Saturday Stuff

On a warm and mostly sunny day in western North Carolina, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, an ally of farm labor activist Cesar Chavez who covered up his behavior for 60 years to protect the "movement".

From Townhall, you'll love President Trump's ultimatum to Democrats over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the legacy of the recently departed Dr. Paul Ehrlich.

From the Washington Examiner, CENTCOM says that it has destroyed Iran's intelligence support and the radars it used to track ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

From American Thinker, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is an E.U. maverick.

From NewsBusters, PolitiFact uses a double standard to benefit Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA).

From TCW Defending Freedom, Muslims take over Trafalgar Square in London as an "expression of power and intimidation".

From Snouts in the Trough, why the author of SitT fears that the U.K. will never recover.

From Gatestone Institute, the case for permanently eliminating the Iranian regime and Hamas.

From The American Conservative, veterans have earned the right to ask questions, so it's time that they did.

From BizPac Review, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) observes the end of Ramadan by having breakfast with Muslim inmates at Rikers Island.

From the Daily Caller, some analysts think that the economic effects from the war against Iran will last for years.

From the New York Post, American leftists travel to Havana, Cuba and stay in 5-star hotels while the Cuban people are starved of food, water, medicine and electricity.

From Breitbart, the alarming research on the psychological impact of "AI companions".

From Newsmax, Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan) claims that Trump's goals in Iran are "90 percent there".

And from Fox News, Connecticut Democrats oppose Republican efforts to secure elections, but demand IDs from people who want to recycle cans.  (via the New York Post)

Chuck Norris 1940-2026

Martial artist, actor and author Chuck Norris passed away yesterday after a medical emergency while on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.  He was 86.

Carlos Ray Norris was born in Ryan, Oklahoma to Ray Dee Norris and the former Wilma Lee Scarberry, and was the oldest of three brothers.  Has named after his father's minister Carlos Berry.  When he was 16, his parents divorced.  He moved with his mother and brothers to Prairie Village, Kansas and later to Torrance, California.

In 1958, Norris joined the Air Force and started training in the Korean martial art Tang Soo Do.  He eventually earned black belts in five different arts.  He won several karate tournaments between 1967 and 1969.  He developed two martial arts forms, first American Tang Soo Do and later Chun Kuk Do, which is now known as the Chuck Norris System.  During one of his competitions, he met fellow martial artist Bruce Lee, with whom he developed a friendship and working relationship.

In 1972, Norris portrayed Lee's opponent in his film Way of the Dragon.  He went on to star in movies such as Breaker! Breaker!, Good Guys Wear Black, A Force of One, The Octagon, Forced Vengeance, Lone Wolf McQuade, Missing in Action, Code of Silence, The Delta Force, Sidekicks, and Forest Warrior.  He also played the title role in the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger.

In 2005, the interwebz broke out with numerous "Chuck Norris facts", which humorously exaggerated his toughness, masculinity and abilities, sometimes to impossible degrees.  For example, Norris was allegedly able to divide by zero, slam a revolving door, and push the earth down when he did push-ups.  The discovery of such "facts" has continued since that year.

Politically, Norris was a conservative Republican, and wrote for the right-wing website World Net Daily.  He wrote nine books, the most recent one being a compilation of his favorite "Chuck Norris facts".

Norris married his high school classmate Dianne Kay Holechek in December 1958.  They had two sons, and divorced in 1989.  In November 1998, he married model Gena O'Kelley.  They had fraternal twins.  He also a daughter from an extramarital affair while married to Holechek.  He is survived by his second wife, his five children, and his 17 grandchildren.

Read more at KTVB, AP News, The Hollywood Reporter, People and the Los Angeles Times.

Friday Fuss

On a sunny and mild Friday, as I take it easy for a while, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Russian oil tankers have a rough week.

From FrontpageMag, the sex offenses of labor activist Cesar Chavez.

From Townhall, CBS News Radio calls it a day.

From The Washington Free Beacon, two anti-Israel academics who resigned from Harvard are hired by the Columbia-affiliated Union Theological Seminary.

From the Washington Examiner, why Democrats love gun control and violent criminals.

From American Thinker, how President Trump's strategy, as set out in a speech he made in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is boxing in Iran.

From NewsBusters, NBC goes Sergeant Schultz on new photos showing the destruction inside a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan from an attack by a radical Muslim.

From Canada Free Press, rising beef prices bring back the "where's the beef?" question.

From TeleSUR, International Court of Justice authorizes Guatemala to intervene in a dispute between Belize and Honduras over the island group Sapodilla Cayes.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. energy minister wants U.K. citizens to pay for more solar panels.

