Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, the "bizarre and tawdry" secrets of gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson (R-NC).

From FrontpageMag, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Cal) is angry because Californians want to make crime illegal again.

From Townhall, why have all the nutjobs who have tried to kill political opponents come from the left?

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden's long shadow.

From the Washington Examiner, the Georgia State Election Board votes to require counties to hand-count all ballots on the night of the election.

From The Federalist, Oklahoma removes over 450,000 ineligible voters from its role, including over 5,000 convicted felons.

From American Thinker, a long list of infractions by the media, showing its bias.

From MRCTV, presidential candidate Vice President Harris's four weirdest word salads from her town hall with Oprah Winfrey.

From NewsBusters, a supporter of former President Trump schools a CNN reporter about inflation.

From Canada Free Press, the economic consequences of election Harris president.

From TeleSUR, Argentinian President Javier Milei seeks to privatize Aerolineas Argentinas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, in an act of climate fearmongering, the BBC blames child marriage in Bangladesh on climate change.

From Snouts in the Trough, we're doomed, I tell you, we're doooooomed.

From EuroNews, why are forests in the Iberian peninsula so flammable?

From ReMix, two former europarliamentcritters from Hungary are invited back to lash out at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

From Balkan Insight, women's rights groups in Croatia demand tougher punishments for the crimes of femicide and rape.

From The North African Post, Moroccan police chief Abdellatif Hammouchi makes a working visit to Türkiye.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah distributed its pagers just hours before they exploded.

From Arutz Sheva, terrorists fire on a school bus in Mevo Dotan, West Bank.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Moroccan convicted of rape in Germany tries to justify his crimes with Sharia law.  (If you read German, read the story at Soester-Anzeiger.)

From ABC News, Israel claims to have killed a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon in which 12 people were killed.

From Gatestone Institute, why Egypt prefers having Palestinian terrorists on its border.

From The Stream, blaming the Christian victims in Cordoba, Spain for their own beheadings.

From The Daily Signal, neither Harris nor Trump has any proposals for cutting the national debt.

From The American Conservative, an argument for recognize the Houthis of Yemen.

From The Western Journal, even with a friendly crowd and the aforementioned Oprah Winfrey has a moderator, Harris flopped at her town hall.

From Fox News, early in-person voting starts in Virginia.

From BizPac Review, a major American construction equipment manufacturer backs off on DEI.

From The Daily Wire, the debate between Harris and Trump had no effect on polling in battleground states.

From the Daily Caller, police at UCLA stock up on non-lethal weapons after pro-HamasPalestinian protests engulfed its campus.

From the New York Post, a Dunkin Donuts worker calls the most "absurd" drink he has ever made "diabetes in a cup".

From Breitbart, an "Allahu akbar" breaks out in Rotterdam, Netherlands.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at de Volkskrant and De Telegraaf.)

From Newsmax, according to Trump, unlike the Russia collusion hoax of 2016, Iran's hacking of his campaign is "real stuff".

And from Yahoo!Sports, Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Major League baseball player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, an Alaska man is arrested for allegedly threatening to kill or injure six Supreme Court justices and their families.

From FrontpageMag, the Department of Justice's two-tiered system when it comes to which side of the abortion issue people are on.

From Townhall, CNN reporter Scott Jennings raises some important questions about exploding pagers that injured or killed Hamas terrorists.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a report, the Democratic campaign of Vice President Harris and Minnesota Governor Walz is on track to hold the fewest number of interviews on history.  (If Vice President Harris can't handle the American media, how will she deal, if elected, with Russian President Putin, North Korean leader King Jong-un, Chinese President Xi, etc.?)

From the Washington Examiner, cities are sinking under the costs of illegal immigration.

From The Federalist, mass immigration is destroying far more than Springfield, Ohio.

From American Thinker, yes, some people really want to incite violence.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Harriet Hageman (R-WY) trolls a bunch of Hamas supporters by asking them if they have their pagers.

From NewsBusters, NBC host Craig Melvin and former CIA Director John Brennan smear Israel for making Hezbollah pagers go "boom".

From Canada Free Press, why would someone want to assassinate former President Trump if he were losing?  (The author is right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson.)

From TeleSUR, an indigenous people's march in Bolivia continues heading toward the capital city of La Paz.

From TCW Defending Freedom, England is being invaded for the first time since 1066.

From EuroNews, why is Russia so focused on the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk?

From ReMix, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski is irritated at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

From Balkan Insight, Zagreb, Croatia opens a "one-stop shop" for refugees and asylum seekers.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Gabon sign a memorandum of understanding for strengthening their mutual judicial cooperation.

