A Sasquatch's Dozen For Sunday

On a clear but very cold Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians in November 2024.

From The Stream, did Christians steal December 25th from pagans?

From The American Conservative, Argentine President Javier Milei has been vindicated.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the rise and fall of science in the West.

From National Review, politicians need to retire sooner.

From FrontpageMag and the "what's wrong with this picture?" department, global warming is causing warmer winters, but cold weather deaths doubled from 1999 to 2022.

From Townhall, officials in Scranton, Pennsylvania demand that President Biden's name be removed from a prominent landmark.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

From The Washington Examiner, President-elect Trump denies that he will cede his office to the Chief Twit.

From American Thinker, deporting millions of criminal illegal aliens won't be as difficult as the left suggests.

From NewsBusters, former reporter for CNN and The Washington Post Chris Cillizza admits that he "should have pushed harder" on the decline of Biden's well-being.

And from Sp!ked, the car ramming attack in Magdeburg, Germany gets warped.

Saturday Stories For The Winter Solstice

On a cold and cloudy Saturday falling on the winter solstice, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Congress averts the latest potential government shutdown.

From FrontpageMag, the Biden administration drops its $10 million bounty on the terrorist who just took over Syria.

From Townhall, President Biden signs the bill to avert the latest potential government shutdown.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the life of composer George Frideric Handel can be a template for the West.

From the Washington Examiner, the Biden administration spent millions of dollars for sex-change operations - on animals.

From American Thinker, is there still a presumption of innocence any more?

From NewsBusters, actress/filmmaker Justine Bateman shames The Hollywood Reporter for putting out fake news.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a judge in Delaware decides that the Chief Twit is too rich.

From Deutsche Welle, what is so far known about the suspect in the car ramming attack in Magdeburg, Germany.

From AMU, the Taliban publicly flog 52 people in one month.

From The Jerusalem Post, eight people are convicted in France in connection to the murder of a teacher who showed his class a caricature of the Islamic prophet Mohammed.

From Gatestone Institute, Israel is due a large amount of gratitude.

From The Daily Signal, almost 20 George Mason University law professors send a letter urging the school's president to crack down on pro-Hamas activity.

From The American Conservative, three visions for the American "defense industrial base".  (Is the "defense industrial base" anything like the "military industrial complex"?)

From The Daily Wire, the Biden administration withdraws a proposed change to Title IX that would force publicly-funded schools to allow males who "identify" as females onto female sports teams.

From the Daily Caller, the Biden administration faces pressure, some from its own staff, to fund left-wing causes such as "de-fund the police".

From Breitbart, EPA head Michael Regan announces that he will step down on December 31st, about three weeks before the end of Biden's term.  (Regan should not be confused with a certain son of a late president.)

And from the New York Post, Israel's war against Hamas has led to some impressive medical advancements.

Friday Fuss

On a cold and cloudy Friday with a bit of snow, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden is already being talked about in the past tense.

From FrontpageMag, the false gods worshipped by leftism.

From Townhall, Republican Senators launch the "MAHA caucus" to push HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy's health agenda.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a class at Indiana University requires students to determine their "dominant" and "subordinate" identities.

Form the Washington Examiner, the House panel on weaponization of government releases its report - all 17,019 pages of it.

From The Federalist, ABC News anchor (and former Mr. Bill henchman) George Stephanopoulos has always been a propagandist.

From American Thinker, the media loses its marbles and claims that the Chief Twit will be the real president, with President Trump as his puppet.

From MRCTV, the Satanic Temple's demon goat statue near New Hampshire's capitol is repeatedly vandalized, while a satanic display near Minnesota's capitol gets destroyed.

From NewsBusters, the mainstream media are "very reluctant" to report Fani getting kicked.

From Canada Free Press, is this a possible reason for all those drone sightings?

From TeleSUR, a fugitive leaves the Argentine embassy in Caracas, Venezuela and surrenders to Venezuelan authorities.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. energy and climate change secretary Ed Milliband's lies come back to haunt him.

From Snouts in the Trough, has Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves's simplistic thinking created a budget disaster for the U.K.?

From EuroNews, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is found not guilty of kidnapping and dereliction of duty for detaining 100 migrants onboard a rescue ship when he was interior minister.

From ReMix, an effort to ban the German party AfD is unlikely to succeed in the current legislative period.  (If you read German, read the story at RegionalHeute.)

From Balkan Insight, one child is killed, and three children and two adults are injured in a knife attack at a school in Zagreb, Croatia.

From The North Africa Post, rival Libyan institutions meeting in Morocco agree to work together to hold elections.

