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.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets support from Senator Socialism (I-VT) on his criticism of the American food industry.

From FrontpageMag, is there a silver lining to President Biden pardoning his son Hunter?

From Townhall, Mr. Bill claims that Hunter's pardon is not the same as the one he gave to his brother Roger Clinton.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how narrow congressional majorities complicate President-elect Trump's plans.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump names an acting director for ICE, thus pushing out a Biden holdover.

From The Federalist, a Venezuelan arrested for allegedly extorting illegal aliens in Pennsylvania shows the evil side effect of open borders policies.

From American Thinker, will Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) be fair in assessing Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth?

From MRCTV, the NBA plans to play two pre-season games in China.

From NewsBusters, a "queer" specialist at The Washington Post promotes puberty blockers and ignores international bans on them.

From Canada Free Press, a "parade of potential pardons" which Biden could grant.

From TeleSUR, the E.U. and MERCOSUR reach a tree trade agreement after 25 years of negotiations.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the great DEI myth is debunked.

From EuroNews, the Romanian Constitutional Court cancels the results of the first round of Romania's presidential election announces entirely new elections instead of a runoff.

From ReMix, the Swedish government strengthens its efforts to track going on vacation back to their home countries.  (I'd like someone to explain how a home country can be so dangerous that some people have to leave for their own safety, yet still be reasonably safe for these same people to visit.)

From Balkan Insight, police in Greece arrest 24 people ahead of expected protests in Athens and Thessaloniki marking the anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a teenager in 2008.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan and Belgian police sign a joint work plan for 2025 and 2026.

From The New Arab, rebels in Syria approach the city of Homs.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Pakistani family in Wächtersbach, Germany fakes a right-wing arson attack on their house.  (If you read German, read the story at Augsburger Allgemeine.)

From Arutz Sheva, a man who shot at children at a school in California claims to have been motivated by the "genocide" and "oppression" of Palestinians.

From Gatestone Institute, America's future depends on Trump's promise to defund universities that push wokeness and antisemitism.

From The Stream, drones are seen flying near Trump's Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey, the Village People could possibly perform their song YMCA at his inauguration, and other items.

From The Daily Signal, five reasons why turning the District of Columbia into a state is not a good idea.

From The American Conservative, the hidden logic behind Trump's choices for national security positions.

From The Western Journal, viewers catch the "telling" moment when former President Obama embarrasses himself.

From BizPac Review, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) doesn't rule out switching parties - for the second time.

From The Daily Wire, Trump stands by the aforementioned Pete Hegseth.

From the Daily Caller, a pediatric medical organization refuses to endorse a girls sports initiative because it doesn't mention "trans girls".

From the New York Post, a Christmas tree sculpture is worth $5.5 million, and it's not even the most expensive one.

From Breitbart, congresscritter James Clyburn (D-SC) warns that Jim Crow might come back.  (He apparently has conveniently forgotten that Jim Crow was a Democrat.)

From Newsmax, the National Police Association endorses Trump's pick Kash Patel for FBI director.

And from USA Today, "snow doughnuts" appear in a back yard in Paw Paw, Michigan.  (Should the residents expect a visit from Homer Simpson?)

Thursday Tidbits

As the cold and cloudy weather continues on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Southwest Airlines backs away from DEI hiring programs in response to legal action from a conservative group.

From FrontpageMag, the left launches a crusade against the Crusaders.

From Townhall, the Supreme Court hears the most unhinged arguments for medically mutilating children.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the National Black Church Initiative calls on MSNBC to suspend and investigate Al Sharpton over payments to his organization from Vice President Harris's presidential campaign.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) pardons to both President-elect Trump and First Son Hunter Biden would be "appropriate".

From The Federalist, according to "Trump world sources", Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is waging a "personal jihad" against Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

From American Thinker, Democrats are right in that Trump is a threat to "our democracy", according to their definition of "democracy".

From MRCTV, writer Taylor Lorenz justifies the death of healthcare executives.

From NewsBusters, the regime media keep going after the aforementioned Pete Hegseth.