From The New Arab, Iraq seeks to strengthen its border security and to prevent the importation of exploding electronic devices.  (Doesn't Iraq realize that making border security stronger is racist and xenophobic?  Oh wait, that's only true when Western countries such as the U.S. do it.  Never mind.)

From The Jerusalem Post, U.S. presidential candidate Vice President Harris targets Arab Americans with an ad highlighting the "suffering" in Gaza.

From CNN, according to prosecutors, a teenager in Philadelphia who allegedly made and tested bombs wanted to join a foreign terrorist group.

From Arutz Sheva, a court in Be'er Sheva, Israel allows the publication of the identity of an Israeli man who allegedly conspired with Iran to assassinate Israeli officials.

From Gatestone Institute, "why is Hamas so confident that it's winning" the war in Gaza?

From The Stream, radio host Eric Metaxas recites the John Zmirak poem I Will Not Eat Grilled Haitian Cat.

From The Daily Signal, Republican congresscritters warn that proposed U.N. policies would extinguish U.S. sovereignty and free speech.

From The American Conservative, the Supreme Court should repudiate gender ideology.

From The Western Journal, a co-host on The View launches a racist attack against Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany due to their support for Trump.

From BizPac Review, Harris asks Americans to "imagine" what mass deportations would look like, and users of the platform X oblige her.

From The Daily Wire, Georgetown University will host a conference featuring terrorism-related speajers at its campus in Qatar.

From the Daily Caller, a couple livestreaming their activities on YouTube discover a body believed to be that of the suspected Kentucky highway shooter.

From Breitbart, according to a report from the House Homeland Security Committee, over 85 percent of the migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border are released into the country.

From Newsmax, according to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate will prepare a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown.

And from the New York Post, why the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station will be just a bit younger than their friends on earth when they finally arrive back on earth.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett's lawyers ask the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn his guilty verdict.

From FrontpageMag, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) condemns memes inspired by the explosions of Hezbollah's pagers.

From Townhall, why was the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon carrying a Hezbollah pager?

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a leaked text message, union members were offered $100 to attend a rally for congresscritter Susan Wild (D-PA).

From the Washington Examiner, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs legislation that regulates deep fakes on social media.

From The Federalist, since former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants to jail Americans for "misinformation", we should start with her.

From American Thinker, when will the Democrats and the media (if you'll forgive the redundancy) care about the damage caused by open borders?

From MRCTV, even if you don't have a social security number, California can give you a subsidized cell phone.  (Instead of an Obamaphone, would this be a Newsomphone?)

From NewsBusters, the Big Three networks still blasting Trump with 95 percent negative coverage.

From Canada Free Press, the aforementioned Hillary Clinton ignorantly suggests that the Chief Twit wants to rape singer Taylor Swift.

From TeleSUR, Mexican President-elect Elect Claudia Sheinbaum rejects an invitation from President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Ukraine.  (If there weren't any Russian invasion going on, I'd love to visit Ukraine, if it were to involve a stop in Lviv, a.k.a. Lwów, from which my Polish grandmother emigrated.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, why does U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer have no compassion?

From Snouts in the Trough, the civilized world rejoices at Hezbollah terrorists getting blasted by their pagers, but the BBC is shocked.

From EuroNews, did a Hungarian company have anything to do with the exploding pagers?

From ReMix, Dutch King Willem-Alexander calls for migration control, citing the rule of law.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.  If you read Dutch, as would be expected for a story from the Netherlands, I regrettably can't provide any source in that language.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian refugee allegedly vandalizes a memorial to the Protestant reformer Martin Luther in Wittenberg, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at JouWatch.)

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia's Constitutional Court temporarily "freezes" ethnic quotas in hiring.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's Royal Air Force deploys two firefighter planes made by a Canadian company to fight wildfires in northern Portugal.

From The New Arab, according to sources, Israel planted explosives in pagers used by Hezbollah.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia's Ministry of Tourism launches the country's first-ever Tourism Satellite Account.

From the Colombo Gazette, the organization Reporters Without Borders raises concerns about freedom of the press in Sri Lanka, ahead of the country's upcoming elections.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, halal certification in Malaysia will remain voluntary.

From the Borneo Post, when in Malaysia, don't trespass into any house or you'll go to the big house.

From Vietnam Plus, according to the Vietnamese Politburo, the country's north-south high-speed railway project is critical.  (Let's hope that they have fewer difficulties than the high-speed rail project in California.)

From the Taipei Times, the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo denies manufacturing the pagers which exploded in Lebanon.