From The New Arab, a strike by the U.S. in Syria sends ISIS leader Abu Yusif to his virgins.

From IranWire, inside Zahedon Central Prison in Iran.

From AMU, the U.N. reports a 56 percent increase in incidents interfering with humanitarian aide in Afghanistan.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Israeli diaspora minister Amichai Chikli, the leadership of CAIR praised Hamas's attack on October 7th, 2023 and called Gaza a "concentration camp".

From OpIndia, a man in the Indian state of Maharashtra allegedly attacks his son-in-law with acid for planning to have his (and his wife's) honeymoon in the territory of Kashmir instead of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

From Gatestone Institute, the best way for the international community to help the Palestinians.

From The Stream, in the age of the aforementioned Chief Twit, Americans have a duty to Congress accountable.

From The Daily Signal, Biden leaves a border legacy of more crime and strained cities.

From The American Conservative, the legacy of the "Axis of Evil" speech given by then-President Bush the Younger.

From The Western Journal, after the continuing resolution with massive spending crashes and burns, Musk Derangement Syndrome among Democrats hits a new level.

From BizPac Review, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy weighs in on a report about Biden's diminished mental capacity.

From The Daily Wire, Trump files an amicus brief in a Texas court to stop the Biden administration from selling off border wall materials.

From the Daily Caller, with a federal government shutdown looming, Biden is goes into radio silence.

From the New York Post, this season's first "real" snow is expected for New York City.

From Breitbart, San Jose State University finally admits that female athletes are leaving its women's volleyball team over its inclusion of a transgender player.

From Newsmax, a driver rams his car into a group of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.

And from LifeNews, Trump picks pro-life leader Brian Burch to be ambassador to the Vatican.

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, could President-elect Trump and Democrat congresscritters reach a deal to protect the "dreamers"?

From FrontpageMag, Politico is afraid that Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth will make the U.S. military "patriotic" again.

From Townhall, the operation that hid President Biden's mental decline from Americans.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a group led by former Chinese Communist Party officials is quietly funding U.S. government climate research.  (Meanwhile Chinese carbon dioxide production continues to be over twice that of the U.S.)

From the Washington Examiner, having learned nothing from the 2024 elections, Democrats keep turning left.

From The Federalist, the Georgia Court of Appeals kicks Fani off her case against Trump.

From American Thinker, the Chief Twit exposes the huge government spending bill.

From MRCTV, Biden's approval level sinks to its lowest ever.

From NewsBusters, co-host Whoopi Goldberg of The View claims that the aforementioned Chief Twit and Vice President-elect Vance are plotting to murder Trump.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian politicians go on holiday for seven weeks.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela exports seafood to both the U.S. and China.

From TCW Defending Freedom, when will the U.K. government see the light (or lack thereof) about electricity produced from bird choppers?

From EuroNews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for more weapons and calls a ceasefire deal proposed by Hungary "political PR".

From ReMix, three Algerians already under detention orders allegedly rape a Polish woman in a squatted apartment in Gap, France.  (Yes, there is a city in France named Gap.)

From Balkan Insight, as more Serbian students join protests demanding accountability for the Novi Sad railway station disaster, the government considers closing schools early for winter break.

From The North Africa Post, four French citizens detained in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso are released thanks to mediation by Moroccan King Mohammed VI.

From The New Arab, Israel bombs targets in Yemen after the Houthis launch missiles at Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Venezuelan gangs with ties to Iran are invited into the U.S.

From The Stream, who's behind the failures of the American healthcare system?

From The Daily Signal, more on Fani getting kicked.

From The American Conservative, Mexico and Canada deserve to have tariffs imposed on their products sent to the U.S.

From The Western Journal, Vivek Ramaswamy rewrites the aforementioned spending bill with just 75 words that both Democrats and RINOs will hate.

From BizPac Revew, more on the reported protective "shell" used to hide Biden's aforementioned mental decline.

From The Daily Wire, the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has intensified the search for American journalist Austin Tice, who has been detained for 12 years.

From the Daily Caller, White House aides reveal who really ran the country as Biden's mental state declined.

From the New York Post, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson appears in court in New York City.

From Breitbart, Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan lets reporters at a press conference know how he really feels.

From Newsmax, Senator Chris Murphy (D-Con) asks why Democrats are taking DOGE seriously.

And from SFGate, a notorious family left the house they built on a mountaintop in the San Francisco Bay area, but their dinosaur is still there.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a cool and cloudy Wednesday, after I gave myself a day off due to my running around, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) will not be the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.

From FrontpageMag, according to a released Israeli hostage, they "were looked at like animals".

