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White House press secretary Jen Psaki claims that former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's book is "outdated".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.

Stories For Veterans Day

As the sunny but cold weather continues on a Tuesday falling on Veterans Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why angry left-wingers probably can't do much about Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

From FrontpageMag, former U.K. politician Trevor Phillips, who is black, discusses grooming gangs targeting "white" girls.

From Townhall, a former Virginia Democrat lawmaker who went viral for interrupting a speech by President Trump is convicted of defrauding a coronavirus relief loan program.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Iran smuggles advanced weapons to terrorist proxies in the West Bank.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Vance joins President Trump at Arlington National Cemetery in a ceremony honoring fallen military personnel.

From The Federalist, what the media aren't saying about the "gay marriage" case that the Supreme Court declined to review.

From American Thinker, scream clubs are bad for the environment, for the leftists who participate in them, and for ICE agents.

From NewsBusters, ABC co-host Sunny Hostin yells at Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) for the government shutdown coming to an end.

From Canada Free Press, communism and socialism, with their drab grey buildings and ugly cars, are popular in the U.S.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela sends 5,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba, struck by Hurricane Melissa.

From TCW Defending Freedom, monkeypox, a.k.a. Mpox, is a dud.  (I still say that the "k" in "monkeypox" is silent.)

From Snouts in the Trough, here's to hoping that U.S. President Trump sues the BBC into oblivion.

From EuroNews, a Russian court extends the jail time of a 18-year-old singer being punished for performing antiwar songs.

From ReMix, U.K. parliamentcritter Rupert Lowe enrages left-wingers by calling for a "hostile and unwelcoming environment" for illegal aliens.

From Balkan Insight, the Basic Court in Pristina, Kosovo convicts a former Serbian police officer for war crimes during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco seeks a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.

From The New Arab, the Houthi rebels in Yemen announce a halt to their attacks on shipping in response to the ceasefire in Gaza.

From BBC News, a suicide attack outside a court building in Islamabad, Pakistan kills 12 people and injures at least 27 others.

From Gatestone Institute, Israel and India strengthen their ties, both being under threat.

From The Stream, Trump pardons more victims of the deep state, and other items.

From The Daily Signal, what happens, now that Trump has shined a light on the persecution of Nigerian Christians?

From The American Conservative, Trump needs to look beyond the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.

From The Western Journal, a 15-year-old girl is arrested in Port St. Lucie, Florida for allegedly vandalizing a police car with a shovel.

From BizPac Review, Trump taunts "Chuckie".

From the Daily Caller, a judge in Utah rules against a Republican redistricting plan for the state.

From the New York Post, ProFa thugs storm a sold-out Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley, clashing with both attendees and police.  (Yours truly visited this campus without incident back in 1990 on a trip to California.  The story comes via The Western Journal.)

From Breitbart, the aforementioned Senator Fetterman admits that certain tax credits related to the Affordable Care Act were not taken away by Republicans, but were intended by Democrats to expire this year.  (As most of us know, the word "Affordable" should be understood only in the Orwellian sense.)

From Newsmax, Trump declares that Veterans Day will also be called Victory Day.  (Due to my Polish heritage, I would be happy if he would also recognizes Polish Independence Day.)

And from SFGate, as former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) retires from Congress, about 127,000 people have invested over $531 million in a stock tracker named after her.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, President Trump preemptively pardons his former counsel Rudy Giuliani and others involved allegedly in contesting the 2020 election.

From FrontpageMag, traffic deaths caused by illegal aliens.

From Townhall, now that the government shutdown is over, the (figurative) knives are coming out for Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), with congresscritter Ro Khanna (D-Cal) leading the charge.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Franklin County, Ohio funds a medical education program that's open only to black people.

From the Washington Examiner, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) slams the aforementioned Senator Schumer for the deal to end the shutdown.

From The Federalist, the Democrat victories in Virginia endanger the lives of girls, both pre-born and of school age.

From American Thinker, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) did not topple power, but will expose it.

From NewsBusters, the AP gets "nuanced" in admitting that the Venezuelan drug boats destroyed by the U.S. Navy were indeed carrying drugs.

From Canada Free Press, where does New York City go from here?

From TeleSUR, speaking at COP30, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva calls for the defeat of "climate deniers".

From TCW Defending Freedom, parliamentcritter Alice Macdonald's real live adventures in Westminster Wonderland.

From Snouts in the Trough, a World War II veteran says "it wasn't worth it".

From EuroNews, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is released from prison pending an appeal of his case.