From Snouts in the Trough, was there a major error in the film Titanic?

From EuroNews, the Strava fitness app reportedly reveals the location of a French aircraft carrier.

From Free West Media, Israel is allegedly at war with its neighbors and wants to annex them.

From ReMix, Polish authorities arrest six suspects allegedly involved in the illegal employment of foreigners.

From Balkan Insight, the Romanian parliament adopts a cost-cutting budget despite tensions within the governing coalition.

From The North Africa Post, the two sides in the Sudanese civil war blame each other for a drone strike that killed 17 civilians in Al-Tina, Chad.

From The New Arab, despite devastation by Israeli forces, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip celebrate Eid al-Fitr.

From News(dot)com(dot)au, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blames the backlash over the banning of the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir for heckling at Australia's largest mosque.

From Gatestone Institute, Pakistan steps up its persecution of religious minorities.

From The Daily Signal, how the media erased then-President Obama's confession about the attack in Benghazi, Libya.

From The American Conservative and the "you can't make this up" department, the U.K. finds a way to tax its people for paying taxes.

From The Western Journal, the U.S. is reportedly sending more troops and ships to the Middle East.

From BizPac Review, homelessness goes out of control in some blue states.

From the Daily Caller, degenerates use pretzel logic to justify sleeping around.

From Breitbart, First Lady Melania Trump will host the leaders of nearly 50 nations at the "Fostering the Future Together" summit at the White House.

From Newsmax, Trump calls NATO a "paper tiger" when it comes to the Straits of Hormuz.

And from the New York Post, for over $2 million, you can buy a home in a trailer park in the Hamptons on Long Island.

Traveler's Rest State Historic Site

After driving through South Carolina, I turned westward and went into Georgia.  Just on the Georgia side of the border along U.S. route 123 is the Traveler's Rest State Historic Site.  From what I can gather from the interwebz, it was originally an inn and later the main house for a plantation.  It's open only on weekends, but I still explored the grounds.  Here's the front of the old inn.

On The Road In South Carolina

Today I ventured southward from my undisclosed location into South Carolina.  Somewhere along S.C. route 107, I unexpectedly came across this monument to a military plane crash that happened in 1943.  On top of it are coins, mostly pennies, left by various people who likewise stopped at this place.

Music Break

It's once again about time that I put up a musical post.  I have planned this one for a while, and finally found the time to go through with it.  The first song is an original version of one that I used to hear back in the 1970s by a band called Black Oak Arkansas, named after their place of origin.  Their lead singer Jim Mangrum even used the song's title as a stage name.  But in reality, Jim Dandy (to the Rescue) was first sung by R&B singer LaVern Baker in 1955.

Return To Judaculla Rock

Almost 11 years ago in April of 2015, I visited Judaculla Rock, near Cullowhee, North Carolina.  Since it's not too far from my current undisclosed location, I decided to return to the place.  The rock is named after the "slant-eyed giant" Judaculla, who according to Cherokee folklore had seven fingers on each hand and could jump from one mountain to another.  In one story, he landed on the rock but had to steady himself with one hand, resulting in his fingers digging out some petroglyphs.  The rock is partially surrounded by a viewing platform, as seen in this shot looking down from the adjacent road.

Stories For Saint Patrick's Day

Top o' the afternoon to all youz out there.  In other words, happy Saint Patrick's Day.  As I've noted on this date in previous years, his name wasn't really Patrick, and he wasn't even Irish, but none of that stops us from putting on some green clothes and drinking green beer.  Here in the hills of North Carolina, it's sunny but cold, and we even had a dusting of snow last night.  But in any event, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the upcoming blue-on-blue carnage in Illinois, and other items.

From FrontpageMag, the U.N. Human Rights Council refuses to defend the human rights of women victimized by sharia.

From Townhall, we're learning more and more about the terrorist who drove his truck into a synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an Iranian leader who threatened to assassinate President Trump is sent to his virgins by the IDF.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump says that the U.S. no longer needs the help of NATO allies in the war against Iran.

From The Federalist, recycled lies from Democrats about the SAVE America Act are so lazy that they're racist.

From American Thinker, it's time to throw "political correctness" into the trash can.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW co-host Jonathan Capehart tries to connect recent acts of terror by Muslims to comments by Republicans.

From Canada Free Press, why the U.S. can't have honest elections, and how to fix that.

From TeleSUR, what are Cuba's new policies intended to increase foreign investment?

