Thursday Things

As the sunny but cold weather continues on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, whatever happened to the Houthis in Yemen, former President Biden, and the wildfires in and around Los Angeles?

From FrontpageMag, the story of a Democrat congressional delegate who texted Jeffrey Epstein during a hearing in 2019 just got more sordid.  (This delegate is from the Virgin Islands, which are not a state, and thus has no vote in the full House.)

From Townhall, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) slams former Vice President Harris over comments she made about him in her memoir.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) once served on a far-left group which had policies hostile to police.

From the Washington Examiner, the FBI arrests a suspect in connection with the pipe bombs left in front of the local headquarters of the two parties in Washington, D.C. on January 5th, 2021.

From The Federalist, some Democrats would love to suppress free speech the way in which the U.K. does.

From American Thinker, former President Obama's presidential center is a "billion-dollar middle finger to America".  (The article opines that it looks like a North Korean guard tower or a Jawa sandcrawler from Star Wars.  I think it looks like a laser gun emplacement on either of the two Death Stars from Star Wars. I can imagine a few TIE Fighters flying around it.)

From NewsBusters, the U.K.'s Prince Harry tells TV host Stephen Colbert "I heard you elected a king".  (You mean like they once did in Poland?)

From Canada Free Press, to stay sane, Canadians should ignore boasts and boasts from Liberals, read the Bible, and pray to God.

From TeleSUR, labor unions and rural organizations in Bolivia reject decrees from President Rodrigo Paz.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the delusional world of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Snouts in the Trough, it's good to know that the U.K.'s National Health Service has its priorities right.

From EuroNews, Spanish police arrest 11 people for allegedly smuggling in over 300 foreign workers, mostly from Nepal.

From ReMix, an Afghan migrant who stabbed in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany gets a lenient sentence for stopping his attack after the victim screamed.  (If you read German, read the story at Aktuelle Informiert.)

From Balkan Insight, the Bosnian state court upholds the acquittal of Borislav Paravac, a former member of Bosnia and Herzegovina's tripartite presidency, for allegedly committing war crimes in 1992.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is caught between inaccurate data a colonial ghosts.

From The New Arab, the Iraqi government reverses its designation of Hezbollah and the Yemeni Houthis as terrorists.

From Arutz Sheva, anti-Israel protesters try to storm into a debate about the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine being conducted in a building in Toronto, Canada.

From RAIR Foundation USA, funds for school choice in Texas have gone to a Muslim Brotherhood leader, who helped build recruitment and fundraising networks for al-Qaeda and Hamas.

From AMU, an Afghan man with alleged ties to ISIS-K is arrested near Washington, D.C.

From OpIndia, who is the Pakistani terrorist who allegedly wanted to kill everyone at the University of Delaware?

From Gatestone Institute, why President Trump's plan for Gaza is not a peace deal.  (Emphasis on "not" is from the article's title.)

From The Stream, Somali Islamists flee Sweden after allegedly swindling welfare money.  (If you thought that Somalis only did that sort of thing in Minnesota, you might be wrong.  If you read Swedish, read the story at Expressen.)

From The Daily Signal, her case against Trump is finally dead, but Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis cost her county's taxpayers millions of dollars.

From The American Conservative, Trump's diplomacy with Russia and Ukraine is good, but here's how it could be improved.

From The Western Journal, more on the aforementioned FBI arrests in connection with the January 5th pipe bombs.

From BizPac Review, did another Democratic Senator make a dog whistle calling for a military coup?

From the Daily Caller, a woman complains about people having to work in order to receive SNAP benefits.

From the New York Post, former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Eric Gagne explains why Shohei Ohtani and two other Japanese players should play in the World Baseball Classic.

From Breitbart, the French government orders stricter security at Christmas markets due to possible terror threats.

From Newsmax, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers seize 57 pounds of fentanyl at the port of entry in San Ysidro, California.

And from CBC News, guitarist/songwriter Steve Cropper goes to the music studio in the sky.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, the Catholic Church is clear in calling antisemitism a grave sin.

From FrontpageMag and the "I know nothing" department, Christians are massacred in Africa, as the West goes Sergeant Schultz.

From Townhall, the left will be [bleep]ed off at President Trump's pardon of a Democrat congresscritter.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Hamas's own internal documents show how it infiltrated U.N.-affiliated aid groups in Gaza.

From the Washington Examiner, Republicans enjoy congresscritter-elect Matt Van Epp's (R-TN) special election victory in Tennessee.

From The Federalist, the top five moments from the arguments in front of the Supreme Court in the case about a pro-life pregnancy center in New Jersey.

From American Thinker, the U.S. Navy sinks pirate boats, just like it's supposed to.

From NewsBusters, only 24 percent of likely voters know that the alleged murderer of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was left-wing.