From China News, Chinese scientists publish the first research paper on the lunar samples brought to earth by the Chang'e-6 spacecraft.

From The Korea Herald, South Korea confirms its fourth case of lumpy skin disease in cattle.

From The Mainichi, more nutrias, which are native to South America, are spotted along rivers in western Japan.

From Japan Today, a woman in the Japanese prefecture of Iwate kicks a bear in self-defense while holding her baby.  (Goldilocks has nothing on this gal.)

From Gatestone Institute, the longstanding tradition of hating Jews.

From The Stream, Israel's ultimate enemy is also the ultimate enemy of Christians.

From The Daily Signal, experts predict that up to 2.7 illegal aliens will vote in the upcoming elections.

From The American Conservative, can former President Trump beat back the "deep state"?

From The Western Journal, according to a new poll, the more Americans get to know presidential candidate Vice President Harris, the less they like her.

From BizPac Review, what Harris said to Trump after the second attempted assassination against him.

From The Daily Wire, a former Chief Patrol Agent claims that the Biden-Harris administration told him to hide the number of terrorists illegally crossing the border.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, a majority of voters support the mass deportation of illegal aliens.

From the New York Post, photos show the view that the second would-be Trump assassin had at Trump's Palm Beach, Florida golf course.

From Breitbart, the Biden-Harris administration refuses to condemn the threats to American freedom of speech by the E.U.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by half a point.

And from CBS News, more electronic devices carried by Hezbollah terrorists explode.

Tuesday Tidings

On a warm and cloudy Tuesday which falls on Constitution Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former President Trump's advantages in the home stretch of this year's election.

From FrontpageMag, the "get-Trump" climate from the left continues.

From Townhall, according to The Washington Post, Trump as asking to get shot again because he likes to play golf.

From The Washington Free Beacon, loopholes enable China to buy land near sensitive sites in the U.S.  (How much land in China is the U.S. or its citizens allowed to buy?)

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden denounces three "anti-woke" bills being considered by Congress.

From The Federalist, the FBI should visit the homes of two reporters for The New York Times if they wish to investigate violence against Trump.

From American Thinker, the three types of assassination, in history and today.

From MRCTV, as pointed out by Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH), the bomb threats against Springfield, Ohio were hoaxes from overseas.

From NewsBusters, hosts on The View go nuts after vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) link the attempts to take Trump's like to left-wing rhetoric.

From Canada Free Press, the U.S. Navy launches a "gender-neutral" submarine.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan scientists development treatments using stem cells.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how an agency of the U.K. government helped the U.S. suppress free speech.

From EuroNews, the eight biggest surprises from the new European Commission under its president Ursula von der Leyen.

From ReMix, train conductors in Germ any are urged to not check the tickets of foreign passengers.

From Balkan Insight, Belgrade, Serbia Mayor Aleksandar Šapić is criticized for calling for a memorial to Serbian Chetnik leader Dragoljub Mihailović.

From The North Africa Post, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso prepare to launch a new biometric passport.

From The New Arab, nine people are killed and 2,800 wounded when hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members explode.  (How, dare I ask, can a pager be made to explode?)

From the Daily Mail, an Italian woman runs allegedly over and kills a Moroccan man who stole her handbag out of her car.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian migrant rips a necklace with a cross from the neck of a 79-year-old man in Gera, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Focus.)

From Jewish News Syndicate and the "put your money where your mouth is" department, the watchdog organization New Tolerance Campaign offers a million dollars to any U.S. LGBTQ advocacy group to hold a Gay Pride Parade in either Gaza or the West Bank.

From the Dhaka Tribune, commissioned officers in the Bangladeshi army get magistracy power.

From New Age, according to Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, Bangladesh's new interim government must not be allowed to fail.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lankan parliamentcritter Patali Champika Ranawaka, the upcoming election in Sri Lanka could be its last.

From Raajje, former Sri Lankan President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom accuses People's Majlis Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla of taking control of the government and "selling" top government positions.  (The People's Majlis is the unicameral legislature of the Maldives.)

From the Bangkok Post, if Tourism Minister Sorawong Thienthong has his way, visiting Thailand is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.

From The Straits Times, 10,000 horse racing fans are expected to watch the Singapore Turf Club's farewell race on October 5th.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi announces Indonesia's commitment to develop sustainable aviation fuels.

From Gatestone Institute, the "staggering" hypocrisy of Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau (Canada), Keir Starmer (U.K.) and Olaf Scholz (Germany).

From The Stream, presidential candidate Vice President Harris's home ownership reparations.

From The Daily Signal, a conservative think tank debunks Harris's claim that there are no late-term abortions.