From TCW Defending Freedom, Islamization reaches the U.K. Scouts movement.

From EuroNews, Ukrainian President Zelensky says that he's willing to talk to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu about drone interceptors.

From ReMix, residents of the San Lorenzo district in Rome demand action against violence by migrants.

From Balkan Insight, the Albanian parliament adopts a resolution calling Iran a "state sponsor of terrorism".

From The North Africa Post, Sudan raises its limits on small-scale lending to ease inflationary pressures.

From The New Arab, Kuwaiti authorities say that they have arrest 16 people affiliated with Hezbollah over an alleged "sabotage plot".

From The Jerusalem Post, the Rabbi of the Western Wall condemns Iran's firing of missiles toward holy sites in Jerusalem.

From the Daily Mail, more on the aforementioned Iranian leader killed by the IDF.

From Gatestone Institute, why treating Iran like Venezuela would be a terrible mistake.

From The Daily Signal, White House counterterrorism chief Joe Kent resigns due to his disagreement with the war against Iran.

From The American Conservative, "right-sizing" the terror threat from Iran.

From The Western Journal, "how Irish Christianity saved the world".

From BizPac Review, Trump torches the lawmakers who might vote against the aforementioned SAVE America Act.

From the Daily Caller, small businesses still feel a squeeze from Trump's tariffs.

From the New York Post, if you want tickets to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, you'd better act fast.

From Breitbart, the Gemini AI platform on Google calls some Republican Senators "hate speech" violators.

From Newsmax, more on the aforementioned new Cuban policies, which invite exiles to invest in Cuban businesses.

And from the Genesius Times, a woman outraged by $3 per gallon gasoline was happy to pay $5 per gallon under then-President Biden.

A Few Monday Things From A Traveling Sasquatch

After visiting and reporting on two waterfalls here in western North Carolina, I didn't think that I would also make a regular post linking various stories.  But after reading a few things on the interwebz, I decided that I had to relay them to all youz out there.  On a formerly cool but now cold and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From Gatestone Institute, the crimes committed by Hamas that nobody talks about.

From the Daily Mail, according to some reports, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has flown to Russia for medical treatment.

From Jewish News Syndicate, to whom does "stolen land" belong to, anyway?

From The American Conservative, yes, President Trump can end the war against Iran.

From The Western Journal, Republican Senators are set to inflict "pain" on their Democratic colleagues in the battle over the "SAVE American Act".

From TCW Defending Freedom, coronavirus vaccines and a connection to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From Snouts in the Trough, they're coming for our money, and we can't do much about it.

From TeleSUR, teachers at Argentina's public universities go on strike.

From Canada Free Press, Trump is trying to build a Pax Americana.

From American Thinker, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) try to sabotage the American Dream.

From The Federalist, California seeks to examine men for cervical cancer.

From the Washington Examiner, why do many Americans believe that the Trump administration has not explained the aims for the war against Iran?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission has a productive meeting without former member Carrie Prejean Boller

From Townhall, the Trump administration starts terminating commercial driver's licenses given to foreign drivers.

From FrontpageMag, an American diplomat was killed by a Muslim mob in Tehran, Iran in 1924.

From National Review, President Trump (U.S.) is finally playing hardball with President Xi (China).

And from The Babylon Bee, nine clear signs that the aforementioned Ayatollah Khamenei the Younger is gay.

Two Waterfalls In Western North Carolina

Today I set out from my undisclosed location to find two waterfalls along U.S. route 64, both a few miles west of Highlands, North Carolina.  The topography in this area makes the roads hilly and curvy, but also turns creeks and rivers into waterfalls.  The first is Bridal Veil Falls, which should not be confused with other waterfalls having the same name.  Here's the falls seen from its south side.  At one time, you could drive behind it.

A Few Ides Of March Things From A Traveling Sasquatch

Today is the Ides of March, the day that Julius Caesar was told to beware of.  After two days of driving, I have arrived at my undisclosed location in western North Carolina.  This place is so out in the boondocks that I had to literally drive through an area called Transylvania to get here.  But don't worry, neither Dracula nor the Ottoman Turks whom he fought against have bothered me.

Now that I've settled on a cool and cloudy Sunday, here are a few things going on:

From Jewish News Syndicate, antisemitic graffiti is found on the campus of San Jose State University.

From the Daily Mail, a victim the late Jeffrey Epstein claims that she was trafficked to Harrods business executive Mohamed Al Fayed, who allegedly abused her on his yacht.  (His son Dodi was Princess Diana's boyfriend after she divorced then-Prince Charles, and died with her in the infamous car crash in Paris.)