From Canada Free Press, celebrities show their climate hypocrisy.  (To paraphrase a certain great Jewish man, before you pluck the SUV out of your neighbor's eye, take the private jet out of your own.)

From TeleSUR, Mexico plans to reduce its work week from 48 hours to 40 hours by 2030.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s Labour Party lies because its policies are evil.

From Snouts in the Trough, the devil went down to......Westminster.

From EuroNews, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pushes ahead with a reparations loan from Ukraine, to which Belgium maintains its opposition.

From ReMix, a man from Afghanistan in Sweden allegedly murders his friend, dismembers his body, stores it in a freezer, and uses his identity to commit fraud.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo authorities (again) ban the Srpska Lista party from participating in this month's parliamentary elections, which is harshly criticized by Western diplomats.

From The North Africa Post, Libya plans to accelerate the repatriation of illegal irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, but will grant access to public services to refugees from Sudan.

From The New Arab, according to Amnesty International, Sudan's Rapid Support Forces committed war crimes in the Zamzam camp in the province of North Darfur.

From Jewish News Syndicate, over 200 public figures support a petition calling for the release of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti.

From The Times Of Israel, a middle school in the New York borough of Brooklyn denies a Holocaust survivor a chance to give a talk because of his opinions on Israel and Palestine.

From Gatestone Institute, Venezuela's alliances against the U.S.

From The Stream, do humans really have free will?

From The Daily Signal, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces new restrictions on visas for anyone believed to be conducting or supporting violations of religious freedom.

From The American Conservative, Trump should echo President Reagan when it comes to Israel.

From The Western Journal, singer Sabrina Carpenter slams the Trump administration for using one of her songs in a video about deporting illegal aliens, but she did worse to Christians.

From Brain Flushings, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revokes 3,000 commercial drivers licenses after an illegal alien crashes his truck.

From BizPac Review, Pope Leo XIV urges Trump to not oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

From the Daily Caller, a study on climate change and its economic effects published in 2024 is retracted.

From the New York Times, foreigners but 52 percent of newly built homes in Miami.

From Breitbart, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark) submits a bill to remove non-citizens from welfare and to expedite deportations.

From Newsmax, congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) secures the addition of a provision in the NDAA to require the FBI to notify Congress when it investigates candidates seeking federal office.

And from the Genesius Times and the "don't give him any ideas" department, Prime Minister Keir Starmer orders the arrest of anyone who says that the U.K. doesn't have free speech.

A Sasquatch's Tuesday Dozen

Now that I'm back from running around on a cold and rainy Tuesday, here are 12 things going on:

From AMU, a 13-year-old boy reportedly carries out an execution on behalf of the Taliban in the Afghani province of Khost.

From Iran International, an Iranian court fines the U.S. $22 billion for supporting protesters during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom movement.

From Gatestone Institute, the strategic importance of President Trump's Office of Fusion within the Department of Energy.

From The Stream, can quantum mechanics help us to understand the soul?

From The American Conservative, Ken Burns's disappointing documentary about the American Revolution.

From The Western Journal, The New York Times defends Secretary of War Pete Hegseth from a hit piece by The Washington Post.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the U.K. must ban the Muslim Brotherhood.

From National Review, the problem of fraud in Minnesota.

From FrontpageMag, anti-Israel protesters vandalize a memorial to a two-year-old boy who was killed at a synagogue in Rome.

From Townhall, guess how many illegal alien criminals New York state Attorney General Letitia James (D) released back onto the street last year.  (Tell me again how "no one is above the law".)

From The Federalist, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dismantles New Jersey's lawfare against a pro-life pregnancy center with one question.

And from the New York Post, retired New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia helps New York City transform a "dilapidated" field into a new sports complex in the borough of Manhattan.

Monday Links For The Start Of December

On a sunny but cold first day of the last month of the year, here are some things going on:

From National Review, it's time to rethink immigration.

From FrontpageMag, "starving" people in Gaza are somehow able to buy iPhones covered in gold or diamond.

From Townhall, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) finds a demographic worthy of being deported.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Harvard University's divinity school hires a graduate who once assaulted an Israeli classmate.

From the Washington Examiner, according to President Trump, the conviction of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was a "setup" by then-President Biden.

From The Federalist, a list of gift ideas from each respective state.

From American Thinker, is money from Venezuela's cocaine going to terrorists killing Christians in Nigeria?  (The story links to an article in The Wall Street Journal, to which you have to subscribe in order to read it.)

From NewsBusters, in an op-ed in The (aforementioned) Wall Street Journal, former White House advisor/White House Chief of Staff/congresscritter (D-IL)/Chicago Mayor/Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel "sounds like a Republican".

From Canada Free Press, a perspective on the shooting of two National Guard personnel in Washington, D.C.