From The American Conservative, quick conclusions to wars are now the exception, not the rule.

From The Western Journal, Trump's golf partner details his instant reaction to hearing gunfire.

From BizPac Review, vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance destroys the media's latest attempt at "moral blackmail".

From The Daily Wire, right-wing filmmaker Matt Walsh blasts the refusal by critics to review his movie Am I Racist? despite its success at the box office.

From the Daily Caller, the magazine Scientific American lights its last bit of credibility on fire by endorsing Harris.

From the New York Post, defense experts warn that the U.S. military is not ready for a major global war, while Congress feuds over its funding.

From Breitbart, Archbishop Charles Chaput disagrees with Pope Francis about whether all religions are "paths to God".

From Newsmax, the U.S. home builder confidence index edges upward as an interest rate cut looms.

And from The Times Of Israel, the Mossad did it.  (via the New York Post)

Monday Links

On a cloudy and relatively cool Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the second alleged would-be Trump assassin is given two federal gun charges.

From FrontpageMag, imagine how the media would cover an attempt by a supporter of former President Trump to assassinate presidential candidate Vice President Harris.

From Townhall, look how NBC is covering the second attempt to assassinate Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Department of Health and Human Service investigates a clinic in Cleveland for alleged race-based treatment programs.

From the Washington Examiner, what we know about the second alleged would-be Trump assassin.

From The Federalist, the PolitiFact writer who made a fake fact-check of a story about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio eating geese has a history of white-washing leftist radicalism.

From American Thinker, Trump and his campaign need to point out how his policies are more popular than Harris's policies.

From MRCTV, an op-ed in the Cincinnati Inquirer blames Trump for the assassination attempts against him.

From NewsBusters, according to police, a gang of thugs beat up a Jewish student near the University of Michigan.

From Canada Free Press, more on the second attempt to assassinate Trump.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela releases 600 seahorses in a national park in the state of Nueva Esparta.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the great migration into the U.K. is given a news blackout.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s useless, incompetent, corrupt and over-paid NHS managers.

From EuroNews, according to a leaked draft, the E.U. wants to ban smoking and vaping in certain outdoor areas.

From ReMix, Poland plans to declare a state of natural disaster due to floods.

From Balkan Insight, activists arrested in Tarnovo, Bulgaria while trying to help a group of migrants claim to have been abused by police.

From The North Africa Post, the Central Bank of Libya stabilizes its operations and reconnects international banks.

From The New Arab, an airstrike in Syria sends four ISIS terrorists to their virgins.

From the DohaNews, Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will embark on his first official trip to Canada.

From Dawn, the sixth mpox case in Pakistan is detected at the Islamabad International Airport.  (The disease mpox was formerly known as monkeypox.)

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's governing coalition plans to present constitutional amendments at the next session of the country's National Assembly.

From Pakistan Today, Punjab provincial Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif launches a program to provide free heart surgeries for children.

From The Hans India, Hyderabad, India is ready to immerse idols of the Hindu deity Ganesh into its lakes.

From the Hindustan Times, India slams remarks by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei about minorities in India.

From ANI, security forces diffuse three IEDs in the Sukma district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

From India Today, West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee agrees to remove Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal from his post.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration urges Israel to give land to Hezbollah.

From The Stream, is Mary, the mother of Jesus, really a "bridge" between Islam and Christianity.

From The Daily Signal, Congress tries to make sense of the second attempt to assassinate Trump.

From The American Conservative, the furor over Trump taking a photo at Arlington National Cemetery is an example of hypocrisy.

From The Western Journal, Trump calls President Biden and Vice President Harris "the real threat".

From BizPac Review, Donald Trump the Younger recalls having to explain to his children about people wanting to kill their grandpa.

From The Daily Wire, according to his lawyers, new information destroys the Department of Justice's case against transgender surgery whistleblower Dr. Eithan Haim.

From the Daily Caller, cracking "the semantic games" which the media use to make Harris look good.

From the New York Post, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) likens Trump to a "bulletproof George Washington".

From Breitbart, more on the second would-be Trump assassin.

From Newsmax, according to a woman claiming to be a former neighbor of his, the second would-be Trump assassin "was a little cuckoo".

And from The Babylon Bee, in response to the second Trump assassination attempt, his campaign will implement 11 new security measures.

Eat The Cat

Someone took former President Trump's claim that Haitian migrants are eating cats in Springfield, Ohio and made it into a music video (setting aside the question of whether rap actually constitutes music).  Whatever you think of Trump or rap, I found this rather entertaining.