From ReMix, a migrant from the Caribbean allegedly stabs two people in Paris and then tells police that he is "the Joker".  (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From Balkan Insight, the western Balkan countries are reportedly still a key corridor for migrant smuggling and human trafficking.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco unveils a bill that would outline the rules for cryptocurrencies.

From The New Arab, early voting in Iraq's elections has a high turnout, but there are reports of irregularities and alleged foreign interference.

From IranWire, an Iranian software engineer is sentenced to 10 years in prison for posting selfies on Instagram and seeking justice for a friend who was killed during protests in 2022.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From NDTV, nine people are killed and 20 others injured in a car bomb explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi, India.

From the Daily Mail, al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Mali kidnap and execute a female TikTok user in front of her family.

From The Express Tribune, security forces at Pakistan's Cadet College Wana send two terrorists to their virgins.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Palestinian propaganda shields mass murder by terrorists in Sudan and Nigeria.  (The previous five stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian regime is still seeking to revive the "axis of resistance" against Israel.

From The Stream, more on the deal to end the government shutdown, and other items.

From The Daily Signal, Hamas returns the remains of an Israeli soldier, whom they killed 11 years ago.

From The American Conservative, Secretary of State Marco Rubio could be president, "if he wants it".

From The Western Journal, Democrats are furious at the twice-aforementioned Senator Schumer after the deal to end the shutdown and call for him to be replaced as minority leader.

From BizPac Review, the war between right-wing commentators Tucker Carlson and Mark Levin intensifies after their private text messages to each other go public.

From the Daily Caller, Whiteman Air Force Base, from which B-2 bombers flew to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, shares a fence with a trailer park linked to a fraudster with ties to Chinese Communist Party intelligence.

From the New York Post, for this Thanksgiving, butcher your own turkey.

From Breitbart, a Saudi migrant goes on trial for a car ramming attack in Magdeburg, Germany that left six people dead.

From Newsmax, with the government reopened, Speaker Johnson will swear in congresscritter-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ).

And from The Babylon Bee, the reason why Democrats agreed to end the shutdown is revealed.

Sunday Stuff

On a mild and sunny Sunday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, the U.K. freed a man who committed murder, and he later raped a woman and was imprisoned again, and after being released again, allegedly killed another woman.

From Townhall, a Mexican citizen is sentenced for trafficking a young woman into Texas and forcing her into sex work.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a translation of an ancient book about the Peloponnesian War.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, air travel delays and cancellations will continue after the federal government reopens.

From American Thinker, is former Mr. Bill henchman James Carville losing it?

From NewsBusters, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent "cooks" ABC host (and another former Mr. Bill henchman) George Stephanopoulos about government shutdowns.

From TCW Defending Freedom, on Remembrance Sunday, the U.K. remembers its fallen, while foreign criminals eat up taxpayer money.

From The Times Of Israel, according to U.S. Treasury official John Hurley, Iran has given $1 billion to Hezbollah this year, despite sanctions.

From Gatestone Institute, Gaza could receive billions of dollars for reconstruction, but will it prevent another jihad?

From The Stream, a video about Muslims leaving Islam.

From The American Conservative, the MAGA movement is split regarding the recently departed former Vice President Dick Cheney.

And from CNN, two top leaders at BBC resign over a scandal arising from a misleading edit of a speech by U.S. President Trump.

Saturday Links

On a sunny and mild Saturday, after a walk through a forest like Sasquatches are supposed to do, here are some things going on:

From National Review, dealing with the Venezuelan government and the drug cartels that it enables.

From Townhall, a man who lived under communism has a warning for New York City.

From the Washington Examiner, air traffic controllers warm that the FAA's plan to cut the number of flights won't ease the strain brought on by the shutdown or prevent risk.

From American Thinker, the truth about gun-related child deaths.

From NewsBusters, ABC rolls out former President Biden to claim that President Trump is "deliberately making hunger worse".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the myth of Mary Seacole triumphs over fact.

From Snouts in the Trough, is Birmingham, England still part of the U.K.?

From ABC News, where "A" stands for "Australian", Indonesian police investigate whether a suspect in an explosion at a mosque in North Jakarta was radicalized.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli urges Jews in New York City to move to Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian fundamentalist regime should not be allowed to rise again.

From The Stream, 10 ways by which the Christian worldview led to modern science.

From The Daily Signal, don't call New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) a "commie" or a "jihadi".

