Links For A Snowy Monday

On a cold Monday with the first real snow of this winter, here are some things going on:

From National Review, it would be reckless for Biden to ban new offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, but he will anyway.

From FrontpageMag, in commuting 37 death sentences, Biden embraces Catholic revisionism.

From Townhall, Fox News contributor Mary Katharine Ham offers a reason why former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might deserve the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President-elect Trump promises to reverse Biden's aforementioned ban.

From the Washington Examiner, U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel sue to overturn the Biden administration's blocking their merger.

From The Federalist, Attorney General Merrick Garland uses the policemen who died from stroke or suicide to rewrite what happened on January 6th four years ago.

From American Thinker and the "get it through your thick skulls" department, the Palestinians will never accept the very existence of Israel.

From MRCTV, at the Golden Globe Awards, a man in a dress steals the spotlight from the women.

From NewsBusters, the host at the Golden Globes roasts celebrities for not being able to sway the 2024 presidential election.

From Canada Free Press, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation, Canada is in danger of being taken over by globalists.  (For more on Trudeau's resignation, go here, here and here.)

From TeleSUR, former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas is returned to La Roca prison.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why would U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer reject an inquiry into rape grooming gangs?

From Snouts in the Trough, now serotonin and dopamine drive the addiction to social media.

From EuroNews, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen gives the "far-right" FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl the task of forming a new government.

From ReMix, the former director of a French pro-illegal alienmigrant organization is accused of embezzling €12 million.

From Balkan Insight, according to experts, the Montenegrin government's response to a recent mass shooing fails to address its root causes.  (I was once told that an "expert" is someone more then 25 miles away from his home carrying a briefcase.)

From The North Africa Post, French President Emmanuel Macron calls on Algeria to release novelist Boualem Sansal.

From The New Arab, the family of Egyptian poet Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi call on the Lebanese government to release him.

From the Daily Mail, the U.K.'s Home Office refuses to release the number of rape grooming gang members who have been deported.

From RAIR Foundation USA, an accused Pakistani terrorist goes on trial for allegedly attacking two people with a meat cleaver in Paris.

From The Jerusalem Post, three people are murdered in a terror attack near Kedumim, West Bank.

From AMU, the Taliban have detained over 300 journalists and media workers in three years.  (The last four stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From The Hans India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurates the integration of India's railways into the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

From the Hindustan Times, Modi meets with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

From ANI, a man in Mumbai, India is arrested for allegedly using fake license plates to avoid paying off his car loan.

From ANI, nine people are trapped in an illegal "rat-hole" coal mine in the Indian state of Assam.

From the Dhaka Tribune, construction of the first underground metro line in Dhaka, Bangladesh is well underway.

From New Age, the International Crimes Tribunal issues arrest warrants for former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 10 others for alleged involvement in forced disappearances.

From the Daily Mirror, forty years after the killing of Catholic priest Father Mary Bastian, from the Diocese of Mannar in Sri Lanka, there's still no justice for him.

From Raajje, according to former Minister of Finance Ibrahim Ameer, 2024 has become the most indebted year for the Maldives.

From the Bangkok Post, household debt in Thailand is expected to decline faster than previously assessed.

From Gatestone Institute, what's behind Trump's expansionist rhetoric about Canada, the Panama Canal and most recently Greenland?  (It looks like the aforementioned Justin Trudeau won't get to be the governor of the 51st state of the U.S.)

From The Stream, did the media lie just about Biden, or about everything?

From The Daily Signal, did Trudeau's resignation have anything to do with Trump's threat of tariffs?

From The American Conservative, an interview with AfD party leader Alice Weidel.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) calling on his fellow Democrats to "fart hard" inspires a plethora of humorous memes.

From BizPac Review, Vice President Harris is slammed for messing up the Pledge of Allegiance.

From The Daily Wire, Harris certifies Trump's electoral victory, even with all the snow in D.C.  (Will she get a "welcome to the club" message from former Vice President Gore?)