From Townhall, the second would-be assassin of former President Trump is officially charged in Florida.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden reportedly gave lavish gifts to leaders of countries which abuse human rights.

From the Washington Examiner, a 1,547-page spending bill includes funding to extend for one year a "censorship scheme" within the State Department.

From The Federalist, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) doesn't seem to understand that the Republicans won.

From American Thinker, who exactly are "the working class"?

From MRCTV, the aforementioned spending bill allows congresscritters to "opt out" of Obamacare.  (Although the question was raised years ago, it bears repeating.  If Obamacare is as great as its proponents claim, why would anyone want to opt out of it?)

From NewsBusters, the Cold War is over, but we're still fighting communism.

From Canada Free Press, federal taxes will reportedly increase in 2025 - in Canada.

From TeleSUR, according to the International Organization for Migration one in every 30 people is a migrant.

From TCW Defending Freedom, there is a "net zero chance" that the U.K. will have electric armored vehicles.

From Snouts in the Trough, will the U.K. ditch the world's winner and join its losers?

From EuroNews, according to Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, Ukraine will not be asked to join NATO.

From ReMix, according to French parliamentcritter Marine Le Pen, for President Emmanuel Marcon, "it's almost over".

From Balkan Insight, Greece proposes to deal with minors convicted of lesser offenses in a sporting manner.

From The North Africa Post, a gas-producing project in Senegalese and Mauritanian waters is 97 percent complete.

From The New Arab, according to Iraqi and Kurdish authorities, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's brother Maher has not entered Iraq.

From MEMRI TV, an imam in Warren, Michigan defines peace in the Middle East as the nonexistence of Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar blasts Irish President Michael Higgins's allegation that Israel wants to establish settlements in Egypt.  (Has Higgins never learned about the Exodus, when Israel purposefully, and with the help of a Higher Power, ended their settlement in Egypt?)

From AMU, the Taliban demolish the historic Jumhuriat Market in Kabul, Afghanistan.

From OpIndia, a man in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India claims that Pampers are inscribed with the name of the Islamic prophet Mohammed.

From The Jerusalem Post, families in Gaza sue the U.S. State Department over the U.S. supporting the IDF. (Can Israelis sue these families for supporting Hamas?)

From Arutz Sheva, Islam takes over Europe and its Jews flee.  (The last six stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, will South Africa become the next failed rich state?

From The Stream, Satanists set up their "first ever" display in the Minnesota State Capitol building, and archaeologists find the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps.

From The Daily Signal, the 15-year-old high school shooter in Madison, Wisconsin left behind a manifesto, which documents family breakdown.

From The American Conservative, a MAGA agenda should include Puerto Rico.

From The Western Journal, according to a report, then-President Trump not only offered to have the military protect the Capitol in Washington, D.C. but he ordered them to, and was disobeyed.

From BizPac Review, the House Ethics Committee releases its report on former congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

From The Daily Wire, "Gaetz fires back".

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY) will not support the aforementioned Speaker Johnson for another term as Speaker.

From the New York Post, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces that she will deploy 250 more National Guard troops to the New York City subway to keep riders safe.

From the The War Zone, a military base in New Jersey confirms that drones were used to smuggle contraband into a prison within its perimeter.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, the Federal Reserve cuts a key interest rate by a quarter percent.

From Newsmax, the use of vaping, alcohol and (other) drugs among U.S. teenagers remains low.

And from the Genesius Times, to atone for her white privilege, WNBA star Caitlin Clark will play in blackface.

Monday Links For Beethoven's Birthday

On a cool and rainy Monday falling on the generally accepted birthday of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, which is also the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, here are some things going on:

From National Review, four possible explanations for the drone sightings in New Jersey.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden claims to have run a "scandal-free" campaign.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard's (D-HI) iconoclasm as exactly why we need her as Director of National Intelligence.

From The Washington Free Beacon, LGBT groups, who praised the nomination of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, have little to say about Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent.

From the Washington Examiner, the status of the bald eagle as the U.S. national bird could finally be made official.  (Although commonly used as a symbol of the U.S. and referred to as our "national bird", is has never been officially designated as such.)

From The Federalist, the nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense shows Republicans a way to stop losing and start defeating the swamp.  (Naturally, I must recall the ability of the Republicans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, which should not be underestimated.)

From American Thinker, some people are getting tired of migrants from all over the world speaking languages foreign to their land, which in this case is not the U.S.

From MRCTV, WNBA player Caitlin Clark's wokeness buys her favor for only three days.

