Tuesday Things For The End Of March

On a very warn and sunny Tuesday on the last day of March, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the "No Kings" movement has no future.

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats have ICE derangement syndrome.

From Townhall, former Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) attends a fundraiser hosted by some unsavory people.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Iranian missile strikes fall to their lowest level since the start of the war.

From the Washington Examiner, a federal judge blocks Trump's White House ballroom.

From The Federalist, the Save America Act is four times as popular as the Congress that refuses to pass it.

From American Thinker, the media won't ask "No Kings" protesters simple questions because they have the same goal, destroying Trump.

From NewsBusters, former CIA Direct John Brennan spins U.S. military success against Iran as proof of Iran's strategic genius.

From Canada Free Press, CNN reporter S.E. Cupp makes a fool of herself over both ICE and North Korea.

From TeleSUR, Colombia enacts a new agrarian jurisdiction law.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Border Force chief resigns after failing to reduce crossings of the English Channel.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves should realize that "once it's gone, it's gone".

From EuroNews, a leaked call shows Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó discussing the removal of E.U. sanctions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

From ReMix, France approves a record number of asylum applications, as overall immigration numbers keep breaking records.

From Balkan Insight, Montenegro charges former prosecutors with abuse of their office.

From The North Africa Post, Royal Air Maroc expands its cold storage facilities.

From The New Arab, according to the Qatari government, the Gulf states are "unified" in calling for a de-escalation of the Iran war.

From The Times Of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and rights groups denounce the new Israeli law allowing the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism.

From Gatestone Institute, Christians and other minorities in Syria face genocidal attack under the watch of President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

From The Daily Signal, the space race is about to resume.

From The American Conservative, the war in Iran is already headed to becoming a forever war.

From The Western Journal, an NFL player comes to the defense of an NBA player who was waived from his team for voicing his Christian beliefs.

From BizPac Review, former NBA player Charles Barkley interrupts his March Madness broadcast to lecture about the treatment of immigrants.

From the Daily Caller, two Appalachian states push for energy dominance, intending to introduce nuclear energy.

From the New York Post, the U.S. sends George Bush, as in the aircraft carrier, to the Middle East.

From Breitbart, the Consumer Confidence Index rises for the second straight month despite fears from the Iran war.

From Newsmax, Trump might end the war with Iran without a deal about the Strait of Hormuz.

And from SFGate, a baseball player cut by the San Francisco Giants ties the Major League record for the hottest start to a season.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, we're in "a clash of civilizations".

From FrontpageMag, the U.S. needs to learn from the U.K.'s grooming gang scandal.

From Townhall, alleged hospice fraudsters in Los Angeles reportedly shut down after independent journalist Nick Shirley investigates.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, there are a lot of people in Dearborn, Michigan who are sad about the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Form the Washington Examiner, the Trump administration is cracking down on a type of welfare fraud that no one's talking about.

From The Federalist, leftists won't confront fraud because they think that government is the solution.

From American Thinker, Schiff happens!

From NewsBusters, Fox News analyst Brit Hume share a video of a clueless "No Kings" protester.

From Canada Free Press, Virginians get the government that they deserve.

From TeleSUR, Honduras and El Salvador strengthen their alliance for tourism.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a British city rides roughshod over concerns about migrants.

From EuroNews, after a scandal-plagued election, Slovenia will inaugurate a new parliament.

From ReMix, AfD party leader Tino Chrupalla speaks in favor of U.S. troops being withdrawn from Germany.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzezcy.)

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian police go after voter fraud cases.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan start-up GoSwap raises over $2 million to expand its battery-swapping network for electric scooters.

From The New Arab, a Lebanese judge completes his investigation of the 2020 explosion at the port of Beirut.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the IDF, Hezbollah uses ambulances and paramedic uniforms to disguise their terrorist activity.

From Open Doors, 27 people are killed in an attack in the Nigerian city of Jos.

From Culture Watch, "Islam and the left".

From Arutz Sheva, the alarming rise of antisemitism under New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. Congress recognizes the 1971 Bangladesh genocide, but not the Islamist infrastructure behind it.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump responds to critics of his plan to pass the SAVE America Act.

From The American Conservative, is the University of Florida disbanding its College Republicans chapter over criticism of Israel.

From The Western Journal, New York Attorney General Letitia James faces a new criminal referral.

From BizPac Review, Californian First Lady Jennifer Newsom might have given Republicans the first attack ad for 2028.

From the Daily Caller, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the Trump administration expressed to Israel its concerns about access to sacred sites during Holy Week.

From the Reuters, NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission is due for liftoff on Wednesday.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy has "no sympathy" for Tiger Woods after his car crash and arrest.

From Page Six, Woods's ex-wife Erin Nordegren, on the other hand, is reportedly worried about him.