From the Daily Caller, Senator John Thune (R-SD) explains why he's having the Senate get to work on one particular bill.

From the New York Post, here comes the first migrant caravan of 2025.

From Breitbart, Canadian Conservatives call for a snap election in response to Trudeau's resignation.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Mike Lawler (R-NY), congress has to get the reconciliation bill "across the finish line".

And from The Babylon Bee, Biden's online store clearance sale is now offering Presidential Medals of Freedom for just $9.99 each.

Sunday Links

On a sunny but cold Sunday, ahead of an expected winter storm, here are some things going on:

From National Review, driving in part of the New York borough of Manhattan is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

From FrontpageMag, the New Orleans attacker allegedly wanted to kill his family for being "apostates" from Islam.

From Townhall, statistician Nate Silver blows apart a liberal's rant about President-elect Trump and the popular vote.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about wartime Presidents Lincoln (U.S.) and Davis (C.S.).

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) doesn't want to talk about who's running the Democratic Party.

From American Thinker, Islamic terror is alive and well, right here at home.

From NewsBusters, the top 20 quotes which show the left-wing media's contempt for capitalism.

From TCW Defending Freedom, it's time to call out state policing in the U.K.

From Gatestone Institute, is the German government covering up an Islamist attack?

From The Stream, "gratitude fuels hope".

From The Daily Signal, what's wrong with the Democrats?

From The American Conservative, remembering boyhood in New Orleans.

From The Daily Wire, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) outlines his budget reconciliation plan for Trump's upcoming second term.

From the Daily Caller, President Biden's economy wasn't as good for American workers as claimed.

From the New York Post, according to former Commissioner Bill Bratton, New York City "desperately" needs more police officers on its subway.

From Breitbart, according to Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Min), there's no need to rush Trump's nominees through the confirmation process.

From Newsmax, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

And from Fox News, burp!....oops, excuse me.  (via the New York Post)

Saturday Stories

On a cold and cloudy Saturday, after some graupel fell the previous evening, here are some things going on:

From National Review, among other items, was recently departed President Jimmy Carter (at least somewhat) pro-life?

From Townhall, President Biden awards the U.S.'s highest civilian honor to left-wing elites.

From The Washington Free Beacon, some of Biden's senior moments.

From the Washington Examiner, President-elect Trump slams the judge who is about to sentence him in his hush money case.

From American Thinker, Democrat congresscritters haven't got their act together, but they will "fart hard".  (For a while when I was a Littlefoot, Mama Bigfoot regarded the word "fart" as being very nasty, like words that I normally bleep out.  I might have gotten a lesson or two from the wooden spoon or the yardstick for saying that word.  Of course, congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal), also known for [bleep]ing a Chinese spy, could show his fellow Dems how to "fart hard".)

From NewsBusters, how late-night comedians covered Biden's cognitive decline.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the rape grooming gangs scandal in the U.K. is a Galileo moment.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From AMU, the Taliban publicly flogged over 580 people, including 42 women, during 2024.

From Hasht e Subh, in the province of Daykundi, the Taliban allegedly extort and torture former Afghan military personnel and their families.

From Gatestone Institute, there's a narrow opportunity to defeat the oppressive Iranian government.

From The Stream, seven significant challenges when you go through a transition.

From The Daily Signal, Congress needs to "make a resolution to fix Social Security".

From The American Conservative, the U.K. has a "long-overdue reckoning" with the aforementioned rape grooming gangs.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) claims that there are no election deniers on his side of the aisle.

From The Daily Wire, Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede wants the island to become independent of Denmark.

From the Daily Caller, Trump approaches his second inauguration with record setting fundraising and détente with corporate donors.

From the New York Post, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump could end the war in Ukraine because he's "strong and unpredictable".

From Breitbart, the insurance company Allstate deletes the social media post from its CEO after a large backlash.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis), his fellow Republicans will make themselves "absolutely irrelevant" is they are not united behind Trump and his agenda.