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Trump's war against Iran is ending Chinese President Xi Jinping's "China dream".

From The American Conservative, senatorial candidate James Talarico's (D-TX) two-step.

From TCW Defending Freedom, in the world of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, "lawyers rule and Christians are pariahs".

From American Thinker, Mr. Bill's stains on charity.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book calling for rebooting the U.S. industrial base.

From Townhall, an election official in Minnesota finally admits what we've known about illegal aliens voting.

From FrontpageMag, the media tries to humanize Islamic terrorists.

And from CBS Sports, the teams from the United States and the Dominican Republic meet in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic, but let's imagine if we could combine them.

A Few Pi Day Things From A Traveling Sasquatch

Once again I'm on the road, and have reached a temporary undisclosed location in southwestern Virginia.  This part of my trip coincides with Pi Day, as in 3/14.  The drive was made easy by some mild and mostly sunny weather.  With that, here are a few things going on:

From American Thinker, how President Trump is diffusing Iran's oil bomb.

From NewsBusters, the media does not mention the reported ties to Hezbollah of the man who attacked a synagogue in Michigan.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. government has the power to crack down on Islamic extremism, so why is there a pretense that it hasn't?

From Snouts in the Trough, what if there are more than one species of human?

From The Times Of Israel, on Al Quds day, protesters in New York City chant their support of Hamas and Hezbollah.  (Al Quds is the Arabic name of Jerusalem.)

From PJ Media, a "Michigan man", a "Virginia man" and "Bucks Country, PA men" all walk into a bar.

From Gatestone Institute, "Trump derangement syndrome" is hatred clouding perception.

From The American Conservative, a longtime friend of Secretary of State Marco Rubio goes on trial for allegedly running an undercover influence campaign for Venezuela.

And from Fox News, the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago wants 100 unpaid volunteers, while the organization's CEO Valerie Jarrett makes $740,000 per year.

Phenomena For Friday The 13th - Again

For the second straight month, Friday fall on the 13th.  On a cool and cloudy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Democrats blame Islamic terrorism and the results of their own bad decisions on gun owners.

From FrontpageMag, the American people did not vote for mass Islamic immigration.

From Townhall, what is victory over Iran in Operation Epic Fury going to be?

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Iran's capacity to produce ballistic missiles has been destroyed.

From the Washington Examiner, the Iranian mullahs don't know President Trump's plan, and neither do we.

From The Federalist, passing the SAVE America Act would signal that Congress actually answers to the voters, which is precisely the problem.

From American Thinker, can "The One", a.k.a. former President Obama, make a mistake?  (When I was contributing to AndRightlySo back during his presidency, we called him "Teh One^TM".)

From NewsBusters, the Big Four News Apps go Sergeant Schultz on right-wing host Mark Levin's interview with envoy Steve Witkoff.

From Canada Free Press, yesterday, two terrorists struck the home front.

From TeleSUR, Cuba strengthens its energy supply and grid with batteries.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. energy secretary Ed Miliband's "mad" objection to increasing the production of natural gas from the North Sea.

From EuroNews, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defies President Karol Nawrocki's veto of a €43.7 billion loan from E.U. defense funds.

From ReMix, police in Munich, Germany carry out searches at the private residence and Bavarian State Parliament office of René Dierkes of the party AfD, for alleged insults and social media posts dating back as much as five years.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Balkan Insight, the dispute between Croatian President Zoran Milanović and Israeli authorities over Iranian diplomats in Zagreb, Croatia escalates.

From The North Africa Post, global volatility and rising energy prices could worsen Tunisian economic prospects.

From The New Arab, why is Israel bombing Beirut, Lebanon with leaflets having QR codes?

From CNN, what we know about the attack on a synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

From The Times Of India, what we know about the Old Dominion University shooter.

From The Jerusalem Post, a new Shi'ite terror group calling itself Ashab Al Yamim claims responsibility for three attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe.

From Culture Watch, will there be more Islamic terror in the U.S.?

From Gatestone Institute, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his extremist problem.

From The Daily Signal, according to economists, the "war on poverty" launched by President Lyndon Johnson may have created a permanent underclass.

From The American Conservative, even in Texas, Democrats can't let go of wokeness.

From The Western Journal, even left-wingers are tired of congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min), as she gets a primary challenge from an anti-ICE lawyer.

From BizPac Review, Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich) was against the Department of Homeland Security before she was for them.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, "America needs baseball now more than ever".