Now we know why Trump grabbed a [bleep].  It was to prevent it from becoming someone's dinner.  Stay tuned for my regular posting later today.

Sunday Stuff

On a warm and sunny Sunday, after I gave myself a day off, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Venezuelan authorities arrest six foreigners, including three Americans, of allegedly plotting to kill President Nicolás Maduro.

From FrontpageMag, first they came for guns, then they came for oil, and now they're coming for meat.

From Townhall, presidential candidate Vice President Harris gets fact-checked by military personnel.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about What Went Wrong With Capitalism.

From the Washington Examiner, vice presidential candidate Senator (R-OH) J.D. Vance repeats his claims about Haitians eating pets and geese in Springfield, Ohio.

From American Thinker, what we right-wingers must do if former President Trump wins the upcoming election.  (What we need to do if Harris wins is most definitely another matter.)

From NewsBusters, a look back at the "media tears" after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tipped the Supreme Court to the right.

From Canada Free Press, Pope Francis slams Trump's and Harris's positions on abortion to hide his own collaborating with people who aren't very pro-life.

From TCW Defending Freedom, patriots of the world should unite behind the U.K.'s Reform Party.

From The Jerusalem Post, Sweden offers immigrants payments of $34,000 to return home.

From Gatestone Institute, the only deal that Hamas wants is for Israel to surrender.

From The Stream, shots are fired at Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida while he was at the location, but he is safe.

From The Daily Signal, despite singer Taylor Swift's endorsement of Harris, some of her fans are on the right.

From The American Conservative, Trump's angst reflects the tenor of the times.

From The Western Journal, anti-Trump billionaire Mark Cuban once said that he'd vote for Trump if then-candidate Hillary Clinton choose Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) as her running mate.  (The term "Senator Fake Cherokee" is mine, not his.)

And from CNN, the SpaceX manned spacecraft Polaris Dawn returns to earth by splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.

Stories For Friday The 13th

On a mild and cloudy Friday the 13th, as you try to avoid walking under ladders, stepping on cracks, and crossing paths with any black cats, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a look at the man who would be in charge of foreign policy in a Kamala Harris administration.

From FrontpageMag, why aren't Democrats denouncing the shooting of San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall as gun violence?

From Townhall, according to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R), there's "no evidence" that Haitians in the city of Springfield are eating anyone's pets.

From The Washington Free Beacon, if Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) loves hunters and fishermen, as he claims, why does he prevent them from seeing his ads on the platform Facebook?

From the Washington Examiner, California keeps the parents of children with gender confusion in the dark.

From The Federalist, right-wing commentator Matt Walsh's film Am I Racist? exposes the weakness and grift of the anti-racism industry.

From American Thinker, the real vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz (D-Min).

From MRCTV, the media will never show you this side of former President Trump.

From NewsBusters, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre deflects when Fox News reporters Jacqui Heinrich and Edward Lawrence grill her on the economy.

From TeleSUR, the Argentine Senate passes one bill and repeals another, opposing President Javier Milei with both actions.

From TCW Defending Freedom, another £12 billion is thrown down the Net Zero drain on behalf of climate fearmongers.

From EuroNews, a Russian missile reportedly hits a Turkish-operated cargo ship heading to Ukraine.

From ReMix, Hungary slams a ruling by the European Court of Justice that discounts on key food items are illegal.  (Would we Americans accept our food prices being subject to rulings by international courts whose judges we do not elect?)

From Balkan Insight, schoolchildren in the Bosnian division of Republika Srpska are taught about the positive achievements of military officer Ratko Mladić and politician Radovan Karadžić, but not about their convictions for war crimes.

From Total Croatia News, the 600-mills of Grab, Croatia.

From The North Africa Post, human rights groups blame Algeria for rights violations committed in the Tindouf camps by Polisario.

From The New Arab, the UNESCO World Heritage site of Historic Cairo celebrates the restoration of its famous landmarks.  (The article states that the site was "established in the 10th century", but this can't be correct because the U.N. and its organization UNESCO didn't exist 1,000 or more years ago.)

From the Saudi Gazette, former Saudi Arabian Director of Public Security Lieutenant General Khalid bin Qarar Al-Harbi is sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery and embezzlement.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, the E.U. condemns the alleged transfer of Iranian missiles to Russia and considers new sanctions.

From IranWire, before the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian government blocks the phones of some political and civil activists.

From Iran International, according to a report, satellite imagery shows activity at two Iranian nuclear sites.

From Khaama Press, ISIS claims responsibility for an attack that killed 15 Hazara civilians in the Afghan province of Daikundi.