From TeleSUR, a right-wing candidate supported by the U.S. leads the vote count in the Honduran presidential election.

From TCW Defending Freedom, covering Wales with solar panels would be economic suicide.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K. really needs migrants....not!

From EuroNews, the president of the International Criminal Court vows to resist pressure from the U.S. and Russia.

From ReMix, according to new data, knife crime in Germany has increased by 50 percent in four years.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Balkan Insight, a Bosnian Serb convicted of war crimes committed in 1992 escapes from Serbia and joins Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan dirham has become a "safe-haven" currency in western Africa and the Sahel.

From The New Arab, Palestinian Christians hail Pope Leo XIV's call for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.

From The Jerusalem Post, police in the Australian state of New South Wales search for the culprits who vandalized structures and signs in the area of Bondi Beach with anti-Israel graffiti.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, at a Christmas market in Berlin, a Palestinian stall sells products that promote the destruction of Israel, with no objection for the city's authorities.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From Arutz Sheva, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the suspect in the aforementioned shooting of National Guard troops may have been radicalized in the U.S.

From the Daily Mail, the man believed to be the new leader of ISIS was given sanctuary as a migrant in Sweden and later preached in mosques in the U.K.

From Gatestone Institute, why Qatar should not have any role in Gaza.

From The Stream, deranged liberals quickly blame Trump for the twice-aforementioned National Guard shooting.

From The Daily Signal, the Education Department turns up the pressure on American universities to disclose their foreign funding.

From The American Conservative, revelations from the Epstein files won't bring Trump down.

From The Western Journal, Trump is reportedly set to meet with cabinet members to discuss the "next steps" in dealing with Venezuela.

From BizPac Review, New York City's "serial spitter" receives some extrajudicial consequences.

From the Daily Caller, according to West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey (R), WV National Guard member Andrew Wolfe has shown some positive signs while still in serious condition.

From the New York Post, presidential physician Dr. Sean Barbabella releases the results of Trump's MRI exam.  (I almost misspelled the doctor's name as "Barbarella".)

From Breitbart, an article by Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) against the filibuster.

From Newsmax, F-16 fighter jets intercept a civilian airplane that entered restricted airspace over Palm Beach, Florida shortly after Trump arrived at his resort in that city.

And from The Babylon Bee, in an effort to get journalist from talking about his fraud scandal, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) offers them free tampons.

Rainday Links For The End Of November

On a cool, cloudy and rainy Sunday on the last day of November, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, the fake outrage over President Trump calling Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) "retarded".  (How many people now upset by Trump calling Walz "retarded" have no problem with left-wingers calling Trump and his supporters "Hitler", "Nazi" and/or "fascist"?)

From Townhall, Democrats downplay the terror attack against two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book by Senator John Fetterman (D-PA).

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) claims that Trump's pause on immigration from the "third world" is about keeping "brown people" out.

From American Thinker, a serious challenge finally emerges against the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

From NewsBusters, the White House launches a "Media Offender of the Week" page.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the real problem with Islam.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Moroccan man allegedly threatens people with a knife at a Christmas market in Weimar, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From The Jerusalem Post, a 19-year-old woman from Shahinshar, Iran is "disappeared".

From Jewish News Syndicate, protesters picket an Israeli-owned bakery in London.

From The Times Of India, three people are detained in connection with an explosion in Delhi, India.

From Arutz Sheva, a refugee from Afghanistan posts a video on TikTok allegedly hinting that he was building a bomb and planning to set it off in the Fort Worth, Texas area.  (The previous five stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's new race to make a nuclear weapon.

From The Stream, "awakening to the father cry".

From The American Conservative, rote responses to podcaster Nick Fuentes will not suffice.

From the Daily Caller, three teenage boys are charged with the murder of a man who "narrowly escaped death" on 9/11.

And from the New York Post, the New York borough of Brooklyn puts on a "winter village", which gets ripped for demanding a $12 cover charge.

Saturday Stuff

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

From FrontpageMag, a majority of Americans, including Democrats, no longer believe that college is worth the cost.

From Townhall, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) is still begging voters for money.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump imposes a no-fly zone over Venezuela.

From American Thinker, the effect of mass and/or illegal immigration on entitlement programs.

From NewsBusters, according to an MS NOW analyst, Trump's FBI purge led to the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.  (MS NOW is the media outlet formerly known as MSNBC.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, young people flee the U.K. in response to high taxes.

From Snouts in the Trough, can the U.K. survive the Labour Party's Four Horsepeople of the Apocalypse?

From Allah's Willing Executioners, authorities investigate a "secret" mosque in Graz, Austria that allegedly incites hatred against Jews.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From Juno News, according to an op-ed, "Canada has a brewing Islamist problem".  (Juno News is a Canadian site.  I don't know if this is a coincidence, but Juno was also the section of the Normandy beaches where Canadian forces, with some British forces, landed on D-Day during World War II.)