From Fox News, the student government at Fort Lewis College in Colorado reverses its decision to block the formation of a Turning Point USA chapter.  (via the New York Post)

From Newsmax, congresscritter Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) promises to oppose the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani's policies.

And from National Security Journal, do U.S. Marines actually eat.......crayons?

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal), who recently announced her retirement from Congress, was bad, but what lies ahead could be even worse.

From FrontpageMag, campus police at UCLA enforce a "Jew Exclusion Zone".

From Townhall, Kazakhstan become the latest Muslim-majority country to join the Abraham Accords.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate and former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) commuted the death sentences of 15 convicted murderers, but now runs as "tough-on-crime".

From the Washington Examiner, New York City Mayor-elected Zohran Mamdani (D) asks for money, and his transition team gets a lot of it.

From The Federalist, Democrats electing violent extremists is not the fault President Trump.

From American Thinker, Democrats keep lying about ICE.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC commentator Chris Hayes praises the Democrats for shutting down the federal government.  (This Chris Hayes should not be confused with the former lead guitarist for Huey Lewis and the News.)

From Canada Free Press, it's a real life Escape from New York.

From TeleSUR, Mexican Environment Secretary Alicia Barcena slams the "global paralysis" in the face of global warming at the COP30 conference.  (The real "paralysis", in my not-so-humble opinion, is the unwillingness to give China its share of the blame for such global warming.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, as cash is spent on housing for asylum seekers in the U.K., military homes deteriorate.

From Snouts in the Trough, do two books predict the U.K.'s future?

From EuroNews, a van carrying nine illegal migrants crashes after a police chase near Burgas, Bulgaria, killing six of the migrants.  (As I might have stated before, one of the non-racist reasons for opposing illegal immigration is the danger to the illegal migrants themselves.)

From Free West Media, the E.U.'s position on Gaza risks becoming irrelevant.

From ReMix, more than 44 percent of first-graders in Vienna, Austria do not have sufficient German language skill to follow their lessons.

From Balkan Insight, Albania's new gender-equality law draws a diversity of reactions.

From The North Africa Post, Libya welcomes the release of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the late strongman Muammar Gaddafi, from Lebanon.

From The New Arab, according to the Syrian Foreign Ministry, rumors reported in Reuters of a U.S. military base in Syria are greatly exaggerated.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to The New York Times, Iran has arrested a Jew with dual U.S.-Iranian citizenship for visiting Israel 13 years ago.

From The Times Of Israel, Pro-HamasPalestinian protesters launch flares at a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris.  (Firing flares at a concert can be very counterproductive.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, the U.K. is losing its cultural identity by embracing multiculturalism.

From Gatestone Institute, is Europe's race to Net-Zero bringing it to self-destruction?

From The Stream, according to a new poll, a growing number of Americans believe that political violence is justified.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) enters the New York gubernatorial race.

From The American Conservative, despite gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli's (R) loss, New Jersey could still become a swing state.

From The Western Journal, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino announces the arrests of three Chinese scholars for allegedly attempting to smuggle biological material into the U.S.

From BizPac Review, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) makes an offer to disaffected New York City police officers.

From the Daily Caller, how the aforementioned Nancy Pelosi got rich while in Congress.

From the New York Post, leaders in Nassau County, New York launch a marketing campaign to reel in New York City residents fearful of the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani's incoming regime.

From Breitbart, thousands of school governors in the U.K. are told dismiss allegations about grooming gangs as "disinformation".

From Newsmax, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules against the pronoun policy at Ohio's Olentangy Local School District.

And from Fox News, a shark bites a surfer in Hanalei Bay off the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i.  (via the New York Post)

A Few Things For Thursday

On a cool and cloudy Thursday, how that I'm back from running around, here are a few things going on:

From The Federalist, left-wing radicals in office are more dangerous than right-wing radicals guesting on podcasts.

From American Thinker, how Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) won in New York City.

From NewsBusters, the Democrats enjoy some schadenfreude from the government shutdown.

From TCW Defending Freedom, don't cry for Argentine President Javier Milei, since he's having some success.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's hotels for illegal migrants produce a double whammy.

From Breitbart, according to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Germany will resume deporting illegal migrants from Syria back to Syria.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, three teenagers are charged with glorifying terrorism after they allegedly filmed themselves yelling "Allah Akbar" in the Bordeaux, France cathedral.  (If you read French, read the story at France3.)

From The Times Of Israel, LGBTQ people in Turkey warn of a bill that would police biological sex and morality.