From Hasht e Subh, more on the attack in Daikundi.

From The Jerusalem Post, a guest on an Arabic-language TV show calls for gays to be executed.

From the Daily Mail, a military veteran in Massachusetts is arrested after allegedly shooting a pro-Palestine protester who charged at him.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the public prosecutor's office in Munich has a Syrian man arrested for allegedly plotting to attack German soldiers.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, the tragedy and farce in Afghanistan and Gaza.  (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, France is now at war with itself.

From The Stream, "an excursion into the mind of the American left".  (I guess you could also call it a "journey to the center of the mind" of the left.)

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Bob Good (R-VA), after losing his primary election, plans to step down as chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.

From The American Conservative, the group that calls itself "Evangelicals for Harris" is astroturf.

From The Western Journal, did Walz actually refer to Harris as a "prostitutor"?

From BizPac Review, according to a young influencer, Harris's lies in the debate against Trump are catching up with her.

From The Daily Wire, a theater in Grass Valley, California is slammed after pulling the aforementioned movie Am I Racist? from its screens.

From the Daily Caller, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis defies a subpoena issued by a Georgia state Senate committee to attend the annual conference of the Congressional Black Caucus.

From Breitbart, while speaking at an African-American event, President Biden uses the term "black jobs".

From Newsmax, during August, U.S. import prices dropped by the most in eight months.

And from the New York Post, a 21-year-old woman works seven jobs with no problems.

Links For Jan Sobieski Day

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Thursday which is the anniversary of the day when the king of Poland drove the besieging Ottoman Turks away from Vienna, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter James Comer (R-KY) slams the FBI for withholding information about vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz's (D-Min) ties with China.

From FrontpageMag, what would an administration of a President Harris look like?

From Townhall, why do both parties vilify Project 2025?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the activist group GLAAD attacks CNN for reporting that Harris supports taxpayer-funder transgender surgeries for illegal aliens.

From the Washington Examiner, Springfield, Ohio closes its city hall after a bomb threat.

From The Federalist, yes, foreigners have voted in U.S. elections, and this problem could get worse this year.

From American Thinker, the biggest loser in the debate was the media.

From MRCTV, President Biden puts on a Trump hat at a 9/11 event in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

From NewsBusters, according to congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC), the Biden administration needs to "cease and desist" from censorship.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela rejects new U.S. sanctions against its officials.

From TCW Defending Freedom, cultural Marxism and how leftists have played the long game.

From Snouts in the Trough, once again, it's the hottest year ever.

From EuroNews, the European Parliament is set for a showdown between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and opposition leader Péter Magyar.

From ReMix, is the Schengen Zone on its way out?

From Balkan Insight, Montenegro still doesn't know who dug a tunnel into the evidence storage cellar of the Higher Court in the capital city of Podgorica a year ago.  (Could they have had help from Hamas, who have dug numerous tunnels under the Gaza Strip?)

From The North Africa Post, lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani is sentenced to eight months in prison for criticizing Tunisian President Kais Saied.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From In-Cyprus, Kato Pyrgos, Cyprus takes a dump into the sea.

From The Syrian Observer, dozens of people are arrested after violent clashes at a protest in Idlib, Syria.  (It seems that TSO has changed its format since the last time when I linked anything from this source.)

From North Press Agency, unknown gunmen fire at Syrian Democratic Forces troops in the Syrian governorate of Deir ez-Zor.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli forces send three Islamic Jihad terrorists to their virgins.

From The Times Of Israel, the IDF claims that Hamas's Rafah Brigade has been defeated.

From The Jerusalem Post, four people are killed and 12 others are injured by a car explosion in Ramle, Israel.

From YNetNews, the British airline Virgin Atlantic returns to Israel after a year hiatus.

From the Egypt Independent, according to spokesperson Hamdi Abdel Aziz, Egypt's power grid is resilient, with no immediately foreseen outages.

From Egypt Today, in his speech at the virtual Global Call, Egyptian President Abdel El Sisi calls for reforming the global financial system.

From The New Arab, QatarEnergy names its first conventional-sized ship for transporting liquefied natural gas after former ExxonMobil CEO and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, after a migrant from Syria kills a Polish truck driver in Germany, police call him "German" and censor his shouts of "Allahu akbar".  (The article uses the British term "lorry", not the American term "truck".  If you read German, read the story at Unser Mitteleuropa.)

From Gatestone Institute, the new U.K. government's policy on Israel is a disgrace.

From The Stream, when Vienna defied the jihad (with some help from the aforementioned Polish king).

From The Daily Signal, defensive gun use shows why we need the 2nd Amendment.