From Gatestone Institute, why is one small Jewish state a problem, but eight officially Islamic states are not?

From The Stream, an evangelical Catholic gives 11 reasons for his being an evangelical Catholic.

From The American Conservative, what's next, now that Ukrainian President Zelensky's top advisor has resigned?

And from SFGate, the tiny California town of Valley Ford becomes an unexpected travel destination, possibly because of a routing tweak on Google Maps.

Black Friday Fuss

Now that I've returned from Virginia on a cold and mostly clear day, with just a few snow flurries, here are some things, other than Black Friday shopping, going on:

From National Review, the tragedy of two National Guard personnel being shot in Washington, D.C.

From FrontpageMag, refugees from Afghanistan have killed 55 people and wounded 92 others, right here in the U.S.

From Townhall, President Trump announces a new plan to prevent future terror attacks here in the U.S.

From The Washington Free Beacon, why Trump's 48-point plan for peace in Ukraine may be pointless.

From the Washington Examiner, scientists find a possible explanation of how soybean oil leads to obesity, as new nutrition guidelines from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. loom.

From The Federalist, 25 gift ideas for the "trad wife" in your life.

From American Thinker, the "fishermen" were drug smugglers after all.

From NewsBusters, media leftists call "illegal immigrant" the new n-word and say crazy things about Trump and Vice President Vance.  (I don't like the term "illegal immigrant", because someone who comes or stays illegally is not an immigrant, thus rendering the term self-contradicting.  I prefer "illegal alien", and not just because of the song by Genesis.)

From Canada Free Press, a bill being considered in the Canadian province of Quebec would establish "secularism on steroids".

From TeleSUR, the Mexican Senate starts the process for appointing a new attorney general.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. has a marriage crisis worse than the wedding being lost to the coronavirus lockdown.

From EuroNews, Syrians in Europe consider returning home now that Bashar al-Assad is no longer Syria's president.

From Free West Media, despite previous problems, digital IDs are on the way.  (I wonder how many people who oppose voter ID are in favor of digital IDs.)

From ReMix, the Saudi national on trial for allegedly killing six people and injuring hundreds of others at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany rants at witnesses and victims.

From Balkan Insight, Romanian Defense Minister Ionuţ Moşteanu unexpectedly resigns due to a dispute over his academic credentials.

From The North Africa Post, a proposed undersea tunnel between Morocco and Spain is deemed technically feasible despite costing €8.5 billion.

From The New Arab, is the UAE quietly preventing Pakistani citizens from obtaining visas?

From The Times Of Israel, women in Tehran, Iran "let their hair down".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Afghan in Vienna, Austria knifes his flatmate's hand allegedly for "praying incorrectly.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From the Daily Mail, a teenager in the Netherlands is drowned in a swamp allegedly by her father and brothers in an honor killing, for "Western behavior".

From Gatestone Institute, Qatar tries to import Muslim Brotherhood policies into Western campuses.

From The Stream, Iran names a Tehran metro station "Virgin Mary", but this act is a farce.

From The Daily Signal, a woman working at a 7-Eleven is fired for defending her life with her gun.

From The American Conservative, why is the establishment ignoring newly released files relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?

From The Western Journal, in response to the attack on two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C., congresscritter Randy Fine (R-FL) wants all immigration to be halted.

From BizPac Review, a black political activist in Chicago lambasts Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) for his race-baiting policies.

From the Daily Caller, Trump blocks the entry of people from Afghanistan after the aforementioned attack on National Guard personnel.

From the New York Post, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moves to "cut off" illegal aliens from tax benefits and cross-border money transfers.

From Breitbart, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu finally declares a state of emergency in response to a string of brutal attacks and kidnappings against Christians.

From Newsmax, eight people are arrested in connection with a fire in a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong, which killed at least 128 people.

And from the Genesius Times, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) demands that "Black Friday" is renamed "Friday of Color".

Checking In From Virgina

Today I drove down to Virginia, as I usually do on the day before Thanksgiving, to visit my extended family.  You might call it literal Wednesday wandering.  Of course, traveling on this day involves some slowdowns due to congestion on the highways, but the weather was mostly pleasant.

I don't know if I will post anything tomorrow, so whether I do or not, may everyone who reads this blog have a happy Thanksgiving and eat lots of turkey and side dishes of your choice.

Tuesday Tidings

On a cool and rainy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump's designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization sends the right message.

From FrontpageMag, confronting the anti-Ellis Island immigration under then-President Biden.

From Townhall, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg gets banned from Venice, Italy for two days after dyeing its Grand Canal green.  (The story links to an article in The Telegraph, which you may read either if you subscribe or if you have a Google or Apple account.  Yours truly visited Venice and its canals in 1997, but did not attempt to change their color.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's (D) "community safety" advisor has called for the abolition of police, prisons, ICE, the DEA, the FBI, and borders.

