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.

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, the pain from the government shutdown is about to get real for the Democrats.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) falsely accuses Israel of "apartheid".

From Townhall, a "bombshell" report comes out about then-President Biden's use of the autopen.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the violent criminals who received reduced bail or walked free because of judges appointed by then-Governor and now senatorial candidate Roy Cooper (D-NC).

From the Washington Examiner, more on the aforementioned report on Biden's autopen.

From The Federalist, Christian leaders ignore the Muslim genocide against Christians in Nigeria.  (Tell me again how "black lives matter".)

From American Thinker, what happens if Obergefell is overturned?

From NewsBusters, ABC and CBS omit the government worker union's call to end the government shutdown.

From TeleSUR, Hurricane Melissa strikes Jamaica.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a brief roundup of violent crime committed (or allegedly committed) by migrants.

From Snouts in the Trough, the Islamic bomb attack in Manchester, England has nothing to do with Islam, and say goodbye to SitT.

From EuroNews, Ukrainian strikes on refineries reduce Russian oil refining capacity by 20 percent.

From ReMix, a migrant from the Congo in France fakes being a psychiatrist and is convicted for treating 521 patients and goes into hiding.

From Balkan Insight, the Bulgarian defense industry gets a major boost from a deal with the German company Rheinmetall.  (My spell checker has no problem with the name "Rheinmetall".)

From The North Africa Post, over 1,000 civilians flee from El-Fasher, Sudan due to clashes between the Syrian Army and the Rapid Support Forces.

From The New Arab, more on events in El-Fasher, Sudan, where the Rapid Support Forces have allegedly massacred 2,000 civilians.

From Jewish News Syndicate, an IDF website shows how Hamas civilian sites for its terror operations in Gaza.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an "Allahu Akbar" breaks out on a bus in Saint-Malo, France.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Télégramme.)

From Gatestone Institute, the make believe idea of "global justice".

From The Stream, ten ways in which "democratic socialism" differs from the gospel.

From The Daily Signal, a visitor observes free speech in the U.K.

From The American Conservative, Ukrainian President Zelensky's top man Andriy Yermak is a big problem.  (My spellchecker has no problem with "Andriy", but objects to "Yermak".)

From The Western Journal, the allegedly stupid President Bush the Younger scored 25 percent better on the SAT than California Governor Gavin Newsom (D).  (I will thus give this story the "stupid people" label, but not because of Bush.)

From BizPac Review, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gives President Trump a special gift during his visit to Japan.  (My spellchecker objects to both her first and last names.)

From the Daily Caller, meet the leftists in Portland, Oregon who keep getting arrested and released.

From the New York Post, Democratic Senators vote for the 13th time to keep the government closed, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) proposes an "easy fix".

From Breitbart, according to French politician Éric Zemmour, immigration is "stealing our civilization".

From 9News, Sydney, Australia outlaws natural gas for new buildings starting in 2027.  (via Breitbart)

From Newsmax, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu orders "powerful strikes" in Gaza in response to alleged ceasefire violations by Hamas.

And from SFGate, why California wildlife officials just killed four endangered gray wolves.

Monday Stories

As the mild and sunny weather continues on a Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the American Association of University Professors comes out against viewpoint diversity.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's "White House Timeline" hits back on critics of his reconstruction of the East Wing.

From Townhall, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg supports New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) despite his anti-gay connections.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a look at congresscritter Jasmine Crockett's (D) stock portfolio and her ties to the cannabis business.

From the Washington Examiner, the American Federation of Government Employees calls on Democrats to pass the pending continuing resolution and reopen the federal government.

From The Federalist, leftists would rather have a White House lawn full of rubble than see a victory for Trump.

From American Thinker, lies from Democrats protect today's slavery.

From NewsBusters, CNBC co-host Becky Quick wrecks congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries's (D-NY) hypocrisy over the current shutdown.

From Canada Free Press, the scam of the "No Kings" protests.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the rise of smaller parties in the U.K. spells doom for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Snouts in the Trough, Labour has become the U.K.'s "Migrants R Us" party.

From EuroNews, 10 people go on trial for allegedly harassing French First Lady Brigitte Macron online.

From Free West Media, a study on the British climate group Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit.

