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.

From The Stream, parents in Kenosha, Wisconsin get inappropriate books out of a public library, which you can too.

From The Daily Signal, how the left's double standards on hate crimes has consequences.

From BizPac Review, presidential candidate and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) puts out a $10 million ad campaign.

From The Daily Wire, former Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked vows to eliminate Hamas after visiting Kfar Aza, one place where they attacked on October 7th.  (If that sounds harsh, please remember that Hamas wants to eliminate Israel.)

From the Daily Caller, Biden tells the families of hostages taken to Gaza "we're coming".

From KTVU, the man who allegedly attacked Paul Pelosi, husband of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal), takes the stand at his trial.  (via the Daily Caller)

From Breitbart, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin of The View claims that she was told that then-President Trump was not going to leave the White House after the 2020 election.

From Newsmax, an elementary school in Lebanon, Connecticut gives some "sympathy for the devil".  (Apologies to Mick and Keef.)

And from the New York Post, the U.S. Army overturns the convictions of 110 black soldiers, including Buffalo Soldiers, due to racial discrimination tainting their trials.  (The article cites The New York Times, whose related article is behind a subscription requirement.)