From the Washington Examiner, the EPA releases $3 billion in long-awaited funding to help states remove lead from their water pipelines.

From The Federalist, critics of Trump's efforts to negotiate a peace in Ukraine (again) dredge up the late U.K. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

From American Thinker, congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal) huffs and puffs, but can't blow Trump's new White House ballroom down.

From NewsBusters, CNN En Español continues to push the trans agenda on its viewers.

From Canada Free Press, technology and technocrats watch "our lives and the lives of others".

From TeleSUR, one dictator honors the anniversary of the death of another dictator.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a truly grassroots protest, against the importation of 600 illegal migrants into a nearby camp, is staged in Crowborough, England.

From EuroNews, according to prosecutors in Paris, four more suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of jewelry from the Louvre museum.

From Free West Media, whatever happened to the idea of usury?

From ReMix, according to a poll, Jordan Bardella, leader of the party National Rally, would win the second round of the 2027 French presidential election in all envisioned envisioned scenarios.  (Former RN party leader Marine Le Pen is barred from running for France's president.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbian journalist Snežana Jakovljević recalls how a war protest in her hometown of Kruševac inspired her to act.

From The North Africa Post, Libya's Office of the Public Prosecutor starts an investigation about a counterfeit medical disinfectant.

From The New Arab, Syrian security forces use gunfire to break up protests by two rival groups of demonstrators in the city of Latakia.

From the Daily Mail, in Rome, three migrants allegedly smash into a man's car and force him to watch as they rape his fiancée.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the aforementioned Greta Thunberg appropriates slogans and imagery used by families of Israeli hostages in calling for the release of Palestinian terrorists.

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran has reportedly lost much of its control over the Houthis in Yemen.

From Arutz Sheva, welfare in Western countries finances terrorism.

From Gatestone Institute, no country wants its forces to directly engage Hamas personnel.

From The Stream, "playing God with the weather".

From The Daily Signal, the FBI requests interviews with Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and five congresscritters, who in a video message told military personnel that they can disobey "unlawful" orders.

From The American Conservative, the dangerous and unhinged reaction to Trump's plan for peace in Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth disciplines the aforementioned Mark Kelly about the display of his medals on his uniform.  (Hopefully, Kelly's uniform did not include any pledge pin, or worse yet, a Twisted Sister pin.)

From BizPac Review, Attorney General Pam Bondi reacts to the dismissal of the cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey.

From the New York Post, the family of a woman set on fire in Chicago allegedly by a 72-times-arrested felon will spend Thanksgiving with her in the hospital.

From Breitbart, Australian Senator Pauline Hanson is censured and barred from entering the Senate chamber until 2026 for wearing a burqa and high heels in the chamber as a protest.

From Newsmax, congresscritter and gubernatorial candidate Elise Stefanik (R-NY) issues a warning about the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

And from the Daily Caller, Trump pardons two turkeys, thus saving them from being deported to El Salvador.

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, we should remember that promises from Russian President Putin are worthless.

From FrontpageMag, a review of Islam critic Robert Spencer's newest book.

From Townhall, what Georgia voters think of congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after she announces her resignation.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the indictment of California Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) chief of staff could implicate Newsom himself.

From the Washington Examiner, Republicans start an effort to reform SNAP.

From The Federalist, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) yells "soak the rich" while becoming quite rich herself.

From American Thinker, Nick Fuentes proves that the Republicans should not adopt a "no enemies to the right" policy.

From NewsBusters, the hurricane climate disaster predicted by the media for 2025 didn't happen.

From Canada Free Press, U.N. climate change conferences are a "bureaucratic charade".

From TeleSUR, 27 million people in Central America have been victims of cyberattacks.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the ban on fans of Israeli soccer teams should be a wakeup call.

From Snouts in the Trough, who is the real U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood?

From EuroNews, the Belgian government reaches a budget deal, but the deal does not avert a planned three-day nationwide strike.

From Free West Media, Danish state TV runs a commercial in which a scientist advises Danes not to breed with each other.

From ReMix, while foreigners make up 9 percent of Italy's population, they account for a much higher proportion of sexual violent crimes.

From Balkan Insight, Siniša Karan, of the party Independent Social Democrats, wins the presidential election in the Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, but the results are disputed by the opposition.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco becomes the only African country to benefit from a contract to repair and support radar components for F-16 fighter jets.

From The New Arab, Gaza is effectively partitioned by yellow lines and green zones.

From The Times Of Israel, as Pope Leo XIV goes to Turkey, the Christian minority there is still battling inequality and exclusion.

From Jewish News Syndicate, a new feature on the platform X shows the locations of a pro-Hamas disinformation network.