From Breitbart, Trump is reportedly considering sending U.S. forces to seize Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium.

From Newsmax, the Trump administration sues Minnesota for allowing transgender athletes to complete in female sports.

And from The Babylon Bee, 11 lines for picking up chicks at a "No Kings" rally.

Sunday Stuff

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

From National Review, a federal court grants an injunction requested by the tech company Anthropic against the federal government's "supply chain risk" designation.

From FrontpageMag, some actions at "No Kings" rallies get ugly.

From Townhall, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) defends new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about "a new theory of human nature".

From the Washington Examiner, a look at the CPAC straw poll.

From American Thinker, why does a Canadian parliamentcritter deny slave labor in China?

From NewsBusters, speaking at CPAC, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr claims that President Trump is "winning" against the "fake news media".

From TCW Defending Freedom, can case law possibly turn the tide in favor of free speech?

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants sharia law, don't you?

From The Times Of Israel, Iranian authorities shut down a coffee shop chain over a design on their takeaway cups.

From Gatestone Institute, what might work in Venezuela might not work in Iran.

From The American Conservative, "antiwar art for conservatives".

From the Daily Caller, ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl presses Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) over the holdup of funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

And from the New York Post, Tiger Woods's newest mugshot appears on T-shirts.

Saturday Links

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

From FrontpageMag, get ready for the all non-white X-Files.

From Townhall, Border Czar Tom Homan destroys the Senate for leaving ICE out to dry.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the only way to reduce to the price of oil is to finish the job against Iran.

From the Washington Examiner, the campaign against Iran benefits the U.S. and the world, not just Israel.

From American Thinker, RINOs have learning nothing from President Trump's victories.

From NewsBusters, ABC goes Sergeant Schultz over the House Ethics Committee finding congresscritter Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) guilty of ethics violations.

From TCW Defending Freedom, smart meters are not about lowering gas bills, but about government surveillance and control.

From The Times Of Israel, Iran's judiciary threatens to seize the property of a soccer player.

From the Daily Mail, Morocco starts killing dogs to "clean up" ahead of the 2030 World Cup.

From Gatestone Institute, leaving the Iranian regime in place would guarantee regional instability.

From The American Conservative, Senator Socialism (I-VT) believes that capitalism has its uses.

And from Gateway Pundit and the "you have been warned" department, left-wing radical congresscritter Maxine Waters (D-Cal) refuses to retire and could chair a powerful House committee starting next year.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, President Trump puts his autograph on the dollar bill.

From FrontpageMag, siblings from China allegedly plant an IED at CENTCOM headquarters in Florida.

From Townhall, a Secret Service agent reportedly shoots himself in the leg while escorting former First Lady Jill Biden at Philadelphia International Airport.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the House Ethics Committee finds congresscrittter Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) guilty of 25 violations.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Vance will be very difficult to defeat for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, but someone will try.

From The Federalist, Hollywood is trying to corrupt the work of author J. R. R. Tolkien.

From American Thinker, farm labor activist Cesar Chavez should be canceled, whether or not the recent allegations against him are true.

From NewsBusters, ABC host Jimmy Kimmel tries and fails at damage control over his remarks that new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is unqualified because he was once a plumber.

From Canada Free Press, the U.N. General Assembly passes a resolution calling for slavery reparations.

From TeleSUR, 130,178 people have disappeared in Mexico since 2006.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how can climate fearmongers at Oxford get away with so much?

From Snouts in the Trough, who are the "British" men who allegedly set ambulances on fire in the London area of Golders Green?

From EuroNews, Austria considers banning social media for children under 14 years old.

From Free West Media, a wave of elections is reshaping the E.U.

From ReMix, officials in Berlin's Neukölln district face criminal charges for allegedly burying a youth center rape case because they did not want to "stigmatize" the Muslim suspects.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Balkan Insight, an alleged Serb agent provocateur is spotted in Moscow.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's plan for autonomy in the region of Sahara is supported by Costa Rica, and by Poland.

From The New Arab, is Saudi Arabia's plan to build a "ski resort in the desert" about to be abandoned?

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, Europeans must save themselves from themselves.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's bizarre tactics collide with reality.

From The Daily Signal, former President Obama makes an Orwellian push for redistricting in Virginia.

From The American Conservative, the Carter Doctrine comes to an end.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Steve Scalise (R-LA) reads a quote about the Department of Homeland Security said by congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in 2015.

From BizPac Review, self-appointed fraud investigator Nick Shirley speaks at CPAC.

From the Daily Caller, fitness expert Jillian Michaels shreds Democrats spreading alarmist rhetoric about ICE at airports.

From the New York Post, golfer Tiger Woods is involved in a rollover car crash, but his girlfriend Vanessa Trump and her daughter Kai Trump were not in his car.  (Vanessa Trump is the ex-wife of Donald Trump the Younger.)