From Canada Free Press, a Delaware judge decides that she, and not the Chief Twit's shareholders, has the right to decide how much money he will make.

From TeleSUR, the Bahamas decides against accepting deportation flights from the U.S. as proposed by Trump.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s Reform party needs to spell out what it intends to do about immigration.

From Snouts in the Trough, how large organizations tell us all to [bleep] ourselves.

From EuroNews, contrary to some claims, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's approval ratings are not the lowest on record for the U.K.

From ReMix, according to an Alternative for Germany leader in the city of Hamburg, Germans are becoming a minority in their own country.

From Balkan Insight, former Kosovo Liberation Army guerilla officer Sokol Bashota claims "victory" as a war crimes investigation against him comes to an end.

From The North Africa Post, potential cooperation between Morocco and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is discussed in the capital city of Rabat.

From The New Arab, Syrian rebels led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham capture the city of Hama.

From BBC News, the most popular baby boy's name in England and Wales is Muhammad.  (How many boys born in Egypt, Syria or Algeria are named Geoffrey, Nigel or Trevor?)

From Gatestone Institute, "will China eat America's lunch" in the race to harness nuclear fusion energy?

From The Stream, is Turkish President Erdoğan's claim that Western progress is "built on blood, tears, massacres and exploitation" also true of the spread of Islam?

From The Daily Signal, how President Javier Milei is making Argentina great again.

From The American Conservative, will Trump deal with Ukraine in a Nixonian manner?

From The Western Journal, a video of former and future First Son Barron Trump goes viral.

From BizPac Review, the response from FEMA to victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina "is worse than you can imagine".

From The Daily Wire, according to an audit, only 6 percent of federal government workers are working in an office full time.

From the Daily Caller, seven Republican Senators are the most likely to stand between Trump and the cabinet he wants.

From Breitbart, more pardons should be expected from President Biden on his way out.

From Newsmax, an earthquake strikes off the coast of northern California.

And from the New York Post, Harry Potter's "invisibility cloak" gets one step closer to reality.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, the nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense runs into some obstacles.

From FrontpageMag, Texas and the incoming Trump administration plan to fight together against illegal immigration.

From Townhall, was Vice President Harris the first presidential candidate since 1932 to not flip a single county from four years earlier?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the revolving door between the Biden administration and left-wing environmental groups keeps on revolving.

From the Washington Examiner, the Supreme Court appears to be skeptical about overturning Tennessee's ban on transgender procedures for minors.

From The Federalist, the case for mass deportation of illegal aliens.

From American Thinker, five cases for President-elect Trump's proposed tariffs.

From MRCTV, a 13-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador is arrested after allegedly stabbing a man in New York City.

From NewsBusters, the show PBS News Hour uses the term "far right" 27 times as much as "far left".

From Canada Free Press, Trump should not allow his nominees to be derailed by Fox News backstabbers or Canadian politicians.

From TeleSUR, the Ecuadorian National Assembly suspends the impeachment trial of former energy minister Andrea Arrobo.

From TCW Defending Freedom, neither parents nor farmers nor car workers nor anyone else are safe from the scourge of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Snouts in the Trough, welcome to Starmer's hell socialist paradise.

From EuroNews, the French government under Prime Minister Michel Barnier is ousted in a no-confidence vote.

From France24, France prepares for more turmoil ahead of the no-confidence vote.

From RFI, more about the no-confidence vote faced by the French government.

From ReMix, police carry out raids against a vast human smuggling network dominated by Iraq.  (If you read German, read a related story at Bild.)

From Balkan Insight, former Croatian Serb leader and linguistics professor Milorad Pupovac warns against wartime "myths".

From The North Africa Post, Panama snubs a delegation from Algeria.

From The New Arab, the Syrian government launches a counter offensive against rebel forces advancing toward the city of Hama.

From Gatestone Institute, Arabs are no longer believing the lies made by Hamas and Hezbollah.

From The Stream, the U.K.'s assisted suicide bill was supported by global depopulation lobbies.