From Breitbart, according to U.K. Defence Minister John Healey, the "hidden hand" of Russian President Putin is active in Iran.

From Newsmax, several European countries such as France and Italy reportedly open talks with Iran for safe passage through the Straits of Hormuz for their commercial ships.

And from SFGate, business at the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles is so slow that even the people protesting against it have gone away.

Thursday Tidbits

On a cold and snowy Thursday, a huge change from yesterday's weather, here are some things going on:

From National Review, despite getting pounded by the U.S. military, the Iranian government is still hanging on to power.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump gets rid of 47 years of feckless U.S. foreign policy.  (If "feckless" means "without feck", then what the heck is a "feck"?)

From Townhall, a gunman opens fire and injures two people at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, thus making his last mistake.

From The Washington Free Beacon, inside an operation by a group of left-wing environmental activists to "train" judges about climate change.

From the Washington Examiner, a former Justice Department lawyer launches a primary challenge to congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min).

From The Federalist, the aforementioned Justice Department is finally going after the corrupt Washington, D.C. Bar Association.

From American Thinker, historical icons such as Prime Minister Winston Churchill are being replaced on U.K. currency with animals.

From NewsBusters, according to Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, "the old media ecosystem is collapsing like a presidential palace in Tehran".

From Canada Free Press, the E.U. tries to censor Americans, but the Wyoming state legislature fights back.

From TeleSUR, the Mexican government plans to standardize its investigations of femicide across all state prosecutor offices.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is happy to surrender British culture to Muslims.

From Snouts in the Trough, the "quality" of the U.K.'s "elites".

From EuroNews, the E.U. asks Ukraine to allow the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline to be inspected.

From ReMix, the mayor of Świnoujście, Poland warns that Germans crossing the border to buy cheaper fuel are creating shortages, which could result in limits on sales.

From Balkan Insight, former North Macedonian Stevo Pendarovski warns that the country should not blindly follow U.S. President Trump.

From The North Africa Post, India agrees to buy 2.5 million tons of fertilizer from the Moroccan company OCP Group.

From The New Arab, a British man is arrested in Dubai, UAE for allegedly "filming Iranian missiles".

From the Daily Mail, where is new Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei?

From Gatestone Institute, before pouring billions of dollars into the Gaza Strip, the "Board of Peace" should ask a few questions.

From The Daily Signal, Michigan State Police report a shooting incident at a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan.

From The American Conservative, even with the war against Iran, Trump still has his coalition.

From The Western Journal, panelist Dunny Hostin of The View forgets one thing when she accuses the U.S. of targeting an Iranian school for girls.

From BizPac Review, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) gets the last word on the selective outrage from CNN host Kaitlan Collins.

From the Daily Caller, The New York Times wants you to know that the man who allegedly threw an IED in New York City in an ISIS-inspired terror attack sold sneakers when he was 13.

From Breitbart, congresscritter and gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell (D-CA) reportedly might not want to live in California.

From Newsmax, the Trump administration launches trade investigations against China.

And from the New York Post, New Yorkers could soon be able to take a flight to take a flight.

A Sasquatch's Wednesday Dozen

Now that I'm back from running around on a warm and sunny Wednesday, here are 12 things going on:

From the Daily Mail, a "hate rally" in support of the Iranian regime will be permitted as a static protest in London, but no marching will be allowed.

From Afghanistan International, the Taliban Supreme Court sentences a woman to 39 lashes and five years in prison for "running away from home".

From The Jerusalem Post, two Jewish men are beaten after they are heard speaking Hebrew - in San Jose, California.

From Quadrant, "electoral arithmetic and supine statements" in the West.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a lesson on the U.K. monarchy for Liberal Democrat party leader Ed Davies.

From The Federalist, the best thing that President Trump can do for the Iran war effort is to close the mouth of Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

From American Thinker, a Kenyan migrant is convicted of a sex offense by a Welsh court tells the judge to "[bleep] your country".  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From Canada Free Press, some detective work on the real causes of the earth's temperature changes is starting to bear fruit.

From National Review, the media can't hide the truth about the attempted bombing in front of Gracie Mansion in New York City.

From FrontpageMag, the New York City Council threatens one of their own members for condemning terrorism.

From Townhall, it's hard to believe the Tweet sent by the U.S. Oil and Gas Association directed at California Governor Gavin Newsom (D).

And from the Genesius Times, Senator John Thune (R-SC) introduces an alternative to the SAVE America Act, the Save Face While Screwing America Forever Act.

Tuesday Tidings

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

From National Review, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) is a "Texas trickster".