From the Daily Mail, masked Muslim protesters post signs saying "Zionists not welcome" around Birmingham, England ahead of a soccer match involving the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv.

From Arutz Sheva, the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani is not just a radical socialist but also an antisemitic Islamist.

From Gatestone Institute, why "peacekeepers" and "monitors" are not needed in Gaza.

From The Stream, "I, pencil" is updated to "I, smartphone".

From The American Conservative, the recently departed former Vice President Dick Cheney was "the failure artist".

And from SFGate, the self-proclaimed Bixby Knolls "National Park" in Long Beach, California includes just 0.05 acre of land and a trail that takes about 12 seconds to hike.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, the Republicans have a good reason to worry.

From FrontpageMag, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) wipes the floor with antisemitic commentator Nick Fuentes and right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson.

From Townhall, the government shutdown narrative from congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) finds opposition in - believe it or not - CNN.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) receives an ethics complaint for allegedly failing to disclose her stock holdings.

From the Washington Examiner, after candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) wins New York City's mayoral election, the city's fire commissioner, who is Jewish, resigns.

From The Federalist, mass migration helped Mamdani become New York City's next mayor.

From American Thinker, a post mortem on the elections in New York City, New Jersey and Virginia.

From NewsBusters, CNN should stop lecturing President Trump about inflation after "salivating" over the economy during then-President Biden's term.

From Canada Free Press, the lar gely expected "Blue Tuesday".

From TeleSUR, the Mexican government plans to launch a campaign against sexual harassment.  (If it's anything like we gringos have had here in the U.S., when a left-winger sees a right-winger doing something wrong, the right-winger will have committed "sexual harassment", but then a right-winger sees a left-winger doing something wrong, the right-winger will be guilty of "sexual McCarthyism".)

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. activist Tommy Robinson is acquitted, but the case against him was never fair.  (The TCWDF writer attended his trial.)

From Snouts in the Trough, now that New York City has committed suicide, will it ever learn?

From EuroNews, Switzerland's top court upholds the conviction of four protesters who held a banner that said "Kill Erdoğan" at a protest in 2017 in the capital city of Bern.  (The banner referred to Turkish President Erdoğan.)

From ReMix, according to data for the year 2024, foreigners commit 43 percent of sexual crimes in Italy and 60 percent of robberies and theft.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian parliamentcritters vote to establish a commission to investigate the alleged influence of left-wing billionaire George Soros and his son Alexander.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco opens an African Police Cooperation Center to coordinate policing during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament.

From The New Arab, a campaign launched in Egypt demanding the return of ancient Egyptian artifacts from museums in Europe already garners 300,000 signatures.

From The Jerusalem Post, speaking in Berlin, Germany, Jordanian Queen Rania compares the Israeli treatment of Gazans to Nazi Germany's treatment of Jews.

From Israel Hayom, Muslims in New York City celebrate the twice-aforementioned Mamdani's win.

From the Daily Mail, an Allahu Akbar breaks out on the French island of Oléron.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, the thrice-aforementioned Mamdani "is the future of an Islamized West".

From Gatestone Institute, how Sudanese General Abdel al-Burhan's alliance with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood threatens security in Israel and the U.S.

From The Stream, yes, there are things you can do.

From The Daily Signal, new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gives the U.S. a chance to strengthen its alliance against China.

From The American Conservative, "a grand bargain for the Middle East".

From The Western Journal, Vice President Vance warns against overreacting to yesterday's elections, but suggests that three things need to change.

From BizPac Review, the climate cult goes after your pets and their pawprints.

From the Daily Caller, Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey (D) wins reelection, staving off a challenged by socialist candidate Omar Fateh, currently a state Senator.

From the New York Post, Guinness World Records recognizes a Miami couple as the world's "oldest married couple".

From Breitbart, the Supreme Court hears arguments about Trump's imposition of tariffs.

From Newsmax, actress and jeans spokeswoman Sydney Sweeney says that it was "surreal" to both Trump and Vance chime in on her ad campaign for American Eagle.

And from the Genesius Times, after the election of New York City's first communist Muslim mayor, the Statue of Liberty gets a new outfit.

Tuesday Tidings

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

From National Review, a tribute to the recently departed former Vice President Dick Cheney.

From FrontpageMag, are the Democrats really as stupid as they appear?

From Townhall, did Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones (D) just try to kick a dog?

From The Washington Free Beacon, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) dodges questions about his relationship with U.K. parliamentcritter Jeremy Corbyn.