From ReMix, Catalan police investigate an attempted kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl in Tortelló, Spain, allegedly by four North African men.

From Balkan Insight, Prime Minister Albin Kurti fails to form a government, which leaves Kosovo in limbo.

From The North Africa Post, Libya official signs the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime.

From The New Arab, what would a proposed International Stabilization Force in Gaza look like?

From The Jerusalem Post, Yemeni actress and model Intisar al-Hammadi is released from Houthi-run prison in Sana'a, Yemen after serving almost five years.

From Gatestone Institute, an alleged "technocratic government" for the Palestinians is "the mother of all deceptions".

From The Stream, Pope Leo XIV talks doublespeak about whether the Anglican Church has "real" priests.

From The Daily Signal, what we know about the upcoming meeting between Presidents Trump (U.S.) and Xi (China).

From The American Conservative, the second round of "No Kings" protests was just as empty as the first.

From The Western Journal, as California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) slams Trump's trip to China, footage of his own trip there in 2023 reemerges.

From BizPac Review, HBO host Bill Maher calls out the violence by jihadists against Christians in Nigeria.

From the Daily Caller, the U.S. is having an ammunition shortage.

From the New York Post, Boomers and Gen Xers dominate early voting in New York City, which could be a bad sign for the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From Breitbart, the U.K. parliament finds that the country's government as "wasted" billions of pounds in mismanaging its migrant hotel scheme.

From Newsmax, Trump claims to have always liked the Chief Twit.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump invites Mario and Sonic to the White House to negotiate a peace deal.

Sunday Stuff

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

From National Review, a tenth attack on a drug boat raises the toll to 43 suspected drug traffickers.

From FrontpageMag, former Vice President Harris promises to not listen to polls when deciding about again running for president.

From Townhall, former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton lectures President Trump about the White House and trips over her own parents.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the U.S. Constitution.

From the Washington Examiner, left-wing Democrats create headaches for Senator Schumer's (D-NY) establishment recruits for the 2026 elections.

From American Thinker, the Totenkopf tattoo shows the left-wing link to the Nazis.

From NewsBusters, according to MSNBC co-host Eugene Daniels, the American Founders were right to build a relatively small White House.

From TCW Defending Freedom, energy, carbon dioxide emissions, and the U.K.'s land of make-believe.

From Jewish News Syndicate, left-wing Hamas-supporting politician Catherine Connolly is elected president of Ireland.

From Gatestone Institute, Bolivarian roses for Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado.

From The Stream, on the road to being holy.

From The Daily Signal, will the Democrats finally hold a real presidential primary in 2026?

From The American Conservative, an interview with Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott.

From The Western Journal, the Church of England splits after the appointment of a female Archbishop of Canterbury.

And from ZeroHedge, MSNBC platforms a writer for The Atlantic who claims that Trump wants to use the military to kill whoever he wants, including Americans.

Saturday Links

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

From National Review, Argentina and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have a long weekend.

From Townhall, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) thinks that "illegal alien" might be a term from science fiction.  (Even the rock group Genesis knows better than that.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, how President Trump's current trip to Asia might pack a punch.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump warns that congresscritter and gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) will "double your energy bills".

From American Thinker, how New York's Erie Canal shaped the U.S.

From NewsBusters, which possible successor to Trump will the most hostility from the media?

From TCW Defending Freedom, when smugglers were regarded as pariahs, not as VIPs.

From Snouts in the Trough, why are U.K. police so useless?

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Turkish man allegedly fires an air rifle at cars in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Gatestone Institute, the U.N. favors tyrants over the oppressed.

From The Stream, contrasts between the views of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) and teachings in the Bible.

From The Daily Signal, "water bug journalism" ignores the most important aspect of the "No Kings" protests.

From The American Conservative, why are there different standards for judging senatorial candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) tattoo and Trump's White House ballroom?

And from The Western Journal, the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani's speech about alleged "Islamophobia" brings to life a joke by the late Norm MacDonald.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, a "self-mythologizing home movie" about musician Bruce Springsteen.

From FrontpageMag, pronouncing - and mispronouncing - the name of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Townhall, two government employee unions side with illegal aliens and sue the Trump administration to block its safety rules for commercial driver's licenses.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an American Federation of Teachers guild sends out a statement to its members defending the slogan "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free".