From FrontpageMag, the media misunderstands the one-fingered gesture from the suspected New York City would-be bomber.

From Townhall, CNN contributor Scott Jennings schools his fellow panelists about the alleged strike on an elementary school in Iran.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine gives a progress report on the war against Iran.

From the Washington Examiner, Iranian drones strike an oil refinery in the UAE, the largest in the Middle East.

From The Federalist, Brazil threatens its citizens with prison for telling biological truth.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From American Thinker, how would you like the U.S. to adopt Europe's censorship rules?

From NewsBusters, the family of a woman killed by allegedly by an illegal alien blames the judge who released him from custody after an earlier offense.

From Canada Free Press, demons are after our souls, not the war in Iran.

From TeleSUR, over half of Colombian Senators from the Historical Pact coalition are female.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. right needs to unite in order to preserve grass roots activism.

From Snouts in the Trough, what do the U.K.'s admirals do all day?  (The post is a "Tuesday-Wednesday blog", but has yesterday's date.)

From EuroNews, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agree that the Druzhba oil pipeline must be restored.

From ReMix, a 17-year-old vocational student in St. Pölten, Austria is suspended for complaining about two Muslim roommates waking up and eating at 3:00 a.m.

From Balkan Insight, upgrades to the oil refinery in Rijeka, Croatia are completed.

From The North Africa Post, construction is well underway on what will be Morocco's longest bridge.

From The New Arab, Qatar seeks stronger security ties with the U.S. after Iranian airstrikes in its territory.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a German politician unleashes her antisemitism.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Gatestone Institute, selective outrage from the U.N. and the E.U.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) discusses his proposed legislation that would crack down on illegal aliens in the trucking industry.

From The American Conservative, France, the U.S. and the trap of extending the nuclear umbrella.

From The Western Journal, even as the U.S. crushes the Iranian military, Iranian leaders warn President Trump that he might be "eliminated".

From BizPac Review, according to Fox News Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin, the U.S. is aware that it bombed an elementary school in Iran.

From the New York Post, the NYPD bomb squad responds to a suspicious package left near Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City's mayor.

From Breitbart, the aforementioned James Talarico claims that displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools is "violence" against Christianity and Judaism.

From Newsmax, according to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Russia denies sharing U.S. intelligence data with Iran.

And from the Humor Times, the Chief Twit announces a Tesla model bus powered by "verbal methane".

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, the war against Iran is hitting the American people's wallets.

From FrontpageMag, Texas Democrats choose a white senatorial candidate who called white people a "virus".

From Townhall, how the left will plans to ban dogs in order to appease Muslims.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a left-wing activist groups teaches how to get on juries and vote "not guilty" on cases brought by the Department of Justice.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Kevin Kiley (R-Cal) decides to run for reelection as an independent.

From The Federalist, President Trump still has time to turn things around before the midterm elections.

From American Thinker, a tale of double standards about obituaries.

From NewsBusters, the winner of the worst media quote of the week poll.

From Canada Free Press, does Trump follow the lead of Frankish King Charlemagne?

From TeleSUR, according to Canadian journalist Arnold August, Venezuela's popular consultation is geopolitically significant.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is a weakling in thrall to Muslims.

From EuroNews, is Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reshaping Italy's system in order to secure her own reelection?

From Free West Media, how does the U.S. government view permanent confrontation?

From ReMix, the aforementioned Giorgia Meloni asks how women can trust the system if judges block the deportation of gang rapists.

From Balkan Insight, Croatia reinstates military conscription after a 20-year hiatus.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria misses out on the global increase in natural gas prices due to its long-term supply contracts.

From The New Arab, Syria opens part of its border with Lebanon to facilitate the return of its own citizens.

From the Daily Mail, NATO air defenses intercept a ballistic missile fired from Iran in Turkish airspace.

From YNetNews, a bomb explodes outside a synagogue in Liège, Belgium.

From Gatestone Institute, to defend the Abraham Accords, U.S. President Trump must first defend the UAE.

From The Daily Signal, Ohio is leading the way on protecting houses of worship.

From The American Conservative, foreign consulates in American sanctuary cities should be closed.

From The Western Journal, the headline for the story about the New York City IED attack in The New York Times will blow your mind.

From BizPac Review, a feminist retelling of Frankenstein bombs at the box office.  (The original Frankenstein novel was written by a woman.)

From the Daily Caller, five members of the Iranian women's soccer team reportedly seek refuge with Australian police.

From the New York Post, Trump urges Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to grant the Iranian women's soccer team asylum.