From NewsBusters, according to Morning Joe panelist Elise Jordan, the aforementioned Pete Hegseth would take the U.S. military back to the Crusades.  (Does this mean that she expects Hegseth to have our forces invade Israel, sack Jerusalem, besiege Damascus, and establish new states in the Levant?)

From Canada Free Press, the legacy media has its last gasp.

From TeleSUR, according to the NGO Plan International, migrant children face serious risks crossing through the Darien jungle between Colombia and Panama.  (This is precisely why no one should send their children to illegally migrate northward.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, according to a study, coronavirus vaccines harm mental health.

From EuroNews, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government lose a no-confidence vote.

From ReMix, Denmark offers each Syrian currently in the country €27,000 to return home.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.  I can't find anything related to this story in The Copenhagen Post.)

From Balkan Insight, how Serbian intelligence hacks phones without their owners knowing about it.

From The North Africa Post, the Bayt Mal Al Quds Acharif Agency, based in Rabat, Morocco, launches an application promoting the culture heritage of Jerusalem.  ("Al Quds" is the Arabic name for Jerusalem.)

From The New Arab, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claims that he did not flee Syria but was "requested" to "evacuate" by Russia.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Spanish parliamentcritter Rocío de Meer asks if it is hate to point out that Africa doesn't fit into Europe or to say that Spain should remain Spanish.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Salafist mosque calls for violence against non-Muslims - in Reutlingen, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at JouWatch.)

From NDTV, according to an opinion column, the Arab Spring has become an Islamic Winter.

From Gatestone Institute, with jihadists backed by Turkey taking over Syria, Kurds and Christians are under an intolerable threat.

From The Stream, can today's teens learn from Victorian-era novelist Louisa May Alcott?

From The Daily Signal, legacy media journalists deserve all the angst when President-elect Trump returns to office.

From The American Conservative, there's a "shootout in DOGE City".

From The Western Journal, Biden tells Vice President Harris that she's "not going anywhere", which terms are acceptable.

From BizPac Review, Trump campaign adviser Alex Bruesewitz appears to faint while speaking at a Republican gala in New York City.

From The Daily Wire, at least two are killed and seven others wounded when a "juvenile" opens fire at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin.

From the Daily Caller, according to Harris advisor Rob Flaherty, the Democrats are "losing hold of culture".

From the New York Post, Trump declines to comment on whether he would support the U.S. or Israel making preemptive strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

From Breitbart, congresscritter Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) calls the aforementioned drones a threat to infrastructure in the American heartland.

From Newsmax, in wanting to end birthright citizenship, Trump is heading for a fight.

And from The Babylon Bee, historians in the year 3400 still struggle to figure out why singer Beyonce was famous.

A Few Stories For Sunday

On a cold and rainy Sunday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, Senator Socialism (I-VT) recommends that President Biden preemptively pardons the congresscritters who were on the January 6th committee.

From FrontpageMag, Democrats prepare to boycott President-elect Trump's second inauguration.

From Townhall, only three congresscritters show up to the farewell speeches of ousted "Squad" members Jamaal "fire alarm" Bowman (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-MO).  (This boycott thing can go in multiple directions.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about how liberal elites "got schooled" at a college in Florida.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator-elect Bernie Moreno (R-OH) highlights the "differences" between the cabinet nominees from Trump and Biden.  (I hope that he and the aforementioned Senator Socialism greet each other with "Hi, Bernie", "Hi, Bernie".)

From The Federalist, ABC settles a defamation suit by donating $15 million to Trump's presidential library.

From American Thinker, it seems that nowadays, everybody must get droned.  (Apologies to Bob Dylan)

From NewsBusters, after the aforementioned settlement, ABC host (and former Mr. Bill henchman) George Stephanopoulos is "defanged but still venomous".

From TCW Defending Freedom, there are promises but nothing new under the communist sun.

From Arutz Sheva, according to a recent study, the number of civilians killed in Israel's operation in Gaza has been deliberately exaggerated in order to vilify Israel.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the IDF releases footage of Hamas brutally mistreating Gazan prisoners.

From Gatestone Institute, how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is thanked for disabling Iran and terrorist groups.

From The Stream, how do you find the messiah?

From The Daily Signal, it's time to have a serious talk about left-wing violence.

And from The American Conservative, the best Christmas gifts are books.

Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claims that the drones flying over New Jersey are not a threat.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden pardoned financial criminals who pilfered $80 million.

From Townhall, Biden also pardoned three Chinese spies.  (If any Americans travel to China and are convicted of spying, will President Xi Jinping pardon them?)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration takes credit for Israeli victories that it tried to prevent.

From the Washington Examiner, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) wants the Biden administration to do something about drones seen flying over her state.