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth sends an aircraft carrier group to support anti-cartel operations in the western hemisphere.

From The Federalist, those who would police fellow right-wingers rather than fight against left-wingers are part of the problem.

From American Thinker, a basic civics lesson for the "No Kings" protesters.

From NewsBusters, inflation eases during September, coming in below expectations.  (The companion site MRCTV is now only showing videos instead of mainly written articles.  Both sites are produced by the Media Research Center.)

From Canada Free Press, American sovereignty belongs to its people, not to any king.

From TeleSUR, Cuban medical authorities plan to address the increase in dengue and chikungunya cases.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the climate fearmongers would have us asking to pass the locusts.

From Snouts in the Trough, does U.K. parliamentcritter Jess Phillips have a plan to "broaden" the inquiry about grooming gangs?

From EuroNews, the Croatian parliament votes to reinstitute mandatory military service.

From ReMix, an Algerian migrant allegedly rapes a woman in Soest, Germany for hours after knocking out her boyfriend.  (If you read German, read the story at Soester-Anzeiger.)

From Balkan Insight, police at a station in Peje/Pec, Kosovo reportedly failed to process over 380 possible violations of law.  (In this case, the label "law enforcement" should include the phrase "or lack thereof".)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco carries out electoral reforms ahead of its 2026 legislative elections.

From The New Arab, Syrian security forces reach a truce with a French-led jihadist group in the province of Idlib.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Hamas uses underground prisons against its rivals in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, a 12-year-old Jewish boy in Vienna is attacked on his way home from school.

From UnHerd, a Pakistani Islamist party opens a chapter in Birmingham, England.

From Gatestone Institute, the war over racism and the ultimate taboo in the U.S.

From The Stream, the art of keeping alive the hope that extraterrestrials exist.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump moves to roll back a regulation enacted under then-President Biden that allows U.S. tax money to pay for unaccompanied illegal alien children to travel within the U.S. to get abortions.

From The American Conservative, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, U.S. President Trump is Ukraine's only hope for peace.

From The Western Journal, Coast Guard security personnel fire at a U-Haul truck that was being backed into their base in Alameda, California.

From BizPac Review, the Trump administration updates the White House "Major Events Timeline" to zing Trump's haters.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) finally endorses the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From the New York Post, a New York City sports bar celebrates being in business for 30 years, and the two brothers who own it tell how they've kept the beer flowing.

From Breitbart, migrants have committed almost 3 million crimes in Germany since then-Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the borders.

From Newsmax, according to acting Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Pierre Yared, the latest Consumer Price Index report shows that inflation has stabilized.

And from Slay, Democrats are still paying bills from Vice President Harris's presidential campaign.

Thursday Tidings

On a cool and mostly sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, it looks like we still have to explain what's wrong about communism.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) and New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) disagree on BDS.

From Townhall, the Minnesota Supreme Court rules that men can compete in women's sports.

From The Washington Free Beacon, White House officials are getting tired of the bickering between the Chief Twit and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

From the Washington Examiner, Democratic Senators hold federal worker pay hostage to their shutdown demands.

From The Federalist, American heritage is not a myth, but the source of our liberty and peace.

From American Thinker, the left's reductio ad Hitlerum toward ICE is grossly unfair to ICE.  (I would add that it's also grossly unfair to the real - and innocent - victims of Nazi Germany.)

From NewsBusters, moderator Whoopi Goldberg of The View eschews the word "manhunt" for "personhunt".

From Canada Free Press, Japan's issues with offshore bird choppers should be "a lesson to others".

From TeleSUR, Cuba's National Civil Defense Headquarters warns about Tropical Storm Melissa.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why are the U.K.'s media so unwilling to publish the details of crimes committed by immigrants?

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s useless National Health Service is still hiring on EDI principles.

From EuroNews, the Spanish and French governments send a letter to E.U. leaders supporting a ban on new gasoline and diesel cars that would start in 2035.

From ReMix, a migrant convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl in Skellefteå, Sweden will not be deported because the rape "did not last long enough".  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Fria Tider.)

From Balkan Insight, a new Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, Romania is seen as a potent and controversial symbol.