From Breitbart, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps starts recruit boys as young as 12 years old.

From Newsmax, according to West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, his state's transgender athlete case is a key for Title IX protections.

And from the Humor Times, the reason why Trump wants to take over Cuba.

A Few Tidbits For Thursday

On a sunny and warm Thursday, now that I'm back from running around, here are a few things going on:

From the Daily Mail, according to opposition groups, Iranian security forces shoot at apartment buildings in Tehran to stop residents from chanting anti-regime slogans.

From American Thinker, the effort to convert Texas to Islam.

From The Federalist, the media are freaking out because illegal immigration has decreased.

From the Washington Examiner, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton running for president again is not as crazy as you might think.

From Townhall, while Democrats fearmonger about ICE, one of its agents saves a choking 1-year-old boy at JFK Airport.

From FrontpageMag, a terrorist points out that an "Allahu akbar!" isn't random.

From National Review, Senate Democrats are full of hot air about judicial nominee Katie Smithgall Lane.

From TCW Defending Freedom, appeasing Iran has gotten U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer up a creek.

From Snouts in the Trough, where the [bleep] is the useless Iranian army?

From ReMix, conservative European legislators warn of "no-go zones" resulting from mass immigration and Islamization.

From Gatestone Institute, "birthright citizenship is national suicide".

From The American Conservative, the left's method of manufacturing "consensus" by threat.

And from the Genesius Times, a retired "expert frisker" volunteers to help the understaffed TSA.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, by restricting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is setting up a fertilizer shortage.

From FrontpageMag, a growing war within the Iranian military.

From Townhall, the left is lying about Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's pastor remarks concerning senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX).

From The Washington Free Beacon, UCLA is sued for withholding records related to "activist-in-residence" Lisa Gray-Garcia who demanded that students pray to "Mama Earth" during a mandatory lecture.

From the Washington Examiner, First Lady Melania Trump welcomes an AI robot to the White House.  (Is the next race of Cylons here?)

From The Federalist, Democrats continue to hold American air travelers hostage for the sake of illegal aliens.

From American Thinker, President Trump was right to say that the U.S. and our allies were under an "imminent threat" from Iran's nuclear weapons program.

From NewsBusters, actress Christina Applegate regrets her abortion.

From Canada Free Press, our souls belong to Jesus, not to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

From TeleSUR, Argentina starts holding public hearings on reforming its glaciers law.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the book that exposes the coronavirus con as a dry run for government control.  (The same person wrote this article and the book.)

From EuroNews, four men are jailed in Berlin for allegedly storing weapons in order to carry out terror attacks under the direction of Hamas.

From ReMix, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suspends supplying natural gas to Ukraine.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo's Constitutional Court overturns a decree by President Vjosa Osmani to dissolve parliament and gives parliament 34 more days to elect a new president.

From The North Africa Post, in a joint operation, Spanish and Moroccan authorities arrest three ISIS operatives in Tangier, Morocco and the Spanish of Mallorca.

From The New Arab, Israel continues striking places in southern Lebanon.

From Gatestone Institute, why Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and U.S. President Trump were right about Iran.

From The Daily Signal, according to a poll, most Virginia voters oppose a Democrat redistricting plan.

From The American Conservative, it's "time for courage".

From The Western Journal, airports before and after ICE.

From BizPac Review, co-host Whoopi Goldberg of The View claims that she always has to present an ID in order to vote, but co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines say otherwise.

From the Daily Caller, the Iranian government rejects Trump's terms for ending the war.

From Reuters, the U.S. ships oil to Cuba's private sector.  (What?  Cuba actually has a private sector?  The story comes via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, Philadelphia District Attorney Lawrence Krasner is slammed for his "disgraceful" threat to ICE agents deployed at airports.

From Breitbart, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffreies (D-NY) can't get himself to answer a question about whether the alleged killer of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman should be deported if he is convicted.

From Newsmax, Andrew Kolvet, a friend of slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, and who produced The Charlie Kirk Show, slams the "conspiracy garbage" surrounding Kirk's death.

And from SFGate, the 9-hot dog, 9-beer challenge at San Francisco Giants games falls short on the beer part.

Tuesday Tidings

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

From National Review, why is the U.S. lifting sanctions on Iranian oil when we're fighting a war against Iran?

From FrontpageMag, CNN repeatedly messes up its coverage of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Townhall, the medical reason why the illegal alien who allegedly killed a college student in Chicago missed his court appearance.

From the Washington Examiner, the incurable left-wing addiction to DEI.

From The Federalist, America's most infamous abortionist dies in a Pennsylvania prison.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From American Thinker, then-President Obama thought that he could unite the Muslim world, but current President Trump did.