From American Thinker, (about) 20 "obvious" questions about what happened on January 6th.

From NewsBusters, First Son Hunter Biden is a gift that late-night comedians refuse to open.

From TCW Defending Freedom, stories from the U.K.'s illegal migrant frontline - and back door.

From Snouts in the Trough, what is the point of the magazine Private Eye?

From AMU, according to a U.S. report, the Taliban has continued to shelter terrorists from al-Qaeda and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.

From Gatestone Institute, permanently neutralizing Iran's nuclear threat is the first, not the last, step to long-term stability.

From The Stream, the Bible shows the true nature of justice.

From The Daily Signal, the U.S. should ditch "Made in China" for "Made in Vietnam".

From The American Conservative, the acquittal of subway rider Daniel Penny marks the end of an era.

From The Western Journal, more on the drones.

From BizPac Review, a left-wing media outlet gets buried in a backlash as an email from Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is made public.

From The Daily Wire, President-elect Trump's promise to end daylight savings time could pit morning people against everyone else.

From the Daily Caller, right-wing commentator and businessman Tucker Carlson gets back at the company Zyn by launching a rival product.

From Breitbart, Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) asks if it already feels like Trump is president again.

From Newsmax, according to former U.S. Ambassador to Syria, it's time for American troops to get out of there.

And from the New York Post, the aforementioned Daniel Penny joins Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance at the Army-Navy football game.

Friday The 13th Phenomena

On a clear but cold Friday the 13th, here are some things going on:

From National Review, meet the crooks who received pardons or reduced sentences from President Biden.

From FrontpageMag, why leftists are celebrating the murder of a CEO.

From Townhall, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) suffers a serious injury while in Luxembourg with a bipartisan congressional delegation there to observe the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania threats to sue the school if it does not drop sanctions against her.

From the Washington Examiner, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) warns the state's cities against harboring illegal aliens.

From The Federalist, the media obsess over the alleged CEO killer while going Sergeant Schultz about President-elect Trump's would-be assassins.

From American Thinker, dismantling the federal Department of Education won't be enough.

From MRCTV, the woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her (and was later convicted of murder in a separate case) finally admits to her lies.  (Tell me again why I should "believe all women".)

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joy Reid claims that Trump is "in the same category" as Hitler, Stalin, Ayatollah Khomeini and Russian President Putin.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a "bearded lady" feminist.

From TeleSUR, the ALBA social movements plan to expand their solidarity with Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some testimony on children and the coronavirus vaccine that the Hallett Inquiry doesn't want you to know about.

From EuroNews, President Emmanuel Macron nominates his long-time ally François Bayrou to be France's new prime minister.

From ReMix, the German "policy of Green stupidity" causes electricity prices to spike.

From Balkan Insight, remembering how Croatian strongman Franjo Tudjman muzzled the media.

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. praises Morocco's counter-terrorism efforts.

From The New Arab, thousands of Syrians gather to celebrate the fall of the al-Assad government.  (Whether they will be better off under the new regime remains to be seen.)

From Gatestone Institute, Iran threatens Jordan and smuggles weapons to Palestinian terrorists.

From The Stream, WNBA player Caitlyn Clark should realize the white guilt is as useless and toxic as electric cars.

From The Daily Signal, former President Obama's mystique suffered from the 2024 election.

From The American Conservative, Trump has assembled a governing majority, if he can keep it.

From The Western Journal, during a "Toys for Tots" event at the White House, First Lady Jill Biden gives a "Happy Holidays" greeting and gets corrected by a very young attendee.

From BizPac Review, Fox News anchors are stunned by how far Americans will go to help the Chief Twit clean up government waste.

From The Daily Wire, a U.N. watchdog encourages the incoming Trump administration to demand the resignation of a U.N. human rights official.

From the Daily Caller, co-host Sara Haines of The View ponders whether Trump's positions are really all that extreme.

From the New York Post, rats!

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), the federal government needs to give the public more information on the drones recently seen over New Jersey.

From Fox News, the National Spelling Bee approves the term "womyn" for use in competitions for third graders.  (Can the NSB define what "womyn" are?  Should we "believe all womyn"?  The story comes via Breitbart.)

From Newsmax, drones have also been seen flying over U.S. military bases in the U.K. and Germany.

And from the Genesius Times, the aforementioned Chief Twit become the first person ever to be rich enough to fund the U.S. federal government for more than five minutes.  (Yours truly might be able to afford a nanosecond or two.)

A Few Late Thursday Things

Once again after I've been running around, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, a former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about President Biden and his son Hunter.