From The Daily Signal, fact-checking some claims relating to the aforementioned Tennessee ban on transgender procedures for minors and the related Supreme Court case.

From The American Conservative, Trump could learn some things from immigration-related proposals made in 2012 by then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney.  (The "Romney" label pops up again.)

From The Western Journal, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) starts to oppose criminal illegal aliens and dares the media to "cancel" him.

From BizPac Review, Trump's team considers buying land in Texas along the Rio Grande to facilitate his plans for mass deportation.

From The Daily Wire, a Defense Department DEI official's unit was allegedly disbanded, but she was actually promoted.

From the Daily Caller, Trump's legal team asks the state of Georgia to dismiss the indictment against him made by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

From the New York Post, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives will be razor-thin, in part due to Trump's nominees.

From Breitbart, "MAGA world" and other people come out in support of the aforementioned Pete Hegseth.

From Newsmax, private payrolls increased moderately in November.

And from five different sources, ccccooooooookkkiiiiieeeee!!!!

Tuesday Tidings

Now that again I'm back from running around, although a bit less than I anticipated, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a migrant caravan is racing toward the U.S.-Mexico border hoping to cross it before President-elect Trump's inauguration.

From FrontpageMag, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) is attacked by her fellow left-wingers for condemning antisemitism.  (This means that I'm siding with AOC on this one.)

From Townhall, there's a problem with President Biden's claims about his son Hunter's gun charges.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to former House lawyers, now that he has been pardoned, First Son Hunter Biden loses his right to please the 5th.

From the Washington Examiner, what FBI Director-designate Kash Patel wants to do with the agency.

From The Federalist, the media meltdown over Trump's nomination of Kash Patel shows that he's the perfect man to lead the FBI.  (I'd say that the same principle applies to many if not most of Trump's appointments.  If the left and the media, with apologies for the redundancy, don't like a Trump nominee, this dislike is itself evidence that the nominee is a good choice.)

From American Thinker, the Ninth Circuit rules that the federal government does indeed have the power to deport people.

From MRCTV, Houston Texas linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair accuses fans upset with his hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence of "Islamophobia".  (Does Al-Shaair believe that fans would be okay if a non-Muslim were to hit Lawrence in the same way as he did?)

From NewsBusters, according to the hosts of The View, calling out Joe Biden's lies about the pardon given to Hunter Biden is "hurtful" to America.

From Canada Free Press, Democrats warn about tariffs "for their own nefarious reasons".  (The article's writer has his own blog.)

From TeleSUR, Venezuela doesn't like the U.S. and Guyana conducting joint military actions.

From TCW Defending Freedom, go out in style with the U.K.'s new National Death Service.

From EuroNews, 36 europarliamentcritters oppose allowing an Israeli knessetcritter to attend a conference on the Iranian government.  (Parliamentcritters, such as europarliamentcritters, and knessetcritters are equivalents of U.S. congresscritters.)

From ReMix, a Syrian man in Germany is sentenced to life in prison for burning his ex-fiancée's sister to death.  (If you read German, read the story at NiUS.)

From The North Africa Post, Spanish police capture a pro-Polisario extremist who was allegedly planning terror attacks against Morocco.

From The New Arab, Russia is reportedly removing its naval assets from the Syrian port of Tartous.

From AMU, activists condemn the Taliban's decision to ban women from medical schools and semi-professional institutes.  (Should I hold my breath waiting for Western feminists to say anything about this development?)

From the Daily Mail, an American woman accidentally stabs an Eritrean man to death trying to defend herself from him at a train station in Kaiserslauten, Germany, and goes on trial.

From Arutz Sheva, a Canadian video game allows players to recreate the October 7th, 2023 massacre.

From Jewish News Syndicate, several countries including Russia, Turkey, Iran and Malaysia have recently welcomed members of Hamas.  (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, remember the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

From The Stream, a disgraced Catholic Cardinal calls for civil disobedience against Trump's planned mass deportations.

From The Daily Signal, a Supreme Court case exposes the true nature of "gender affirming care".