From the Washington Examiner, my governor launches a redistricting committee even though his fellow Democrats appear to have little support for it.  (Seven of Maryland's eight congressional seats are held by Democrats.)

From The Federalist, the Maryland school district that lost a sex education case at the Supreme Court keeps pushing trans ideology onto kids as young as 12.

From American Thinker, a policeman in the U.K. tells a woman walking her dog to keep it away from nearly protesting Muslims.

From NewsBusters, CBS host Stephen Colbert claims that President Trump wants kids to go hungry in order to pressure Democrats.

From TeleSUR, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces a plan for peace and justice in the state of Michoacán.

From TCW Defending Freedom, new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is at last another Iron Lady.

From Snouts in the Trough, stabbings on U.K. trains "prove" the need for digital IDs.

From EuroNews, why French companies still operate in Russia.

From ReMix, the Visegrád4 alliance looks stronger than ever.  (Although Visegrád is in Hungary, a country whose language is not Slavic, the city's name has Slavic origins and means something like "upper fortress".)

From Balkan Insight, Croatian leaders condemn a violent disruption by "far-right" operatives at a folk performance in the city of Split.

From The New Arab, an explosion at the headquarters of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces in the capital city of Baghdad kills one person.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Iran reportedly increases its weapons shipments to Shi'ite militias in Iraq.

From Gatestone Institute, how European political leaders are fast-tracking Islamization.

From The Stream, a judge appointed by then-President Obama may have violated federal law by helping the Department of Justice to secretly secure the cell phone data of Republican Senators.

From The Daily Signal, dishonorable conduct by "judges who threw out the statute with the bathwater".

From The American Conservative, why Israel is not a U.S. "protectorate", as some right-wingers allege.

From The Western Journal, bomb threats disrupt voting in New Jersey.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) leads a rally for Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh (D), which is attended by only about 50 people.

From the Daily Caller, California is projected to spend 28 times as much money for health care for illegal aliens than for its state police.  (How many countries in the world will cover my health care expenses after I enter one in a way which violates its laws?)

From Breitbart, voting machines reportedly go down in three Republican-leaning districts in Cumberland County, New Jersey.

From Newsmax, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) threatens to impose a 100 percent tariff on New Yorkers seeking to escape to Texas if the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor.  (How such a tariff would be imposed or what its value would be based on have not been stated.)

And from the New York Post, this new power tool kit "is not a drill".

Dick Cheney 1941-2025

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who also served in Congress and as Secretary of Defense, has died at age 84 from complications from cardiovascular disease and pneumonia.  During his lifetime, he had five heart attacks and underwent a heart transplant.

Richard Bruce Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Richard Herbert Cheney and the former Marjorie Lorraine Dickey.  The family moved to Casper, Wyoming, where he graduated from Natrona County High School.  After attending and dropping out from Yale, Cheney earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from the University of Wyoming, both in political science.  He started, but did not finish, a doctoral program in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  In 1964, he married his high school sweetheart Lynne Vincent.  He was arrested twice for DWI during the early 1960s and received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War.

Cheney's political career started in 1969 when he was an intern for Representative William Steiger (R-Wis).  He held several positions in the Nixon and Ford administrations, the last being White House Chief of Staff under President Gerald Ford.  He was the manager of Ford's presidential campaign in 1976.  In 1978, Cheney was elected to Wyoming's at-large seat in the House of Representatives and served from 1979 to 1989.  He then served as Secretary of Defense under President George H.W. Bush during his single term.

During and after his last term in Congress, Cheney was on the board of the Council on Foreign Relations.  He joined the American Enterprise Institute in 1993.  From 1995 to 2000, he was the chairman of the board and CEO of the oil service company Halliburton.  He resigned from Halliburton when Texas Governor and presidential candidate George W. Bush chose him as his vice presidential running mate.  After a close and controversial election, Cheney served as vice president from January 20th, 2001 to January 20th, 2009.  Unlike most outgoing vice presidents, he decided against running for president.

After leaving office, Cheney supported former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and later endorsed candidate Donald Trump.  He sometimes criticized the Obama administration, but praised their operation in Pakistan that killed terrorist Osama bin Laden.  In 2016, his daughter Liz Cheney was elected to his former seat in Congress.

In 2006, then-Vice President Cheney accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington while hunting quail at a ranch in Kenedy County, Texas.  The incident hurt Cheney in the polls and became the subject of some jokes and satire.  Speaking of jokes, yours truly has made mention of the Dick Cheney earthquake machine, along with the George Bush weather machine.