From Reuters, rebels linked to ISIS kill 89 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Lubero territory.

From the Daily Mail, an 18-year-old "Spaniard of Moroccan origin" allegedly stabs three people and is then shot by police in Madrid, Spain.

From Gatestone Institute, extremist persecution is not just about Israel and the Jews.

From The Stream, three men are charged with felony "hate crimes" for allegedly disturbing Muslim students during dawn prayer in a parking garage at the University of South Florida, and other items.

From The Daily Signal, let's not ruin the "miracle" of GLP-1 weight loss drugs.

From The American Conservative, the "civil war" on the right is not about the aforementioned Nick Fuentes.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal) calls for "vote by phone" elections.

From BizPac Review, a student protester learns that throwing a drink at police is never a good idea.

From the Daily Caller, a federal judge dismisses cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York state Attorney General Letitia James because the appointment of their prosecutor was illegal.

From the New York Post, a look at the rare genetic anomaly that led to the terminal acute myeloid leukemia suffered by Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of President Kennedy.

From Breitbart, the White House is expected to unveil a plan to lower healthcare costs.

From Newsmax, more about the aforementioned dismissal of the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James.

And from The Babylon Bee, President Trump orders the execution of all turkeys pardoned by then-President Biden's autopen.

Sunday Links

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

From National Review, a "see ya 'round" for congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

From FrontpageMag, Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) threatens to stop her state from withholding federal taxes while its has the highest property taxes in the U.S.  (A relative of mine in New Jersey can certainly tell everyone about those high property taxes.)

From Townhall, CNN journalist Scott Jennings schools journalist Kara Swisher for claiming that lying to Americans about former First Son Hunter Biden's laptop was just "politics".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Palantir CEO Alex Karp.

From the Washington Examiner, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) sticks to his claim that President Trump is a "fascist" after meeting with him.

From American Thinker, a lesson about junk food, from pigs and rats.

From NewsBusters, PBS glamorizes an "underground network" that pushes abortion pills.

From TCW Defending Freedom, at a parade in the London district of Whitehall honoring Jews who served in the U.K. military during World War II, Israeli flags are not allowed.

From The Times Of Israel, according to a report, U.K. police used false information to justify banning fans of an Israeli soccer team from attending a game in Birmingham, England earlier this month.

From Gatestone Institute, the "mirage" of peace in Ukraine.

From The Stream, gratitude is "the parent of all virtues".

From The American Conservative, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) wants right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson as his proxy target against Trumpism in 2028.

And from SFGate, the Hawaiian town of Volcano lives up to its name.

I'm Back, And A Few Saturday Items

I have returned from my stay on the eastern shore of Maryland.  The drive started out in the rain, but the rain stopped as I continued westward, and eventually the sun poked through the clouds a few times.  Now that I'm back, here are a few things going on:

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Egyptian-born 16-year-old student in Massy, France is charged with glorifying terrorism.  (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From The Times Of Israel, according to a Nigerian Christian group, 303 children and 12 teachers were taken in a mass abduction.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran builds a missile empire while the world looks the other way.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how wokeness is defeating the U.K.'s army.

From Snouts in the Trough, whatever you do, don't "appease the electorate".

From The Stream, eight global trends that will transform the church in the future.

From The American Conservative, crime and disorder lead to protests and riots in Mexico.

From the Daily Caller, cable TV host Bill Maher blasts liberals for "ghosting half this country".

And from the New York Post, an alleged serial spitter is arrested and released in New York City.

Down To The Ocean

Today I took a walk from my undisclosed location just a few blocks eastward to the beach and the Atlantic Ocean.  Or as we say in the Merlin dialect, I went "danny ayshun".  Unlike where I stayed in Virginia Beach this past July, my accommodations are not right on the beach.  Here are some waves coming at me.

Cape Henlopen State Park

Today I went northward from my undisclosed location and visited Cape Henlopen State Park, near Lewes, Delaware.  The park includes the former Fort Miles, which is now a historical area including a museum.  The park also includes several former gun batteries remote from the main part of the fort.  This first photo is of Battery Herring, near a popular surfing and fishing place named Herring Point.

Stephen Decatur Park

Earlier today I went to Stephen Decatur Park in Berlin, Maryland, to see what's there and get a bit of exercise.  The park is named after U.S. naval officer Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr., known for commanding ships during the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812.  The plaque on this monument refers to his birthplace, but he was born in Sinepuxent, Maryland, not in Berlin.  In front of the monument is a ship's anchor, or maybe a crude replica of one.

Virginia Tech Hires New Football Coach

My alma mater Virginia Tech has hired their next head football coach James Franklin, who earlier this year was fired from the same job at Penn State.  He has also been a head coach at Vanderbilt.  He replaces Brent Pry, who was fired earlier this year.  Franklin played quarterback at East Stroudsburg University, where he earned his bachelor's degree.  He also has a master's degree from Washington State.