From The American Conservative, now that 23 years have passed since 9/11, have we seen the end of war?

From The Western Journal, TIME Magazine is forced to issue a correction after wrongly calling one of former President Trump's debate claims "false".

From BizPac Review, CNN correspondent Jake Tapper defies the media narrative and calls out Harris for dodging debate questions.

From The Daily Wire, a pro-lifer convicted of sitting in the hallway of an abortion facility is sentenced to six months in prison.

From the Daily Caller, U.S. seaports are "dangerously reliant" on cargo cranes made in China.

From the New York Post, ABC debate moderator Linsey Davis and Vice President Harris are members of the same sorority, but at different universities.

From Newsmax, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) sends police and money to the city of Springfield to deal with the surge of migrants there.

And from Breitbart, in what might be the funniest thing that she has ever said, comedian Kathy Griffin claims that Trump, if reelected, will go after comedians "one-by-one".

Stories For 9/11

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Wednesday, which is the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, here are some things going on:

From National Review, at last night's debate against Vice President Harris, former President Trump missed an opportunity.

From FrontpageMag, it's another anniversary of 9/11, and we're still willfully ignorant about our enemies.

From Townhall, four lies during the debate which came from Harris....and the moderator.

From The Washington Free Beacon, at the debate, Harris carefully recited her rehearsed talking points.

From the Washington Examiner, Republican congresscritters scrap a vote on their government spending proposal due to an intraparty disagreement.

From The Federalist, the debate between Trump and Harris was so biased that it was divorced from reality.

From American Thinker, if you're going to fault Trump for being insufficiently pro-life, compare him to Presidents Reagan, Bush the Elder, and Bush the Younger.

From MRCTV, Harris supporters and pro-HamasPalestinian protesters clash with police outside the debate venue.

From NewsBusters, debate moderators asked Trump and Harris zero questions about freedom of speech or censorship.

From Canada Free Press, we again have "a time for choosing".

From TeleSUR, according to President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, acceptance of proposed judicial reform will strengthen Mexico's justice system.

From TCW Defending Freedom, climate change might result in goats becoming smaller.

From Snouts in the Trough, meet the person whom the BBC wants to be the leader of the free world.

From EuroNews, how dare Germany control its borders!

From ReMix, the German town of Rott am Inn, Bavaria protests against the importation of 500 migrants.

From Balkan Insight, inmates held at the prison in Spuz, Montenegro and their families threaten to boycott the country's next elections if a promised amnesty law is not passed.  (Here in the U.S., prisoners don't get to vote, and if they're felons, they don't get to vote even after they're released.)

From The North Africa Post, Egypt and Morocco are united against the Algerian government's policies.

From the Hürriyet Daily News, ancient artifacts are found in Çanakkale, Türkiye.

From Turkish Minute, the organization PEN International calls on Turkey to drop terrorism-related charges against Kurdish writer Yavuz Ekinci.  (TM has apparently not yet adopted the spelling "Türkiye".)

From Rûdaw, leaders in the Iraqi region of Kurdistan convey unity and strength to observe the 63rd anniversary of the September Revolution.

From Armenpress, according to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the November 9, 2020 document does not require Russia's Federal Security Service to be present on the ground.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, the Armenian Defense Ministry denies shooting denies reports that Armenian troops fired on Azerbaijani positions.

From Azərbaycan24, at a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Turkic states agree to a proposal for a common 34-letter alphabet for their languages.

From AzerNews, elections results are canceled in five Azerbaijani precincts due to election violations.

From The New Arab, Tunisia's election authority denies a request made by several civil society groups to monitor upcoming presidential elections due to "suspicious" foreign funding.  (Keeping foreign funds out of your election, what a concept!)

From The Jerusalem Post, a French influencer is reported to authorities after allegedly calling for an Intifada in Paris.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Hamas reportedly made a half billion dollars of profit "humanitarian" aid.  (If so, where are all the leftists who like to complain about profits made under capitalism?)

From Gatestone Institute, when it comes to foreign interference in U.S. elections, look not so much at Russia but at China.

From The Stream, was that a debate last night or a gang mugging?

From The Daily Signal, get over your irrational hate for Trump.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about rebuilding the World Trade Center.

From The Western Journal, Trump gets some support shouts as he, Harris, and others visit the 9/11 memorial in New York City.

From BizPac Review, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) unloads on Intel executive Jeffrey Rittener over slave labor in China.

From The Daily Wire, yes, Democrats have supported laws that would allow abortionists to end the lives of babies who survive an abortion.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, the Trump-Harris debate "informed little" and "changed less".