Cheney is survived by his wife Lynne, their daughters Elizabeth and Mary, and their seven grandchildren.

Read more at CNN, AP News, Fox News, Politico and The Hill.

Monday Mania

On a mild and sunny Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why the media panicking over gains made by billionaires is nonsense.

From FrontpageMag, the judge who was appointed by then-President Obama and later ordered the secret bugging of Republican Senators should be impeached.

From Townhall, the rise of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) is not grassroots, but was bankrolled by CAIR.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Maine senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D) calls for billionaires to become "extinct", but comes from a well-off background.

From the Washington Examiner, a leading Virginia Democrat politician gave money to a church, which is now supporting gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and attorney general candidate Jay Jones (D-VA).  (What's this about keeping religion out of politics?)

From The Federalist, illegal aliens use SNAP to get taxpayer-subsidized food.

From American Thinker, police in Mobile County, Alabama get confused about a porch pirate.

From NewsBusters, ABC and NBC downplay the Islamic persecution of Nigerian Christians.

From Canada Free Press, the red-green alliance puts Christianity at risk.

From TeleSUR, Colombia sends 240 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba, which was recently struck by Hurricane Melissa.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC reportedly distorted a speech by U.S. President Trump on January 6th, 2021.  (The article links to a story in The Telegraph, to which you'll have to give your email address in order to read it.)

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. drifting toward civil war?  (SitT was offline for a few days, so I thought that it had indeed come to an end, as stated in a brief post on October 28th.  However, self-promulgated rumors of its death appear to have been greatly exaggerated.)

From EuroNews, Ukraine gets more U.S.-made patriot air defense systems from Germany to defend against Russian attacks.

From Free West Media, more on German influencer Naomi Seibt applying for asylum in the U.S.  (This development was reported by Breitbart and linked here on October 31st.)

From ReMix, mining in Poland may be the solution to the E.U.'s shortage of rare earth metals.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, a clash between government supporters and protesters in front of the parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia leads to 37 arrests.

From The North Africa Post, the Tunisian Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy clarifies the reasons for an 8 percent decline in production from the Al Borma oil field.

From The New Arab, the Israeli army decides to replace Chinese-made Chery Tiggo 8 cars used by its officers with Japanese-made Mitsubishi Outlanders over fears of data leaks.

From Jewish News Syndicate, a memorial in Milan, Italy to the slain Israeli hostages of the Bibas family is defaced for the second time.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Syrian man in Germany is arrested for allegedly planning a "jihadi" attack.

From The Times Of Israel, as the world rises up for Gaza, a Sudanese refugee in Israel points out how a larger catastrophe in Sudan is being ignored.

From Gatestone Institute, how Hamas is exploiting Trump's peace plan to stay in control of Gaza.

From The Stream, against the aforementioned Abigail Spanberger.

From The Daily Signal, the Trump administration finds a way to keep SNAP going.

From The American Conservative, the Arctic Frost revelations show that "the federal government is still spying on you".

From The Western Journal, the aforementioned Graham Platner claims that revelations of his Nazi tattoo have strengthened his campaign.

From BizPac Review, a black Christian pastor accuses Obama of hypocrisy.

From the Daily Caller, a lawyer is arrested after allegedly brandishing what appeared to be a grenade at pro-life protesters outside a church in Conway, South Carolina.

From the New York Post, video shows the alleged U.K. mass train stabber storming into a barbershop with a knife a day earlier.

From Breitbart, the Chief Medical Officer for England argues that the U.K. should be hiring more domestically trained doctors.

From Newsmax, right-wing commentator and former police officer Brandon Tatum urges Christians to "stand by our Jewish brothers and sisters to the very end".  (Because of him, we can use the slogan "Let's go, Brandon" in a positive way.)

And from The Babylon Bee, the federal government again throws the U.S. into darkness at 4:30 p.m.

A Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

On a partly sunny and mild Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, Palestinians increasingly support Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, the next Climate Change Conference will be held in Belém, Brazil.  (How many private jets can be parked at Belém's airport?)

From The Stream, biblical stewardship is long-term.

From The Daily Signal, after decades of church attendance being mostly female-oriented, men are coming back.

From The American Conservative, did Ukraine quietly attack oil refineries in two neighboring countries?

From the Daily Caller, according to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, SNAP will be reformed after thousands of illegal aliens are removed from it.