And from the Daily Mail, why having a "dry January" might not be a good idea.  (via the New York Post)

Friday Fuss

As the cold and cloudy weather continues into Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, after some uncertainty, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) wins reelection.

From FrontpageMag, the left still won't name the ideology behind the New Orleans attack.

From Townhall, the New Orleans attack is an example of "globalize the intifada".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Columbia University professor claims that modern Jews do not descend from the ancient Hebrews.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Harris swears in the new Senators.

From The Federalist, that which did not kill Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth made him stronger.

From American Thinker, yes, someone is eating the cats, or at least killing them.

From MRCTV, over 73,000,000 babies were aborted in 2024.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC resumes its campaign to take down the aforementioned Pete Hegseth.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela releases images showing that detained Argentine police officer Nahuel Gallo is still alive.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a look at British war-themed movies.

From Snouts in the Trough, prepare yourselves for four years of sneering from the U.K. media.

From EuroNews, talks on forming a coalition government in Austria collapse after the party Neos pulls out.

From ReMix, according to Polish journalists and academics living in Germany, immigration is to blame New Year's Eve violence.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, will another election in Bulgaria end years of political turmoil?

From The North Africa Post, citizens of all African countries will soon be able to visit Ghana without a visa.

From ArmenPress, the U.S. reiterates its support for a peace process in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Armenia congratulates Poland as it assumes the E.U. Council presidency.  (I wanted to link stories from AP and PROA yesterday, but neither site published anything then.)

From The New Arab, according to the UNHCR, 115,000 Syrian refugees have returned from neighboring countries after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

From the Egypt Independent, tourists from Saudi Arabia spent 75 billion Egyptian pounds in Egypt in 2024.  (As the article indicates, this is the equivalent of $14 billion.)

From Egypt Today, Presidents Abdel El-Sisi (Egypt) and Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) discuss situations in the horn of Africa.

From the Sudan Tribune, Sudanese Minerals Minister Mohamed Bashir Abunommo accuses Chad of aiding the paramilitary forces fighting against the Sudanese army.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Airlines acquires its third A350-1000 aircraft.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia affirms its support for unity in Syria.

From Iran International, Iran seeks a prisoner exchange with Italy if it releases Italian journalist Cecilia Sala.

From Khaama Press, the World Food Program will be able to provide food for only half of the hungry people in Afghanistan during the coming winter due to a shortage of funds.

From AMU, Afghanistan gets snowed in.

From Dawn, the Pakistani province of Punjab cracks down on plastic.

From The Express Tribune, according to provincial Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, terrorism has increased in Pakistan since the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

From Pakistan Today, the government of the aforementioned province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa steps up its efforts to establish peace between warring tribes in the district of Kurram.

From Gatestone Institute, Christians in Syria face an existential terrorist threat.

From The Stream, will 2024 go down as the year when transgender radicalism was neutered?

From The Daily Signal, Senator John Thune (R-SD) takes office as the Senator majority leader, and promises to protect the filibuster rule.

From The American Conservative, how should the Western media cover Iran, especially in light of the detention of the aforementioned Cecilia Sala?

From The Western Journal, more on Speaker Johnson's reelection.

From BizPac Review, comedian Rob Schneider reported asked Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong about launching a "MAGA-friendly" version of The View.

From The Daily Wire, the owner of the Tesla Cybertruck used in the Los Vegas bombing recalls the hour he spent with the suspect who rented it.

From the Daily Caller, New York judge Juan Merchan orders that President-elect Trump will be sentenced on January 10th.

From the New York Post, an Asian-American businesswoman sues PayPal for alleged anti-Asian racial bias.

From Breitbart, Trump's team accuses President Biden of "exacting political revenge" by banning new oil and gas drilling on the Atlantic and Pacific continental shelves.

From Newsmax, Trump's incoming trade policies are a wake up call for the world's CEOs.

And from SFGate, most people are failing at a strategy game based on the San Francisco Muni Metro.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, 2025 gets off to a bloody and fiery start.

