Rainday Links For The End Of November

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From TCW Defending Freedom, the real problem with Islam.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Saturday Stuff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Black Friday Fuss

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Checking In From Virgina

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

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

Tuesday Tidings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From Arutz Sheva, welfare in Western countries finances terrorism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monday Mania

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday Links

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm Back, And A Few Saturday Items

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Down To The Ocean

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

Cape Henlopen State Park

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

Stephen Decatur Park

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

Virginia Tech Hires New Football Coach

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

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

Cambridge, Maryland

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

On The East Side Of Maryland And Delaware

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

Checking In On A Saturday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friday Phenomena

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Few Tidbits For Thursday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wednesday Wanderings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?