From the New York Post, Mr. Bill shows up at the finish line of the New York City Marathon for his daughter Chelsea, but has a mysterious bandage on his nose.  (I was today years old when I learned that former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton is a marathon runner.)

From Breitbart, former Mr. Bill henchman James Carville tells former First Son Hunter Biden to "shut the [bleep] up".

From Newsmax, according to U.S. President Trump, Chinese President Xi has assured him that he won't take action against Taiwan during Trump's term.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the reason for the carbon dioxide hysteria is that's where the money is.

From FrontpageMag, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) promises to defend former President Biden "to my grave".

And from American Thinker, left-wing lunacy over the White House ballroom cannot be overemphasized.

Saturday Stuff For The Start Of November

On a cool and sunny Saturday on the first day of November, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, at a rally with New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D), New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has a "let's go, Brandon" moment.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.

From the Washington Examiner, four Democratic congresscritters want the U.K.'s former Prince Andrew to testify about his connections with the late Jeffrey Epstein.  (Yes, he has been stripped of the title "Prince".)

From American Thinker, President Trump has done something that then-President Reagan failed to do.

From NewsBusters, CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour calls a henchman of leftist billionaire George Soros a "close confidant" of the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s Lord Michael Heseltine is wrong and out of touch to call Reform party leader Nigel Farage a fascist.

From The Times Of Israel, the U.N. demands an investigation of what's going on in Sudan.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government openly marches toward having a nuclear weapon.

From The Stream, a video about pro-life firebrand Bevelyn Beatty.

From The Daily Signal, foreign journalists ask former Vice President Harris questions that American journalists won't.

From The American Conservative, hopefully, American beef is still what's for dinner.

From The Western Journal, Pennsylvania state Senator Doug Mastriano (R) introduces a resolution to condemn the worldwide persecution of Christians.

And from SFGate, Costco keeps selling its hot dog combo for the same price that it did 40 years ago.

Friday Phenomena For Halloween

On a cool and sunny Friday falling on the last day of October, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Virginians know exactly who attorney general candidate Jay Jones (D) is.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump casually explodes one of the left's favorite talking points against him.

From Townhall, the anti-genocide crowd appears to go Sergeant Schultz when it comes to events in Sudan.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a former Qatari ambassador to the U.S. praises Hamas leaders and vilifies Israel.

From the Washington Examiner, the family of the late Virginia Giuffre celebrates the stripping of titles from the U.K.'s Prince Andrew.

From The Federalist, federal agents rescue trafficked children in Los Angeles while Democrats grumble.

From American Thinker, the Democrats of today are just as dangerous as the Copperhead Democrats of 1861.  (The Copperheads were a faction of Democrats in the Union who opposed the Civil War and wanted a peace deal with the Confederacy.)

From NewsBusters, more Democrats call upon their party to end the federal government shutdown.

From Canada Free Press, the West's "battered woman syndrome".

From TeleSUR, the Dominican Republic plans to repatriate its citizens affected by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.

From TCW Defending Freedom, two-tiered public safety protects illegal aliens and terrorizes law-abiding U.K. citizens.

From EuroNews, according to Ukrainian President Zelensky, Russia has deployed 170,000 troops to push into the Ukrainian region of Donetsk.

From ReMix, the Polish roofing company Blachotrapez lays off workers as Polish undergoes higher inflation.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbian police arrest an opposition councillor in the city of Novi Sad.

From The North Africa Post, at the U.N., Algeria shows that it is not neutral with respect to the status of the region of Western Sahara.

From The New Arab, according to the WHO, the militia attack on a hospital in El-Fasher, Sudan came in waves.

From The Times Of Israel, the Houthis in Yemen plan to put 43 U.N. workers on trial for allegedly helping Israel conduct an air strike that killed some of their leaders last August.

From Gatestone Institute, Islamists in Bangladesh try to erase the country's Hindu heritage.

From The Stream, some members of Trump's team move to military locations due to threats to their safety.

From The Daily Signal, according to the Virginia Department of Energy, gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D) supports a climate project that increased the state's carbon dioxide emissions.

From The American Conservative, the axis of rape and pillage in the Middle East.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) slams Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for not endorsing New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From BizPac Review, firefighters in California were reportedly told to ignore a smoldering blaze that later became the Palisades fire.

From the New York Post, in southern Spain, a moment of "I tawt I taw a putty tat".

From Breitbart, right-wing German influencer Naomi Seibt applies for asylum in the U.S.

From Newsmax, the FBI arrests people in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack.