From The North Africa Post, the African Lion military drills cement Morocco's role in the U.S. security strategy for Africa.

From The New Arab, according to witnesses, drones have attacked in Khartoum, Sudan for three straight days.

From Jewish News Syndicate, IDF troops find a copy of Hitler's book Mein Kampf in the offices of a charity linked to Hamas in Hebron, West Bank.

From Culture Watch, when Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci called out Islam.

From Arutz Sheva, the West has a blind spot about the Muslim Brotherhood.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas does not want to disarm.

From The Stream, parents in Hales Corners, Wisconsin shake up their government over obscene books in a children's library.

From The Daily Signal, the State Department slams Democrats for "delegitimizing" President Trump's efforts to protect white South Africans.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about the modern history of Saudi Arabia.

From The Western Journal, according to a poll, congresscritter Jared Golden (D-ME) faces an uphill battle in seeking his fifth term.

From BizPac Review, an illegal alien recently arrested for allegedly ramming an ICE vehicle with his car was previously given an award by the Los Angeles City Council for "exposing" ICE.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, about 40 percent of Americans aged from 18 to 29 believe that violence against "the rich" is sometimes justified.

From the New York Post, the Stone House in Montauk, New York, once eyed by John Lennon and his mistress May Pang, sells after a "fierce bidding war".

From Breitbart, California will be "investing" $140 million on Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood abortion clinics to compensate for discontinued federal spending.

From Newsmax, investigators find DNA evidence on a helmet and a glove left behind by the perpetrators of the jewel heist from the Louvre in Paris, France.

And from SFGate, what's going on with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy's toe?

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, Hamas has already started to violate the peace deal with Israel.

From FrontpageMag, whom will Democrats hate now that the alleged "genocide" is Gaza is no longer going on?

From Townhall, an illegal alien faces prison after allegedly ramming his car into federal law enforcement vehicles in Los Angeles.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund gave millions of dollars to terror-linked extremists groups in 2025.

From the Washington Examiner, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) announces that he has covered up his Nazi-related tattoo.

From The Federalist, Democrats keep trying to offer an "alternative" to President Trump, which is precisely the problem.

From American Thinker, some myths about former President Obama, facts about Trump, and the "No Kings" hypocrites.

From NewsBusters, economics professor Paul Krugman accuses Trump of being out of touch with reality.

From Canada Free Press, escalating violence is now part of the Democrat Party's platform.

From TeleSUR, a team of scientists at the University of Costa Rica confirm the discovery of the new species of salamander.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Gazan civilians reveled in the atrocities committed on October 7th, 2023.

From Snouts in the Trough, will it be Ireland or Irelandistan?

From EuroNews, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be protected by police while in prison.

From Free West Media, migrants and their smugglers illegally enter the E.U. more by train and plane than by sneaking through fields and forests.

From ReMix, according to a government report, 72 percent of people convicted of gang crime in Denmark have a non-Western background.

From Balkan Insight, the Greek parliament passes a bill that assigns the protection and management of Greece's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to the Ministry of Defense.

From The North Africa Post, if you attend the World Cup 2030 at Morocco's Tangier Stadium, Big Brother will be watching you.

From The New Arab, Syrian forces clash with fighters led by a French jihadist in the province of Idlib.

From BBC News, the Israeli military identifies the bodies of two hostages returned by Hamas.

From The Jerusalem Post, Syria's consul in Dubai resigns in protest of a "genocide campaign" in the Syrian province of Sweida.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, according to a survey, 75 percent of Somalis in Vienna claim the "only Islam tells the truth about God".  (What do Austrians in Mogadishu think?  Oh wait, there aren't any.  If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, what will "Muhammad's mayor" think about New York City?

From Gatestone Institute, Muslim migrants in European countries are fueling the rise in attacks on Jews.

From The Stream, Trump escalates his war on the deep state, in Washington D.C. and Caracas, Venezuela.

From The Daily Signal, Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin would approve of the current violence coming from the left.

From The American Conservative, E.U. skeptics in central Europe retake the stage.

From The Western Journal, an illegal alien truck driver is charged with allegedly causing a multi-car crash that claimed the life of one driver.

From BizPac Review, liberals don't like a restaurant in the New York borough of Queens being named "Whitexicans".