From FrontpageMag, the coronavirus coverup shows that a shadow government controls President Biden.

From Townhall, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) applauds one of President-elect Trump's immigration policies.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the Biden administration allowed Iran to take in illicit oil money.

From the Washington Examiner, a House investigation into the pipe bombs planted on January 6th, 2021 near the Democratic and Republican headquarters in Washington, D.C. finds numerous security failures.

From The Federalist, an FBI that goes after political opponents instead of terrorists should not lead the investigation of the car attack in New Orleans.

From American Thinker, some things are different from where they were eight years ago when Trump was elected the first time.

From MRCTV, the mosque that was attended by the New Orleans attacker instructs its members against talking to the FBI or the media.

From NewsBusters, CNN shames people who call the New Orleans attack terrorism.

From Canada Free Press, Big Tech supports Trump, for the time being.  (The column's writer was a host on BlogTalkRadio, whose show I listened too, and whom I met in person in 2009.)

From TeleSUR, Brazil officially takes over the presidency of BRICS.

From TCW Defending Freedom, would anyone like a game of political chess?

From EuroNews, according to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, ending the deal which allows Russian gas to move through Ukraine would harm the E.U.

From ReMix, the Italian party Lega slams the E.U.'s denial of aid to Hungary.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni chairs a summit on journalist Cecilia Sala, who was arrested in Iran.

From Balkan Insight, for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025 is a new year with a new political crisis.

From Morocco World News, Israeli actress Noa Cohen, who recently portrayed Jesus's mother Mary in a Netflix production, sparks controversy with her claims about her experience in Morocco.

From the Libyan Express, Libya's National Center for Disease Control confirms that there are no human cases of rabies in the country.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Defense Ministry spokesperson Zeki Aktürk, Turkish forces "neutralized" over 3,000 terrorists over the past year.

From Turkish Minute, critics call a rally in Gaza by groups supporting Turkish President Edroğan a public relations stunt.

From Rûdaw, Kurdish farmers in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk accuse the Iraqi military of Arabization.

From Azərbaycan24, Azerbaijan establishes new prices for electricity.

From AzerNews, the Iranian government's anti-Azerbaijan rhetoric strains diplomatic relationships between the two countries.

From In-Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriot Mufti is reportedly removed from his position with the approval of the Turkish government.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian Democratic Forces and pro-Turkish factions clash with and shell each other.  (This means that Syria, under a new government, is still a cluster[bleep].)

From North Press Agency, planes carrying humanitarian aid from Qatar and Saudi Arabia land in Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, over 100 IDF troops from the Shaldag Unit raid and destroy an underground missile factory in the Syrian region of Masyaf.

From The Times Of Israel, despite his revolt against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir is unlikely to be fired from his cabinet position.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli air force strikes rocket launchers belong to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

From YNetNews, an Israeli delegation goes to Doha, Qatar for negotiations about hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

From The New Arab, mass graves in Syria show how bad repression was under former President Bashar al-Assad.

From Times Now News, was the New Orleans attacker a property manager in Texas?

From BBC News, who were the victims of the attack in New Orleans?

From Gatestone Institute, how "pro-Palestinian" protesters harm the real Palestinians.

From The Stream, what Trump's policies will mean for Hispanic Americans.

From The Daily Signal, the economic mess from the Biden administration which Trump will inherit.  (Like I may have said before, the economy that Trump will inherit this time around is bound to be worse than what he inherited eight years ago.)

From The American Conservative, another attempt to see into the crystal ball.

From The Western Journal, Biden runs on fumes during his evening update on the New Orleans attack.

From BizPac Review, after Ohio State beats Oregon in the Rose Bowl, quarterback Will Howard is not allowed onto a stage with the rest of his teammates.

From The Daily Wire, according to Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R), New Orleans is "safe" ahead of the Sugar Bowl.

From the Daily Caller, a chart shown by MSNBC shows the large spike in illegal immigration under Biden.

From the New York Post, the Yellowstone super volcano is seeing more volcanic activity, but does that portend an eruption?