And from the Daily Caller, Trump appears to troll the left by remodeling a part of the White House where relief may be found.

A Few Thursday Tidbits

On a cool, cloudy, and sometimes rainy Thursday, here are a few things going on:

From Arutz Sheva, a Palestinian terrorist released in the Gaza ceasefire agreement is re-arrested in Bethlehem, West Bank for allegedly planning an attack at the tomb of the biblical matriarch Rachel.

From Gatestone Institute, according to a poll, Palestinians still favor Hamas and an "armed struggle" against Israel.

From The Stream, rare is anyone who becomes a better person for having possessed power.

From The Daily Signal, will the current federal government shutdown end with a long-term funding deal?

From The American Conservative, some places which the Chief Twit should buy.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Europe has a choice between returning to Christianity or enduring Islam.

From The Federalist, a new report tracks $200 million spent on health care for illegal aliens.

From American Thinker, how many illegal aliens are yours truly's neighbors?

From BizPac Review, Australian reporter Sarah Ferguson dares to force former Vice President Harris to answer her question instead of pivoting, which Harris does not appreciate.  (This reporter should not be confused with the former wife of the U.K.'s Prince Andrew.)

From the Daily Caller, noted anti-Trumper Bill Kristol reveals that he would vote for mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) if he lived in New York City.

From Breitbart, the fashion magazine Glamour UK fills its "Women of the Year" cover with women who aren't.

And from the New York Post, hurricane hunters take their aircraft, nicknamed "Kermit", into the eye of Melissa.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, the maddening mayhem of monkeys in Mississippi.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's attacks on drug smuggling boats is not without historical precedents.

From Townhall, former President Obama calls for government-regulated media.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a dangerous drug could replace fentanyl, and likewise comes from China.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice puts two prosecutors on leave after they filed a brief connecting Trump to a doxxing of Obama's house.

From The Federalist, eight ways in which then-President Biden's handlers tried to hide his mental decline.

From American Thinker, Brazilian authorities kill more drug traffickers in one raid than Trump did in all his strikes (so far) on cartel drug boats.

From NewsBusters, according to a poll, trust in TV news and newspapers is down to about four percent.

From Canada Free Press, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra shines antiseptic sunlight on the shenanigans of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario provincial Premier Doug Ford.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the marriage of Islam and the radical left is heading for the rocks.

From Snouts in the Trough, is Russia waging "the most pointless war in history" in Ukraine?  (Wait a minute.  I thought that according a post made yesterday, SitT would be stopped, but now there's a post from today.  What's going on here?)

From EuroNews, two suspects "partially" admit participation in the jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris.

From Free West Media, for how much longer can Russian President Putin ignore reality?

From ReMix, authorities in Berlin plan to build "temporary" housing for refugees in an area previously reserved for a residential complex for local people.  (If you read German, read the story at Tagesspiegel.)

From Balkan Insight, the Albanian Volleyball Federation is slammed for suspending a player from Brazil over claims about her gender.

From The North Africa Post, at least 18 migrants die and 18 others remain missing after their boat capsizes in the Mediterranean sea near Zawiya, Libya.

From The New Arab, will foreign fighters affect the stability of Syria, now that President Bashar al-Assad's regime is gone?

From The Jerusalem Post, a mosque in Nottingham, England suspends an imam after he stated that he "had no issue with Israel" in an interview with activist Tommy Robinson.

From Gatestone Institute, the genocide of Christians in Nigeria is "spreading like a cancer".

From Radio Free Asia, due to uncertainty about funding, RFA is taking a pause.

From The Stream, "a better world" starts with "a better you".

From The Daily Signal, a report by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares exposes the failures of a prosecutor whose campaign was funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros.

From The American Conservative, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) is the "great white hope" for the Democrats.

From The Western Journal, hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated in eastern Cuba due to Hurricane Melissa.

From BizPac Review, Trump decides to discontinue his joke about seeking a third term.

From the Daily Caller, the Federal Reserve cuts its rates again, which could affect the affordability of housing.

From the New York Post, files released by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) show that then-Special Counsel Jack Smith targeted hundreds of Republican groups and individuals in a "fishing expedition".

From Breitbart, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung presents Trump with South Korea's highest honor, the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, the first given to a U.S. president.

From Newsmax, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) tells Trump that he will "fight" him if he ever comes after New York City.

And from the Genesius Times, a renowned financial influencer boldly predicts that in response to the aforementioned Federal Reserve rate cut, prices will either go up or down.