From FrontpageMag, acquitted subway rider Daniel Penny how fake the BLM riots really were.

From Townhall, the strangest news report about the alleged killer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a member of Columbia University's top disciplinary body has praised terrorist hijackings of airplanes.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrat congresscritters keep moving leftward.

From The Federalist, according to a report from the inspector general of the Justice Department, the FBI had 26 informants in place on January 6th.

From American Thinker, we now know why West Point no longer includes the phrase "duty, honor, country" in its mission statement.

From MRCTV, merchandise depicting the aforementioned alleged CEO killer is flying off the shelves.

From NewsBusters, the aforementioned Daniel Penny's real "crime".

From TCW Defending Freedom, cattle, their methane, and some disturbing questions about the cow feed additive Bovaer.

From Snouts in the Trough, suppression of free speech gets even madder.

From the Daily Mail, the rate of cousin marriages in the Pakistani community in the U.K. drops, but is still very high.

From AMU, the Taliban order female university administrators in Afghanistan to step down and nominate male replacements.

From The Street Journal, Boko Haram terrorists kill 14 fishermen in the Nigerian state of Niger.  (This state should not be confused with the country of Niger to the north of Nigeria.)

From The Times Of Israel, a CIA analyst accused of leaking an Israeli plan to attack Iran is ordered to stay in jail until his trial.

From Arutz Sheva, when jihadists take over a country, don't expect them to govern as moderates or centrists.

From Gatestone Institute, credit, or maybe blame, for the regime change in Syria belongs to U.S. President Biden.

From The Stream, more on cows, methane, and Bovaer.

From The American Conservative, the urge to micromanage foreign countries is bipartisan.

From The Daily Wire, the Biden administration rushes to sell border wall material before President-elect Trump takes office.

And from SFGate, old fogey Bill Belichick is going to stink as a college football coach.

Wednesday Wanderings

On a mild buy rainy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the record of unmitigated failure by left-wing prosecutors.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump has crushed the witch hunts.

From Townhall, the mysterious drones flying over New Jersey are from where?

From The Washington Free Beacon, Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon could be facing some serious challenges.  (I've already realized that the second Trump administration will face greater challenges than the first one did eight years ago.)

From the Washington Examiner, FBI Director Christopher Wray announces his resignation.

From The Federalist, congresscritters are trying to shove though one last pile of pork before Trump is inaugurated.  (Please forgive my language, which is unfair to pigs.)

From American Thinker, how "clean" energy really isn't.

From MRCTV, WNBA player Caitlin Clark claims that her popularity has been boosted by "white privilege".

From NewsBusters, PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett blames the platform X for heartless comments after the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, but omit that almost all of them come from left-wing users.

From Canada Free Press, a high school in Riverside, California punishes two girls for wearing shirts that said "Save Girl's Sports".

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans prepare for President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration on January 10th.

From TCW Defending Freedom, according to a paper from an excess mortality researcher, the surge in excess deaths was not caused by the coronavirus, but by the "pandemic" response.

From EuroNews, French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron seeks a new prime minister.

From ReMix, emergency housing for migrants costs France over €500 million in a year.

From Balkan Insight, students in Novi Sad, Serbia demand the resignation of a university rector who condemned their blockades of faculty work.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Algeria have been on opposite sides of the former al-Assad regime in Syria.

From The New Arab, Syrian rebels uncover a drug empire that traded in captagon.

From The Times Of Israel, the World Central Kitchen, a U.S.-based charity, fires 62 Gazans after Israel said that they were linked to terror groups.

From The Jerusalem Post, a mob in London attacks boxer Floyd Mayweather over his support for Jews.

From Gatestone Institute, a quiet boycott of Israeli researchers began on October 7th, 2023.

From The Stream, recently acquitted New York City subway rider Daniel Penny was "the scapegoat of a new fanatical religion".

From The Daily Signal, Trump can end birthright citizenship because the Constitution has never required it.

From The American Conservative, Europe is "woefully unprepared" for Trump's return to office.

From The Western Journal, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth preemptively crushes a media hit piece before it is published.

From BizPac Review, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) warns the healthcare industry after the aforementioned murder of Brian Thompson that "people can be pushed only so far".

From The Daily Wire, according to a poll, just 1 in every 5 Americans are fine with President Biden pardoning his son Hunter.

From the Daily Caller, the U.S. Army fires a four-star "renegade general" who promoted an unqualified female subordinate.

From the New York Post, where former prosecutor, Fox News contributor and girlfriend of Donald Trump the Younger Kimberly Guilfoyle will live when she becomes the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

From Breitbart, a wildfire in Malibu, California forces 20,000 people, including some celebrities, to evacuate from their homes.