From The American Conservative, can Trump reach an agreement with Mexico?

From The Western Journal, First Lady Jill Biden's Christmas decorations show that we need former and future First Lady Melania Trump back in the White House.

From BizPac Review, journalists Jessica Tarlov and Jesse Watters argue vociferously over the nomination of the aforementioned Kash Patel.

From The Daily Wire, fans of The Nutcracker in Seattle might get to see a male Sugar Plum Fairy.

From the Daily Caller, the radio host Charlemagne Tha [blasphemy deleted] challenges a caller who defended Biden's political career.

From the New York Post, a Russian woman who allegedly stowed herself away on a flight from New York's JFK International Airport to Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport will be returning to New York.  (I've been to both airports, but not on the same flight.)

From Breitbart, a drag queen transgender person wins the Model of the Year award at the 2024 Fashion Awards in London.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter David Kustoff (R-Ten), Joe Biden "lied to the American people repeatedly" when he said that he would not pardon his son Hunter.

And from the Genesius Times, in a shocking development, "Trump has invaded Canada", which somehow seems to resemble Switzerland.

A Late Monday Sasquatch's Dozen

Now that I'm back from running around, with more to come, here are 12 things going on:

From National Review, the scandalous pardon given to First Son Hunter Biden.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden pardons his son - and himself.

From Townhall, Joe Biden's pardoning his son Hunter gets blasted - by a Democratic Senator.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President-elect Trump tells Hamas to release all hostages taken from Israel of there will be [bleep] to pay.

From The Federalist, now that Joe Biden has pardoned Hunter, it's time to prosecute the rest of the "Biden crime family".

From American Thinker, the 14th Amendment's citizenship section "does not apply to illegal aliens".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s assisted-suicide bill strikes against both decency and real choice.

From Snouts in the Trough, prepare yourselves for U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's new blasphemy laws.

From Arutz Sheva, a man who allegedly shot an Orthodox Jew in Chicago is found dead in his jail cell.

From AMU, a Taliban minister resumes his tours of Afghanistan's provinces to enforce their new morality law.

From The Stream, Americans must act to stop the U.S.-backed jihadists who are killing Christians in Syria.

And from The Babylon Bee, Santa Claus confirms that the aforementioned Hunter Biden, although receiving a presidential pardon, is still on the naughty list.

Sunday Stories For The Start Of December

Once again, it's the start of the last month of the year.  On a sold and cloudy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From BizPac Review, Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Ten) cheers the nomination of Kash Patel to head the FBI.

From The Daily Wire, what to know about a major child gender transition case which the Supreme Court will soon hear.

From the Daily Caller, conservatives come out against President-elect Trump's nominee to head the DEA over what he did during the coronavirus pandemic.

From the New York Post,  police in Colorado are "optimistic" that they can solve the murder of JonBenét Ramsey in 2025.

From Breitbart, climate change believers claim that Trump wants to turn the U.S. into a "pariah petrostate".

From Newsmax, according to Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, Special Counsel Jack Smith learned about lawfare from the International Criminal Court.

From Gatestone Institute, charging Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu with war crimes shows that the International Criminal Court is illegitimate.

From The Daily Signal, journalists mourn the death of the aforementioned Jack Smith's investigations of Trump.

From The American Conservative, the limits of an alignment between Trump and Argentinian President Javier Milei.

From The Western Journal, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum tries to save face after Trump goes public about their recent phone conversation.

From TCW Defending Freedom, there's still time to pull back from the "slippery suicide slope".

From American Thjnker, after losing the 2024 election, the (Democ)rats flee from their sinking ship and form a circular firing squad.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) disagrees with the aforementioned nomination of Kash Patel to head the FBI.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Reagan-era Attorney General Edward Meese.

From Townhall, why one incident involving a transgender athlete is not like the others.

From FrontpageMag, former President Obama signals that he controls President Biden and that he's coming for Israel.

From National Review, the collegiate career of a San Jose State transgender volleyball player has likely reached its end.

And from Gadget, the 23 hottest gadgets that are expected to sell out during December.