From Fox News, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) tells Trump to get rid of White House advisor Stephen Miller.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, Iran is the second time when CNN sided with a Middle Eastern dictator against the U.S.

From Newsmax, Ukraine receives 11 requests from countries near Iran for help in intercepting drones.

And from The Babylon Bee, former President Obama's library will include an interactive exhibit where visitors can print out their own birth certificates.

Sunday Stories

Now that I'm back home on a warm and cloudy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, after Muslims throw bombs in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) claims to be the real victim.

From Townhall, the NYPD confirms that a real IED was thrown at protesters.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a memoir written by California Governor Gavin Newson (D).

From the Washington Examiner, a seventh U.S. servicemember dies in the war against Iran.

From American Thinker, the decline of right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW calls President Trump "blasé" about war deaths and claims that former President Biden was "more MAGA than Trump".

From TCW Defending Freedom, ditching Christianity.

From Snouts in the Trough, young unemployed people in the U.K. have gotten what they voted for.  (The article has yesterday's date, but is called a "Sunday-Monday blog".)

From Gatestone Institute, it's make or break time for the remaining allies of the Iranian regime.

From The American Conservative, will Azerbaijan attack Iran?

From the Daily Caller, according to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, the new partnership between the U.S. and Venezuela is already producing benefits.

From the New York Post, Medicaid czar Dr. Oz takes aim at the aforementioned Gavin Newsom and at New York Govenor Kathy Hochul (D).

From Fox Business, Ford CEO Jim Farley and his wife Lia send Pope Leo XIV a new popemobile.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart and the "I sure hope so" department, Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims that the war against Iran will increase gas prices for "weeks", not months.

From Newsmax, an account from an inmate housed near the late Jeffrey Epstein revives questions about his death.

And from ABC7, a man under probation learns that he can't hide his gun from the police.  (via the New York Post)

Two More Sites In Virginia

This afternoon, I visited two places pretty close to my undisclosed location.  One was the first place in this area that I stopped at back in December of 2022.  I explored the other one for the first time today.  I went back to the site of the Battle of the Wilderness and took this picture of a cannon and two caissons.

Saturday Links

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

From FrontpageMag, Barcelona, Spain bans music in schools during Ramadan.

From Townhall, anti-government protests break out in Havana, Cuba.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Democratic mayoral candidate in an oil-producing area in Colorado was arrested in 2019 for storming the Yale-Harvard football game during halftime in a protest against fossil fuel.

From the Washington Examiner, at the Shield of the Americas summit, President Trump announces the new "Americas Counter Cartel Coalition".

From American Thinker, reviving America's nuclear energy.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW host Lawrence O'Donnell wants First Children Tiffany and Barron Trump to enlist in the military.  (I vaguely remember similar demands being made about then-First Daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush during the invasion of Iraq.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, why isn't Prime Minister Keir Starmer acting on the Iranian sleeper terrorists in the U.K?

From the Daily Mail, Iran apologizes to neighboring countries for targeting them with missiles and drones.

From The Times Of Israel, pro-mullah protesters and counter-protesters face off in New York City.

From Gatestone Institute, the only brave leaders who stand against the Iranian regime's reign of terror.

From The American Conservative, the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei could entrench Iran's system of government rather than allow it to reform.

And from the New York Post, 16 members of the same family will perform a joint piano concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Jackson's Flank Attack

Today I visited the site of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's flank attack, which took place during the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2nd, 1863.  To my disappointment, the place had very little to see other than these informational displays.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has no one but herself to blame.

From FrontpageMag, the big lie about "Greater Israel".

From Townhall, according to former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, the mainstream media wants the U.S. to lose in Iran.

From The Washington Free Beacon, what victory in Iran would mean.

From the Washington Examiner, it's time to take seriously a 2028 presidential run for Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

From The Federalist, why Islam seeks shelter from the left.

From American Thinker, the fake alchemy of intermittent renewable energy.

From NewsBusters, President Kennedy's grandson proves that the media still bend their knees to his family.

From Canada Free Press, President Trump himself reads CFP.

From TeleSUR, the Brazilian Supreme Court rejects a request for house arrest filed by former President Jair Bolsonaro.

From TCW Defending Freedom, more evidence links coronavirus vaccinations to a worldwide increase in excess deaths.

From Snouts in the Trough, when it comes to U.S. action in Iran, why not look on the bright side?

From EuroNews, Hungarian authorities detain and plan to expel seven Ukrainians after raiding two security vans that were carrying currency and gold.