From NewsBusters, why doesn't anyone fact-check climate doomsayers?

From Canada Free Press, the sea level refuses to rise as predicted by the climate doomsayers.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil honors Salvadorian Saint Oscar Romero.

From TCW Defending Freedom, HMS Dragon is the one U.K. naval ship that can stop Iranian missiles from hitting London, but it's on its way to Cyprus.

From EuroNews, peace talks for Ukraine stall as Russia starts its spring offensive.

From Free West Media, the U.S. has a missile problem.

From ReMix, police in Berlin are frustrated as migrant gang wars grip the city.  (If you read German, read the story at BZ.)

From Balkan Insight, an exhibit to mark the anniversary of NATO airstrikes against Serbia in 1999 is opened in Pristina, Kosovo.

From The North Africa Post, the African Development Bank hails Morocco's electricity network development programs.

From The New Arab, girls in the Gaza Strip take up boxing.

From Gatestone Institute, China is about to lose its bases in Cuba.

From The Daily Signal, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D) celebrates the end of Ramadan with an imam who faced deportation over alleged ties to Hamas.

From The American Conservative, whatever happened to the antiwar left?

From The Western Journal, Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) prediction that having ICE at airports would lead to "trouble" couldn't be more wrong.

From BizPac Review, former CIA Director John Brennan claims that he tends to believe Iran more than he believes Trump.

From the Daily Caller, Egyptian archaeologists find a Christian monastery in the governorate of Beheira, dating from before the Muslim conquest of Egypt.

From Breitbart, the British judicial system decides to scrap short jail sentences in England and Wales.

From Newsmax, investigators probing the recent collision of an Air Canada jet with a firetruck are delayed due to long security lines manned by the TSA.

And from the New York Post, a Fox News reporter interviews youngsters on spring break and learns that Teh Stoopidt is alive and well.

Monday Mania

On a cool and cloudy Monday, now that I've had a chance to resume my normal routine, here are some things going on:

From National Review, "the Iranian mullahs go ballistic", as in missiles.

From FrontpageMag, the aforementioned Iranian mullahs execute wrestler Saleh Mohammadi.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, the MAGA movement is not falling apart because some podcasters did not get their way.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former CBS correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins the left-wing media company MeidasTouch.

From the Washington Examiner, another innocent life is lost because of Chicago's sanctuary policies.

From The Federalist, Connecticut gets ready to put homeschoolers under surveillance.

From American Thinker, a San Francisco firefighter launches a petition to rename the city's Cesar Chavez Street after the recently departed Chuck Norris.

From NewsBusters, more on the aforementioned loss of innocent life in Chicago.

From Canada Free Press, the mystery of Jeffrey Epstein's death takes a new turn.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans march in Caracas to demand the end of U.S. sanctions.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the sleight of hand that gave the U.K. abortion up until birth.

From Snouts in the Trough, have you heard of Africa's "Meningitis Belt"?

From EuroNews, the E.U. is set to provisionally implement the Mercusur deal starting on May 1st.

From ReMix, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó is wiretapped, for which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán calls for an investigation.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Mandiner.)

From Balkan Insight, the left-wing Slovenian governing party Freedom Movement narrowly defeats a challenge from the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party.

From The North Africa Post, according to the World Health Organization, a strike on a hospital in Sudan killed 64 people and injured 89 others.

From The New Arab, Syrian authorities walk back their plan to restrict alcohol sales in Damascus after protests and criticism.

From the Express, according to former U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the firebombing of four Jewish community ambulances in the London neighborhood of Golders Green is terrorism.

From Gatestone Institute, begging Hamas to disarm is a misguided approach of U.S. President Trump's "Board of Peace".

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Andy Ogles (R-Ten) challenges Muslim leaders to condemn terrorism by Islamic extremists.

From The American Conservative, Americans should "make families, not war".

From The Western Journal, 13 U.S. airports will soon get some ICE.

From BizPac Review, Democrats are accused of being happy about long TSA lines in airports.

From The Daily Caller, traumatic brain injuries have reportedly become the dominant would among American troops fighting in the war against Iran.

From the New York Post, the Chinese anti-communist dance troupe Shen Yun claims that the Chinese Communist Party is behind the death threats against them wherever they go.

From Breitbart, Trump pauses attacks on Iran due to "good and productive" negotiations.

From Newsmax, over 400 TSA agents have quit due to the Democrats stopping their funding.

And from The Babylon Bee, the TSA reduces delays at its airport lines by eliminating the colonoscopy portion from their searches.

Checking In

I have returned home after a very long drive, which means that instead of blogging, I want to wind down, unpack a bit, and sleep.  Some bills have come in during my time away and there's taxes to figure out, so I will be busy with some stuff.  See all youz soon.

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.