Read more at Hokiesports, ESPN, CBS Sports, Gobbler Country and TechSideline.  Regarding the name Gobbler Country, when I was a student at Virginia Tech, the football team was called the Fighting Gobblers, while teams in other sports were called the Hokies.  The football team's name was changed later on to bring it into conformity with the other sports.

Cambridge, Maryland

Today I went to the west side of the Delmarva Peninsula, to the Maryland city of Cambridge, located on U.S. route 50 and the Choptank River.  Cambridge is the seat of Dorchester County (probably "Dorster Canny" in the Merlin dialect).  In front of the county courthouse is this statue of abolitionist and Dorchester County native Harriet Tubman, entitled Beacon of Hope.  A few leaves on a nearby tree are in the foreground at the upper left.

On The East Side Of Maryland And Delaware

Today I did a little exploring of the eastern shore of Maryland, and also went into Delaware, maybe by less than 100 feet.  From my undisclosed location, which does not include the parking lot in the foreground, I could see part of Isle of Wight Bay.  The bridge is Maryland route 90.  The land on the other side is the Isle of Wight, which is much smaller than its namesake in England.

Checking In On A Saturday

Good afternoon from my latest undisclosed location on the eastern shore of Maryland.  After I get settled in, I'll try some combination of regular blogging and posting pictures of whatever I find in the area.  For the time being, here are a few stories:

From The Jerusalem Post, the principal of an Arabic school in Berlin, who expressed opposition to Hamas, is almost pushed in front of a train.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government is preparing to fight its next war.

From The Stream, who LGBT organizations used GSA clubs to indoctrinate entire schools, students and staff alike.

From The American Conservative, the affordability crisis can't be defeated with advice.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the annual flu panic is nothing but a load of humbug.

From American Thinker, if you like having food on your table, "thank a farmer".

From Townhall, Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran backs Vice President Vance's claim that illegal immigration drove up housing prices.

And from the Washington Examiner, President Trump explains how the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk changed his life.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, could Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa become a U.S. ally?

From FrontpageMag, the Trump administration has a new possible place to deport illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

From Townhall, has the "bromance" between former Presidents Obama and Biden come to an end?

From The Washington Free Beacon, why no one cares about COP30.

From the Washington Examiner, what the FBI really said about the online presence of the man who allegedly killed right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

From The Federalist, after removing its statue of Revolutionary War hero Brigadier General George Rogers Clark, the University of Virginia plans to replace it with a park dedicated to "Indigenous stewardship practices".  (As the article notes, General Clark was a brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition.  See this blog's archives from June 2019 for my visit to the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana.)

From American Thinker, the waste, fraud and abuse in the SNAP includes its receipt by dead people.  (If dead people can vote, why can't they get SNAP, too?)

From NewsBusters, Fox News hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Trace Gallagher cover the story of an illegal alien who caused a vehicle DUI death after not being deported.

From Canada Free Press, Canada's WEF-controlled government is coming for the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of today's Canadians.

From TeleSUR, the U.S. and Ecuador signs a "safe third country" deal for refugees of certain nationalities, who are in good health and have no criminal record.

From TCW Defending Freedom, electric vehicles are a train wreck in the making.

From EuroNews, Poland builds a mesh fence alongside its metal barrier on the border between the province of Podlaskie and Belarus.

From ReMix, a court in Mannheim, Germany upholds the deportation order against a 75-year-old Turkish woman who switched off her hospital roommate's oxygen machine.  (If you read German, read the story at SWR.)

From Balkan Insight, Bulgaria raises its business taxes to increase pay for its government employees.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco sends the U.K. a record number of lemons.

From The New Arab, Syrian government forces and Druze militaria keep clashing in the province of Suweida.

From the Daily Mail, a former academic at University College London is reported to police after accusing Jews of killing a monk and then using his blood to make bread.

From Arutz Sheva, the terrorists who attacked Paris 10 years ago are winning.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the best days for Jewish New York City are in the past.

From Gatestone Institute, it's time to "lock and load".

From The Stream, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's (D) takeover of New York City will be a training ground for numerous left-wing activists.

From The Daily Signal, right-wing students at the University of California, Berkeley welcome the Department of Justice probe of left-wing violence on campus.

From The American Conservative, the ghost of two-time former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

From The Western Journal, leftists react to the hospitalization of Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) in sickening ways.

From BizPac Review, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino brutally rebuts congresscritter Thomas Massie's (R-KY) claim about the January 6th pipe bomb case.

From the Daily Caller, the head of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, unable to find an attorney willing to take up the case prosecuted by Fulton County Fani Willis against Trump, appoints himself.

From the New York Post, archaeologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences discover "traces of a submerged city" under Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan.