From the Daily Caller, former Senator John Sununu (R-NH) announces his candidacy for his old seat.

From the New York Post, Coca-Cola starts selling Coke with cane sugar in the U.S.

From Breitbart, the White House responds to former press secretary Jen Psaki's comments about Second Lady Usha Vance.

From Newsmax, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) urges Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to reopen the federal government or at least support legislation that would pay the military.

And from Fox News, another one bites the dust!  (Apologies to Queen bassist John Deacon.  The story comes via the New York Post.)

Music Break

Since I've been running around most of today, I decided to take a break from my normal routine and put up some music.  Thus, here is a set of five songs.  First up is a number that I've recently discovered, Divine Thing by the Soup Dragons, which came out in 1992.

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, a brazen heist of jewels from the Louvre embarrasses France.

From FrontpageMag, New York City gets its last warning about mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Townhall, the question that stumped people at CBS.

From The Washington Free Beacon, goodbye, MSNBC.

From the Washington Examiner, the Supreme Court agrees to take a case in which an issue is whether illegal drug users can be forbidden to own guns.

From The Federalist, the Democrats have become the party of grumpy old people.

From American Thinker, some family background on the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From MRCTV, a video showing "No Kings" protesters being unable to explain how President Trump is a fascist dictator.

From NewsBusters, CBS slams former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for defending former President Biden and claiming to be independent.

From Canada Free Press, where where the "No Kings" protesters during the Biden presidency?  (It seems that when people complain about "authoritarianism", they give a free pass to the authoritarianism that they agree with.)

From TeleSUR, 228 earthquakes strike in Guatemala in 24 hours.  (I hope this doesn't mean that Vice President Vance is trying to operate the Dick Cheney Earthquake Machine.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, banning Israeli soccer fans is both cowardly and stupid.

From Snouts in the Trough, more criticism of the banning of Israeli soccer fans.

From EuroNews, a road connecting Poland to the Baltic states opens amid tensions with Russia.

From ReMix, Portuguese Leader of the Opposition André Ventura tells Muslims that they can "catch a flight home" is they don't like a recently passed ban on burqas.

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia's governing party celebrates wins in local elections.

From The North Africa Post, Libya has a strong voter turnout in its local elections.

From The New Arab, now that there's a ceasefire in Gaza, what's next for the war in Yemen?

From the Daily Mail, a Moroccan migrant allegedly steals £3,000 worth of items and damages "extremely rare" plants at Magdalen College, part of Oxford University.

From The JCA, an Islamist preacher banned from the U.K. arrives in Canada.

From Gatestone Institute, the implications of Hamas executing Gazans and the world going Sergeant Schultz about them.

From Radio Free Asia, the junta that rules Myanmar claims to have seized 30 Starlink satellite dishes in a raid on a cyberscam center.

From The Stream, "No Kings" protesters virtue-signal nationwide, and Trump poo-poos them.

From The Daily Signal, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the department has arrested about 480,000 criminal illegal aliens.

From The American Conservative, how Secretary of State and former Senator (R-FL) Marco Rubio became Trump's main hawk on Latin America.

From The Western Journal, a liberal woman from Los Angeles has second thoughts after moving to Costa Rica to escape from Trump.

From BizPac Review, Trump warns Democrats that he could use "unquestioned power" with the Insurrection Act.

From the Daily Caller, actress Kim Kardashian departs from wearing her usual amount of makeup.  (Although the Kardashians may be a bit odd, they should not be confused with the Cardassians.)

From the New York Post, demolition starts on the East Wing of the White House to make way for Trump's $250 million ballroom.

From Breitbart, Trump signs a rare earths and critical minerals deal with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

From Newsmax, Pope Leo XIV proclaims the canonization of seven new saints at a Mass in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump completes his renovations to the White House throne room.

A Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

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

From Palestinian Media Watch, Palestinian Authority TV honors a terrorist who burned a woman and her son to death in 1987.

From Gatestone Institute, has President Xi Jinping lost control of China's military?

From The Daily Signal, 14 signs from the "No Kings" protest in Washington, D.C.