From the New York Post, a 9/11 survivor visits Ground Zero in New York City for the first time since the attack and recalls his experience.

From Breitbart, the 21 false claims and hoaxes made by Harris during the debate, which the moderators did not fact check.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Scott Perry (R-PA), Harris's flips on some issues gives voters pause.

And from the Genesius Times, in response to reports that illegal aliens, allegedly tied to Harris, are eating their fellow felines, famous cats form a new political action group called Democats for Trump.  (Don't these cats know that Trump allegedly likes to grab....oh, wait, not that kind of [bleep].)

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, do American voters really want to see 90 minutes of "prosecutor" Vice President Harris?

From FrontpageMag, the media accuses a black man of racism for pointing out that Haitians are eating ducks in Springfield, Ohio.

From Townhall, what left a CNN host stunned about Harris's record.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to records, congressional candidate Kristen McDonald Rivet took $21,000 from a group lobbying for defunding police and funded by billionaire George Soros.

From the Washington Examiner, who picked the network ABC to run today's presidential debate?

From The Federalist, if you want Haitians eating cats and dogs and decapitating ducks and geese in your town, vote for Harris.

From American Thinker, Biden-Harris policies are causing environmental damage on the southern border - of Panama.

From MRCTV, schools in Norfolk, Massachusetts are overwhelmed by the influx of illegal alien students.

From NewsBusters, the network CBS skips its own reporter Ed O'Keefe pressing White House spokesman John Kirby on a congressional report about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

From Canada Free Press, help from the government.  (Full disclosure:  I once met the article's author Douglas V. Gibbs, who used to have a show on BlogTalkRadio.  He blogs at Politico Pistachio.)

From TeleSUR, the Nicaraguan Supreme Court strips 135 former convicts of their Nicaraguan citizenship.

From TCW Defending Freedom, all you coronavirus criminals can get on board the gravy train.

From EuroNews, the European Commission promises to use all its legal powers to stop Hungary from bussing migrants to Brussels, Belgium, where its offices are located.

From ReMix, more on Hungary threatening to send migrants to Brussels.

From Balkan Insight, a fugitive Bosnian war criminal is still on the run on the 29th anniversary of his crimes.

From ANSA, Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara agrees with a proposal to ban children under 14 years old from having cell phones.  (I didn't have a cell phone when I was a Littlefoot, mainly because back then they didn't yet exist.)

From SwissInfo, Swiss researchers determine that a previously unknown summit is the highest peak in the Jura Mountains.

From France24, new sexual abuse allegations are leveled at the late French priest who founded the charity Emmaus International.

From RFI, the E.U. might extend its deadline for France's budget plan.

From The Portugal News, Lisbon, Portugal is among Europe's most profitable capital cities.

From Morocco World News, Falcon Energy Materials and Henson Graphite & Carbon team up to build an anode factory in Morocco.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian presidential candidates contest election results after President Abdelmajdid Tebboune is declared the winner.

From The New Arab, Egypt denies reports of a shooting along its border with Israel.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man in Stuttgart, Germany pulls out a knife and threatens to "take you all to Allah".  (If you read German, read the story at NiUS.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, a court in Brugge, Belgium sentences two members of a terrorist cell to prison for plotting to kill Jews and gays.  (I stayed in Brugge in 2005 and visited the city in 2017.  See this blog's archives for May of 2017.)

From Gatestone Institute, Israel's true enemy is not Prime Minister Netanyahu, but Hamas.

From The Stream, while presidential candidates have a debate today, there's another debate which Americans are not having.

From The Daily Signal, what to watch for during today's debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump.

From The American Conservative, American Senators and congresscritters consider sending even more money to Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, the anti-Trump publication The Atlantic accidentally creates a pro-Trump visual.

From BizPac Review, Harris won't like this blast from her past.

From The Daily Wire, how Trump's alliance with former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) is winning over wellness influencers.

From the Daily Caller, former Clinton pollster Doug Schoen cannot vote for Harris due to her position changes and failure to fight antisemitism.

From the New York Post, a Texas woman whose 12-year-old daughter was raped and strangled allegedly by two illegal aliens from Venezuela tells the story to a congressional committee.

From Breitbart, writer Jemele Hill of the aforementioned The Atlantic finds a way to connect the detention of Miami Dolphins player Tyreek Hill to Trump.

From Newsmax, according to Senator and former NCAA football coach Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), America "can't afford four more year" of Harris.

And from SFGate, a coyote is removed from a back yard in the San Francisco neighborhood of Cole Valley.  (Was it chasing a road runner?)