From Breitbart, the first illegal alien migrant caravan of 2025 forms in southern Mexico.

From Newsmax, the Chief Twit donate $108 million in Tesla shares to unnamed charities.

And from the Genesius Times, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) offers condolences to the family of the ISIS-linked New Orleans attacker.

Stories For The Start Of 2025

On the first day of 2025, which falls on a cool and cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a man drives a truck registered in Texas into a crowd in New Orleans, killing at least 10 people, dies in a shootout with police, and is later identified.

From FrontpageMag, an alleged "Christian terrorist" from Syria who went on a stabbing spree in Annecy, France really wasn't a Christian.

From Townhall, President-elect Trump reacts to the New Orleans attack, and so does President Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a nominee for Man of the Year is Donald Trump the Younger.

From the Washington Examiner, police investigate a "vehicle fire" near the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

From The Federalist, the people who mutilate healthy "trans" kids literally have "blood on their hands".

From American Thinker, the enmity between the Spanish and English cultures goes back a long way.

From NewsBusters, comedian Whitney Cummings rips CNN for its poor rating and Democrats for propping up Biden's "body".

From Canada Free Press, a serious warning for this coming January 6th and Trump's inauguration.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela honors Haiti's independence day.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "why poetry matters".

From Snouts in the Trough, the streets of London under Mayor "Sir" Sadiq Khan are soaked in blood.

From EuroNews, Romania and Bulgaria join the Schengen Zone.

From the Greek Reporter, archaeologists find the helmet of ancient Athenian General Miltiades, who led the army that defeated the Persians in the Battle of Marathon.

From Ekathimerini, 12 Greek standouts for 2024.

From the Greek City Times, 13 people are arrested at a party in Kifisia, Greece, including a cousin of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

From the Sarajevo Times, in the Bosnian component of Republika Srpska, electricity is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.

From Total Croatia, Croatia's disc golf team goes to Australia for the sport's world championship.  (This source appears to have dropped the word "News" from its name.)

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenia becomes a full member of the European Space Agency.

From The Malta Independent, four passengers escape from a Turkish Airlines flight that made an emergency landing at the international airport in Luqa, Malta, with two of them being later caught.

From Malta Today, Maltese traffic cops get busy.

From SwissInfo, among other laws effective today, Switzerland bans face coverings in public.

From France24, where to see art exhibits in Paris during 2025.

From RFI, Côte D'Ivoire tells the French military to go home.

From The Portugal News, Portugal wants investment.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune shows his political motivations for the arrest of novelist Boualem Sansal.

From The New Arab, the Houthis in Yemen claim to have shot down another U.S. drone.

From Arutz Sheva, video shows a very young "Palestinian" Arab playing with a toy mortar launcher.  (I plead guilty to doing something not all that different when I was a Littlefoot.)

From the Daily Mail, a woman and her four daughters are allegedly killed by her son in Lucknow, India, in an apparent honor killing.

From Gatestone Institute, the relationship of "multiculturalism, human rights and the West".

From The Stream, how to conquer your mountain this year.

From The Daily Signal, former President Obama's "censorship" agency goes bankrupt.

From The American Conservative, Trump must not waste the mandate on immigration which he was given by the American people.

From The Western Journal, a military appeals court rules that the Biden administration cannot cancel the plea bargain it made with three detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

From BizPac Review, a 45-year-old man who was pushed in front of a New York City subway train is in critical condition.

From The Daily Wire, more on the aforementioned truck attack in New Orleans.

From the Daily Caller, media experts predict where White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will find her next job.

From the New York Post, the FBI hunts a possible terror cell in New Orleans after three men and a woman are seen planting IEDs in the city.

From Breitbart, video footage shows a Tesla Cybertruck exploding in front of the aforementioned Trump Hotel.

And from Newsmax, Pope Francis starts the New Year by calling for Catholics to reject abortion.

Happy New Year

To all who read this blog....

....Happy New Year!