From The American Conservative, the Hungarian perspective on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, a UFO with a parachute lands in a farm in Texas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC tells white working-class British youths to keep their mouths shut.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) poses with an unindicted conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

From Townhall, the FBI's Pittsburgh division arrests 19 violent fugitives.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the Jewish roots of the American founding.

From the Washington Examiner, the FBI investigates a hunting stand that had a line of sight with a place where Air Force One lands in Florida.

From American Thinker, the "No Kings" protesters seem to have no problem with some very undemocratic policies here and abroad.

And from ZeroHedge, the aforementioned "No Kings" protests become a "coup d'flat" for white liberal boomers.

Saturday Stuff

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

From FrontpageMag, Maine senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D), endorsed by Senator Socialism (I-VT), claimed to have become a communist as he got older.

From Townhall, an illegal alien from Mexico is arrested for allegedly offering bounties on ICE agents.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how President Trump can better deal with the Indian government.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump trolls the "No Kings" rally.

From American Thinker, so, ProFa really exists?

From NewsBusters, NBC does some damage control for the "No Kings" protests by covering up their anti-American speakers.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s "Project Fear" is very much alive.

From The Times Of Israel, according to a Hamas leader, the group can't commit to disarm, but is open to a truce lasting three to five years.

From Gatestone Institute, it seems that Europe has learned nothing.

From The Stream, a video in which a psychiatrist proves that feminism is even worse than previously thought.

From The Daily Signal, the four most off-the-rails moments from the current federal government shutdown.

From The American Conservative, regime change in Venezuela would help Exxon, but not Americans.

And from The Western Journal, a high school quarterback, after being crowned homecoming king, makes a memorable gesture.

Friday Phenomena

As the sunny and cool weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the delusion which is New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From FrontpageMag, Mamdani will make New York's wave of sex crimes worse.

From Townhall, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) demonstrates that she regards some animals as being "more equal than others".

From The Washington Free Beacon, left-wing billionaire George Soros and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) combine to give Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones (D) $270,000.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) promises "swift legal action" if Speaker Johnson (R-LA) doesn't swear in congresscritter-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ).

From The Federalist, the "No Kings" movement is not protecting democracy, but suppressing it.

From America Thinker, why Russian President Putin won't stop the war in Ukraine.

From MRCTV, a video showing MSNBC correspondent Ken Dilanian admitting on Morning Joe that the indictment of former National Security Advisor John Bolton is legitimate, but still claims that it is political.

From NewsBusters, host Jon Stewart of The Weekly Show blames the federal government shutdown on "the Founders".

From Canada Free Press, TV journalist Don Lemon wants black Americans to go to war against ICE.

From TeleSUR, a bullet strikes a vehicle carrying Argentine senatorial candidate Juan Manuel Urtubey.

From TCW Defending Freedom, climate nuts need to get off the snow.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s GDP growth in August was 0.1 percent?

From EuroNews, the Party of European Socialists expels the Slovak party Smer, led by Prime Minister Robert Fico.

From Free West Media, Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán accuses the E.U. and the Ukrainian government of plotting regime change in Hungary.

From ReMix, according to police, a driver allegedly intentionally ran over a cyclist in Düsseldorf, Germany.

From Balkan Insight, an explosion in an apartment building kills three people and injures at least 13 others in Bucharest, Romania.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Russia sign a four-year cooperation agreement on fisheries.

From The New Arab, a Lebanese judge orders the release on bail of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar left behind a written blueprint for worldwide jihad.

From the Daily Mail, a recently graduated university student is arrested in Sydney, Australia for allegedly trying online to motivate people to commit violent acts.

From Arutz Sheva, more on the Spanish priest who faces "jail time for criticizing Islam".

From Gatestone Institute, Europe needs to be more pro-business.

From The Stream, we on the right did not riot when activist Charlie Kirk was killed.

From The Daily Signal, the aforementioned Jay Jones is a "poster child for what's wrong with early voting".

From The American Conservative, against President Trump sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, the Department of Justice brings terrorism charges against two alleged ProFa members.

From BizPac Review, a member of the Army Corps of Engineers finds a way to tribute the late Charlie Kirk.

From the Daily Caller, Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin admits that his position makes him want to pull out his own hair.

From the New York Post, U.S. families of terror victims sue the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority for their "pay for slay" program.