From Free West Media, the most shocking things in the Epstein files are the least remarkable.

From ReMix, Ukrainian President Zelensky threatens to send soldiers to Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán's private residence.

From Balkan Insight, the Croatian parliament adopts the E.U.'s standards for the media and AI content labeling.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan researchers decode the genome of the argan tree.

From The New Arab, the UAE tries to paint a picture of normalcy as Iranian drones and missile fly overhead.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the U.N., 100,000 people have been displaced due to clashes between Afghani and Pakistani border forces.

From the Daily Mail, police in London arrest four people for allegedly spying on the Jewish community for Iran.

From Arutz Sheva, why Europeans fear standing up to Iran's mullahs.

From Jewish News Syndicate, defeating Iran's wars of aggression.

From Gatestone Institute, the curious case of the "anti-Zionists".

From The Daily Signal, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the action against Iran is not a "dumb, politically correct" forever war.

From The American Conservative, U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood takes on the rubber boats used by migrants to enter her country.

From The Western Journal, Trump lays out his demands for Iran.

From MediaITE, congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC) calls for an investigation of the aforementioned Kristi Noem.  (via The Western Journal)

From BizPac Review, an illegal alien arrested and charged with over 50 alleged felonies is listed as "white" at his booking.

From the Daily Caller, U.K. counter-terrorism police threaten to throw teenagers in jail for social media posts. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From the New York Post, former New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito shows that even being a third-stringer can be lucrative.

From Breitbart, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduces the National Constitutional Carry Act.

From Newsmax, the Florida Bar admits an "oopsie".

And from SFGate, another species in the San Francisco Bay Area is ravaged by the bird flu.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, "Iran is losing its planes, ships, drones, and missiles" because of the U.S. military.

From FrontpageMag, the Israeli military strikes the headquarters of Iranian authorities who attacked anti-regime protesters.

From Townhall, President Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

From The Washington Free Beacon, after senatorial candidate James Talarico (D) wins the Democratic primary in Texas, some of his old Tweets resurface.

From the Washington Examiner, a "third-party" auditor investigating fraud in Minnesota received millions of dollars from the state's Medicaid agency.

From The Federalist, 10 times when Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) betrayed Trump and the MAGA movement.

From American Thinker, 47 years of Iran's economic war against the U.S.

From NewsBusters, the IDF debunks a left-wing media myth that Israel dragged the U.S. into a war against Iran.

From Canada Free Press, why attack Iran now?

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans observe the 13th anniversary of the passing of dictator Hugo Chávez.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch's call for racial integration in the U.K. comes way too late.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is "the Muslim pander-man".

From EuroNews, Greece, Italy and the Netherlands sends naval ships to Cyprus.

From ReMix, Sweden's highest prosecutor decides against seeking the deportation of a teenage migrant who killed a man outside a restaurant in the city of Uppsala.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Upsala Nya Tidning and a related story at SVT.)

From Balkan Insight, Croatia responds sarcastically to being labeled "orange" on Serbia's list of "unsafe" destinations.

From The North Africa Post, the Canadian mining company Trigon Metals starts drilling in the Moroccan province of Tata.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah terrorists return to southern Lebanon to fight against Israeli troops.

From the Daily Mail, Iranian drones strike an airport in the Azerbaijani region of Nakhchivan.

From Arutz Sheva, the recently eliminated Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei bragged in 2025 that the U.S. couldn't do anything against Iran.

From Gatestone Institute, Israel and Somaliland show that size and location both matter.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) decides to call it a career.

From The American Conservative, boomer foreign policy produces lots of small fires.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Brandon Gill (R-TX) grills Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) over Somali fraud in his state.  (Let's go, Brandon!)

From BizPac Review, CNN gins up some new outrage as the approval nears for Trump's East Wing ballroom to be built.

From the Daily Caller, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduces a bill to eradicate fraud from unemployment programs.

From the New York Post, meet Trump's proposed replacement for the aforementioned Kirsti Noem.

From Breitbart, after U.S. forces sink an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, a second one is sent to Sri Lanka.

From Newsmax, Trump backs former federal prosecutor Kurt Alme to succeed the aforementioned Senator Daines.

And from the Genesius Times, watch the new movie Fat Gun: Doughboy.

Point Lookout Confederate War Memorial

While driving back from Point Lookout State Park, I made a brief stop at the Point Lookout Prisoners of War Memorial, dedicated to Confederates who were held prisoner at the Point Lookout POW camp.  The memorial includes a statue and a model of a wooden fort, both on top of a brick structure and surrounded by flagpoles.