From Breitbart, a federal judge rules that congresscritter LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) must face trial for allegedly assaulting a federal law enforcement officer in Newark, New Jersey.  (No one's above the law, right?)

And from Newsmax, according to ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan, a operation in Florida has resulted in the arrests of over 230 alleged sex offenders.

A Few Tidbits For Thursday

On a cool and clear Thursday, now that I've returned from running around, here are a few things going on:

From LancsLive, a building in Blackburn, England formerly used by East Lancashire Deaf Society is approved for use as a place of worship for Shiite Muslims.

From the Daily Mail, the backlog for immigration courts in the U.K. has more than doubled since the Labour Party retook power in Parliament.

From The Times Of Israel, according to analyst, ISIS and al-Qaeda have evolved and still pose a global threat.

From Gatestone Institute, how Hamas is seeking to deceive the administration of U.S. President Trump.

From The Stream, Pennsylvania pushes "media literacy toolkits" for schoolchildren, which direct them toward left-wing sources.

From The American Conservative, believe it or not, Iceland has an immigration problem.

From TCW Defending Freedom, seeding clouds with acid sounds stupid, because it is.

From National Review, if the remaining Epstein files exonerate Trump, why not go ahead and release them?

From FrontpageMag, Iranian leaders have a "unique" take on the victory of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Townhall, congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal) is accused of mortgage fraud.

From The Washington Free Beacon, left-wing streamer Hasan Piker calls China a "normal country" while appearing on a Chinese Communist Party propaganda outlet.

From the Washington Examiner, left-wing activists demand that Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) step down as the Democrat party leader in the Senate.

From The Federalist, Detroit Lions player Amon-Ra St. Brown apologizes if his "Trump dance" celebrating a touchdown "offended anyone".

From American Thinker, Democrats keep reaching into the big pile of Epstein files [bleep] but can't find what they're looking for.

And from the New York Post, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki claims that former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's book is "outdated".

Wednesday Wanderings

On a sunny but cool Wednesday, which is milder than yesterday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the U.S. military has a recruiting surge.

From FrontpageMag, according to a U.N. report, "Palestinians" in Gaza are fatter than Israelis.

From Townhall, look at what New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo (I) was caught doing on election night.

From The Washington Free Beacon, CAIR claims credit for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's (D) victory, and pledges to do more.

From the Washington Examiner, after a demand from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, California revokes about 17,000 illegally issued commercial drivers licenses.

From The Federalist, it's not possible to keep up with the fall of the U.K.

From American Thinker, a woman who can say "I beat Hitler".

From NewsBusters, ABC is still upset about the Democrats caving to end the recent federal government shutdown.

From TeleSUR, in their upcoming election, Hondurans will vote on whether to continue the "Refoundation" project.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how ironic that people who sow division talk about "unity".  (To a politician, "unity" really means that everyone agrees with his views and policies.)

From EuroNews, former Italian Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico is scrutinized for mooring his yacht at military facility near Naples that is normally off-limits to civilians.  (Former Speaker Fico should not be confused with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.)

From Free West Media, according to a survey, a majority of Europeans regard national sovereignty as important.

From ReMix, a majority of asylum seekers in Greece claiming to be minors aren't.

From Balkan Insight, the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo announces his resignation.

From The North Africa Post, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urges Algerian authorities to release Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal.

From The New Arab, a fire near a pine forest in Lebanon did not harm the forest, and was not caused by Israeli strikes.

From Jewish News Syndicate, French President Emmanuel Macron says that he can count on Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the U.N., nine out of ten households in Afghanistan are forced to skip meals, sell their belonging, or take on debt in order to survive.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, refugees from Syria attack a ceremony commemorating Kristallnacht in Lahr, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Gatestone Institute, Israel has some new important allies due to the Abraham Accords, and an old enemy.

From The Stream and the "you can't make this up" department, ProFa attacks a Turning Point USA event, which attack is led by a man whose first name is "Jihad".

From The Daily Signal, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem promises a "surge" of resources into Chicago after Illinois Governor J.D. Pritzker (D) calls an immigration official a "snowflake".

From The American Conservative, President Trump should welcome Saudi Arabia's pragmatism, but should not offer any security guarantees.

From The Western Journal, actor Timothée Chalamet triggers a woke mob by stating an unpleasant truth about being childless.

From BizPac Review, recent footage of former President Biden is quite unpleasant.

From the New York Post, all 14 victims of the UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky have been identified.

From Breitbart and the "where are the feminists?" department, Taliban authorities order female patients and nurses to wear burkas if they want to access health care in Herat, Afghanistan.

From Newsmax, Trump endorses Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) as he seeks his unprecedented fourth term.

And from Cracked, actor/comedian Adam Sandler's bit against wearing suits is getting old.