From Breitbart, left-wing TV host Jimmy Kimmel promotes the upcoming "No Kings" rally.

From Newsmax, the U.K.'s Prince Andrew decides to relinquish the title Duke of York.

And from Hot Air, Democrat strategist Lis Smith admits that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) and New York state Attorney General Letitia James (D) used lawfare against Trump.

Ace Frehley 1951-2025

Ace Frehley, the founding lead guitarist of the hard rock band Kiss, passed away earlier today.  He had been suffering from bleeding in his brain which resulted from a fall he took in a studio.

Paul Daniel Frehley was born in the New York borough of The Bronx, the youngest of the three children of Carl Frehley and the former Esther Hecht.  Carl was from Pennsylvania and was the son of Dutch immigrants.  Esther was from North Carolina and was of German descent.  Ace's parents, brother and sister all played piano, his two siblings also playing acoustic guitar.  He started playing guitar at age 13.  His high school friends started calling him "Ace" because they thought that he was "a real ace" at getting dates.

During his teenage years, Frehley played in a series of bands, dropped out of high school, later returned and got his diploma, and worked several short-term jobs.  In 1972, he joined guitarist Paul Stanley, bassist Gene Simmons and drummer Peter Criss to form a new band, which they would name Kiss.  Frehley designed their double-lightning-bolt logo, with some touching up from Stanley.  When the band decided to paint their faces and wear costumes for their live performances, Frehley came up with a design that would become known as the Space Ace and later The Spaceman.

Frehley sang his first lead vocal on the song Shock Me, on Kiss's sixth album Love Gun.  In 1978, all four members of Kiss released eponymous solo albums.  Frehley's contained the hit single New York Groove, written by Russ Ballard of Argent but originally recorded by the British band Hello.  He stayed in the band until 1982, later formed his own band Frehley's Comet, and recorded several solo albums.  He rejoined Kiss for its reunion tour in 1996 and stayed with them until 2002, afterwards resuming his solo career.

Frehley is survived by his wife Jeanette, his daughter Monique, his brother Charles, his sister Julie Salvner, and several nieces and nephews.

Read more at TMZ, Variety, People, USA Today and Ultimate Classic Rock.

Thursday Tidbits

On a cool and sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump looks like he wants regime change in Venezuela.

From FrontpageMag, a half dozen powerful families in Gaza oppose Hamas.

From Townhall, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D) isn't going to like a video montage of her appearances in social media.

From The Washington Free Beacon, several Minneapolis public schools ban white and Asian students from enrolling in "BLACK Culture" classes.

From the Washington Examiner, Hamas claims to have no more remains of Israeli hostages to hand over.

From The Federalist, The New York Times is angry that Trump's reported refugee reform prioritizes people willing to learn English and to assimilate.

From American Thinker, the stubborn myth that there was tolerance in al-Andalus.

From MRCTV, a video showing congresscritter AOC (D-NY) accusing an accounting firm of "poisoning" rivers and mentioning "air that's drinkable".

From NewsBusters, according to a study, CNN town halls are much harder on Trump than on Democratic guests.

From Canada Free Press, recently fired Penn State football coach James Franklin's contract could be very expensive for the school, unless he finds employment elsewhere.

From TeleSUR, the Catholic Church will soon canonize Venezuelans José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles.

From TCW Defending Freedom, perhaps U.S. President Trump knows what he's doing.

From Snouts in the Trough, the "Great Replacement" just another conspiracy theory?

From EuroNews, Polish President Karol Nawrocki signs a law that abolishes the personal income tax for parents raising at least two children.

From ReMix, about 34.1 percent of babies former in France have at least one foreign-born parent.

From Balkan Insight, a planned protest by war veterans in Tirana, Albania sparks tension between the Albanian and Kosovo prime ministers.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan Ambassador to the U.N. Omar Hilale defends his country's sovereignty over the region of Western Sahara.

From The New Arab, upcoming elections in Iraq are clouded by mistrust, expected low turnout, and fears of vote-buying.

From The Times Of Israel, anti-Israel rioters in Barcelona, Spain break store windows and light fires.

From Jewish News Syndicate, why Muslims reject the movement Queers for Palestine, and why it rejects Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Qatar and Turkey want to rebuild Hamas, not Gaza.