And from Newsmax, former and future President Trump is expected to be named Time magazine's "Person of the Year".

Fort Hunter Park - Part 2

As I promised in Part 1, here's the tavern house, seen from the front.  It was built around 1800 for Archibald McAllister, who at the time owned the land which is now Fort Hunter Park.  It was used to accommodate overnight travelers, as a community center for local farmers, and to sell McAllister's brandies and whiskies.  The detached structure on the right was a smokehouse for meats.  Between it and the main portion of the tavern house is a former kitchen that includes a single chimney.

Fort Hunter Park - Part 1

Today I took my intermittent explorations northward and visited Fort Hunter Park in Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania.  The park is located on the grounds of its namesake fort, which was built in 1756 to defend against attacks from French colonists and Native Americans.  The fort was abandoned in 1763.  The fort and its land was bought in 1787 by a former soldier named Archibald McAllister, who had served under General George Washington during the American Revolution.  McAllister built his home on the property and converted the area into a farm.  In 1870, a citizen of Harrisburg, PA named Daniel Dick Boas bought the place and eventually willed it to his daughter Helen and her husband John Reily.  Since the Reilys had no children, they later willed it to their nine nephews and nieces.  One of them, Margaret Wister Meigs of Washington, D.C., bought the others out, converted McAllister's former home into a museum, and established a foundation.  The park is now owned jointly by Dauphin County and the Board of Trustees for Fort Hunter.

In 1876, not long after Daniel Boas bought McAllister's farm, the centennial barn was constructed.  I'm pretty sure that it's the largest building in the park.

Rainy Monday Mania

On a chilly and rainy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, "the world's most murderous ophthalmologist" is no longer in charge of Syria.

From FrontpageMag, former President Obama shows his talent for projection.

From Townhall, why Senator-elect Andy Kim (D-NJ) will be sworn in early.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Daniel Penny is acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a fellow New York City subway rider.

From the Washington Examiner, rebels in Syria install a transitional prime minister and pose as centrist reformers.  (What the political "center" is in Syria, I have no idea.)

From The Federalist, NBC reporter Kristen Welker questions President-elect Trump about birthright citizenship, but omits a key part of the 14th Amendment.

From American Thinker, why President Biden is the worst ever to hold the office, but has provided a silver lining.  (While there are certainly reasons to regard Biden's presidency as catastrophic, I must acknowledge that calling any president the "worst ever" is a matter of opinion.)

From MRCTV, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to take more guns from his fellow Canadians and send them to Ukraine.

From NewsBusters, Axios calls Fox News viewers "right-wing grandpas", but on average, MSNBC's audience is even older.

From Canada Free Press, Trump's second inauguration can't come soon enough.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan government calls for countries to avoid interfering in Syria.  (Although I'm no fan of the leftist Venezuelan government, I agree with them on this point.  Even though it's under new management, Syria is still a cluster[bleep].)

From TCW Defending Freedom, a prescient warning about the goals of globalism was issued in 1991.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. leading the world in deindustrialization?  (To my surprise, my spellchecker has no problem with "deindustrialization".)

From EuroNews, the Netherlands reintroduces temporary border controls, to last for six months.

From ReMix, the right-wing party Sweden Democrats call for a review of residence permits issued to Syrians now that the regime of Bashar al-Assad has ended.  (This would imply that the new Syrian government is expected to be less dangerous to the Syrians in Sweden than al-Assad's regime was.  How well or poorly the new government treats their fellow Syrians, in country or returning from abroad, remains to be seen.)

From Balkan Insight, two former Kosovo officials plead not guilty to witness-tampering at the trial of former President Hashim Thaci.

From The North Africa Post, the Egyptian army takes control of imports of strategic commodities into Egypt.

From The New Arab, the new Syrian government grants amnesty to conscripted members of the former government's army.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Lebanese man allegedly stabs his ex-wife to death - in Berlin.  (If you read German, read the story at BZ.)

From AMU, Taliban members flog two people for adultery in Kabul, Afghanistan.

From ShiaWaves, the Taliban use 31 distinct methods of torture in their prisons.

From Gatestone Institute, why Hamas was "betrayed" by Arabs and Muslims.

From The Stream, what's next for Christians under Syria's new government?

From The Daily Signal, the media relies on anonymous sources in opposing the nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense.

From The American Conservative, the return of Turkey's Kaisar-e-Rum.

From The Western Journal, the U.S. and Israel launch preemptive strikes in Syria as the aforementioned al-Assad flees.