From Radio Free Asia, the junta that rules Myanmar admits that it can't conduct an election across the entire country.

From The Stream, condemn wicked speech, but don't get involved in double standards.

From The Daily Signal, defensive use of guns proves that armed citizens are not "vampires".

From The American Conservative, President Bush the Younger in the eye of a hurricane.

From The Western Journal, the Trump administration is reportedly retooling the IRS to go after left-wing groups that fund political violence.

From BizPac Review, a Florida judge temporarily blocks Miami Dade College from donating land to the state to be used for Trump's presidential library.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, congresscritter John James (R-Mich) is favored to win the gubernatorial election in Michigan.

From the New York Post, Trump announces that he will meet Russian President Putin in Budapest, Hungary in a bid to end the war in Ukraine.

From Breitbart, the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, Mexico sounds the alarm after drug cartel operatives use drones to drop explosive devices near the tourist hotspot of Playas de Tijuana.

From Newsmax, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) exposes his fellow Democrats on the government shutdown and the failure of Obamacare.

And from SFGate, a rare species of plant is found in the Vasco Hills Regional Preserve in Contra Costa County, California.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, why the Trump administration is offering a bailout to Argentina.  (We don't usually do that sort of thing, do we?)

From FrontpageMag, the courage of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

From Townhall, will Hamas soon find out?

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark) call for the Treasury Department to investigate CAIR for alleged "financial links to Hamas".

From the Washington Examiner, against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's "swamptastic" rules for the press.

From The Federalist, President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for something that has nothing to do with the ceasefire in Gaza.

From American Thinker, how digital IDs make the American Dream impossible.

From MRCTV, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace and reporter Jacob Soboroff spin for the Democrats so badly that a Democrat corrects them.

From NewsBusters, actor Bradley Whitford claims that Trump has "internment camps".  (This actor should not be confused with the Aerosmith guitarist.)

From Canada Free Press, Western elites continue to fearmonger about practicing Christians.

From TeleSUR, Colombia decides to skip the Summit of the Americas because Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela have been excluded.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the elites who run communist China.

From Snouts in the Trough, shall we do the math on "genocide"?

From EuroNews, according to leaked information, the E.U. plans on having a "drone wall" against Russia by the end of 2027.

From Free West Media, rumors of drones overflying Denmark appear to have been greatly exaggerated.

From ReMix, according to presidential aide Marcin Przydacz, Poland accepted its limit of refugees from Ukraine.  (If you read Polish, read the story at RMF24.)

From Balkan Insight, according to Croatian historian Ivo Goldstein, Croatian anti-fascists "were on the right side" during World War II.

From The North Africa Post, the Chinese tire maker Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd. starts building a plant in Morocco's Betoya Free Zone.

From The New Arab, according to a Reuters investigation, the Assad regime in Syria moved a mass grave containing thousands of bodies, the process taking two years.

From the Daily Mail, a British woman in Turkey is blackmailed into donating her dying father's kidney.

From Iran International, an Iranian Kurdish Sunni cleric is shot and killed outside his home in İstanbul, Turkey.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas transfers a body to Israel, which was not that of an Israeli hostage, but of a Gazan wearing an IDF uniform.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the Democratic Socialists of America issue a combative statement about Israel.

From Afghanistan International, Pakistan reaps the Taliban problem that they sowed.

From Gatestone Institute, it's time to seize China's companies.

From The Stream, two French authors claim that science points to God, and scientists listen.

From The Daily Signal, Republican congresscritters join Trump's war against ProFa.

From The American Conservative, Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has not been much of a peacemaker or lover of democracy.

From The Western Journal, celebrating the death of the aforementioned Charlie Kirk costs several foreigners their visas.

From BizPac Review, Trump asserts that Hamas will disarm or be disarmed.

From the Daily Caller, half of the people arrested over an alleged operation to steal donated clothes from charity bins are illegal aliens.

From Breitbart, Republican congresscritters draft a bill that would allow states to issue commercial drivers licenses to migrants who have a lawful immigration status.

From Newsmax, the Republican National Committee accuses Democrats of using "service members as political leverage".

And from the New York Post, actress and writer Miriam Katz goes on a mission to interview every person with whom she has had any sort of romantic relationship.