From BizPac Review, more on the aforementioned acquittal of Daniel Penny.

From The Daily Wire, still more on the acquittal of Daniel Penny.

From the Daily Caller, according to George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was "the most surprised person" in court when Penny was acquitted.

From the New York Post, after Perry's acquittal, calls mount for Bragg to "resign in shame".

From Breitbart, Mr. Bill blames the media for his wife Hillary's loss in the 2016 election.

From Newsmax, police release the identity of the suspect arrested in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

And from The Babylon Bee, Biden cancels aid to Syria after learning that some of it might go to poor Americans living there.

Various And Sunday Sundry

On a clear and mild Sunday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is now former President al-Assad.

From FrontpageMag, Syria has fallen.

From Townhall, al-Assad has fled to Russia.  (Perhaps it is former President al-Assad, and not former and future President Trump, who colluded with Russia.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about a speechwriter for Presidents Reagan and Nixon.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump considers throwing the Democrats a few bones.  (If he does such a thing, afterwards he should check the condition of his throwing arm.)

From American Thinker, Trump's visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral shows us that appearance matters.

From NewsBusters, 17 years ago, clemency for Lewis "Scooter" Libby from then-President Bush the Younger drew a lot of anger from the media.

From TCW Defending Freedom, things seen this week in the "alt" media.

From Jewish News Syndicate, a Vatican nativity scene includes a photo of a sculpture of the baby Jesus on a keffiyeh.

From the Daily Mail, Syrians ransack al-Assad's presidential palace in Damascus.

From CNN, more on Syrian rebels capturing Damascus and al-Assad fleeing to Russia.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, French police arrest three students for allegedly plotting an attack on the city hall in the town of Poitiers, near where Frankish leader Charles Martel defeated the Moors in 732.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Parisien.)

From Gatestone Institute, in Syria, enemies disguise themselves as friends.

From The Daily Signal, "the Biden crime family is above the law".

From The American Conservative, the U.K. is committing suicide.

From The Western Journal, a man armed with a chainsaw enters a nursing home in St. Charles, Illinois, thus making his last mistake.

From BizPac Review, NBC reporter Kristen Welker is shocked when Trump tells her what should happen to the January 6th committee members.

From The Daily Wire, a transgender doctor is sued for negligence over a mastectomy performed on a 14-year-old girl.

From the Daily Caller, Trump points out to the aforementioned Kirsten Welker that illegal aliens did indeed come to the U.S. illegally.

From the New York Post, fans of the late John Lennon gather at Strawberry Fields in New York City's Central Park to remember him.

From Newsmax, Navy SEALs and veterans plan to march in support of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.

And from Breitbart, even Saturday Night Live mocks President Biden's pardoning his son Hunter.

Some Saturday Stories For Pearl Harbor Day

On a clear and cold Saturday falling on the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to President-elect Trump, the U.S. should not be involved in Syria's internal conflict.

From Townhall, White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre is mocked for citing the wrong poll to justify President Biden's pardoning his son Hunter.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Chinese drone company found a way around Congress's ban on them doing business in the U.S. - before it was even passed.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump meets with Presidents Emmanuel Macron (France) and Volodymyr Zelensky (Ukraine).

From American Thinker, Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter claims a power that not even kings enjoyed.

From NewsBusters, according to former congresscritter (not the musician) Joe Walsh (R-IL), Trump doesn't give a [bleep] that Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth mistreats women.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a curious tale of winds in the North Sea and their effect on bird choppers.

From Snouts in the Trough, is there something vague in the story from former U.K. Transport Minister Louise Haigh?

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the Düsseldorf (Germany) Administrative Court rules that a 17-year-old Muslim girl is not allowed wear a niqab while in class at school.  (If you read German, read the story at Freilich.)

From Gatestone Institute, "make Persia great again".

From The Stream, five myths about salvation.

From The Daily Signal, say good night to the politics of economic redistribution.

From The American Conservative, 2025 feels like it will be the year of the American underdog.

From BizPac Review, the Biden administration celebrates its first climate-related arrest and conviction.

From The Daily Wire, Syria is on the verge of falling to terrorists rebels.

From the Daily Caller, the lawsuit filed by January 6th defendant Ray Epps against right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson is dismissed by a federal judge.

From the New York Post, if you're hoping for a white Christmas in New York City, keep dreaming.

From Breitbart, an albatross believed to be the "world's oldest wild bird" lays an egg at age 74.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Warren Davidson (R-OH), people "would have been shocked" if Joe Biden hadn't pardon his son Hunter.

And from SFGate, when in Hawaii, be sure to keep a safe distance from the Wailuku River.