Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Return To Fort Howell And Mitchelville

After getting some exercise in Jarvis Creek Park, I returned to two places I visited back in 2019.  The first was Fort Howell and the other was Mitchelville Freedom Park.  As I noted back then, Fort Howell has several sheet metal figures along the trail leading to the remains of the fort.  This is the first one that I came across.

Jarvis Creek Park

Today I found a place to get some exercise, Jarvis Creek Park in the northern part of Hilton Head Island.  The park includes a fitness trail that goes around a small lake named Lake Liggett.  As expected, it was very warm out, but a rather stiff breeze kept me from overheating.  The park also includes this tree.

Monday, July 20, 2026

Fort Pulaski

Today I ventured out from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, my no-longer-undisclosed location, and visited Fort Pulaski National Monument, located on Cockspur Island, Georgia.  The entrance to the monument is about 10 miles east of Savannah along U.S. route 80.

Construction on Fort Pulaski started in 1829 and was completed in 1847.  In 1833, the fort was named after Polish cavalry officer Kazimierz Pułaski, who fought for the newborn United States in the American Revolution.  He was hit by grapeshot while leading a cavalry charge in the siege of Savannah, and died shortly afterwards.  Later on during the Civil War, Union forces took Fort Pulaski from the Confederacy in 1862.

Due to my Polish heritage, I wanted to visit Fort Pulaski when I was in this area in 2019, but there was a partial federal government shutdown, which resulted in the fort being closed.  Today, however, I had no such problem.  To the west side of the fort's main building is a group of mounds surrounded by a triangular moat, seen here from its west end.  Visitors enter via the bridge to the right.

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Back To Hilton Head Island

I have returned to the area where I visited in early 2019, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, which is pretty close to the south end of the state.  Earlier today, I found a few things that I did not visit seven years ago.  In an area called Shelter Cove, I found the Veterans Memorial, centered around this flagpole and four pylons.

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Back To South Of The Border

Today I continued driving southward to my intended undisclosed location.  As I did in early 2019, I stopped at South Of The Border, a Mexican-themed tourist area.  Unlike my first visit, I arrived too early to eat lunch and had already eaten breakfast, so my stop this time was brief.  I naturally took a pic of Pedro holding his sign, from across the road that is both U.S. 301 and U.S. 501.

Friday, July 17, 2026

Checking In On A Friday

Today I drove down to North Carolina, and have checked in at an intermediate undisclosed location, on my way farther south.  So please excuse me while I take a break and chill out.  There will be more to come in the near future.  Stay tuned.

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, New York Governor Kathy Hochul's (D) "silly" war on data centers.

From FrontpageMag, the fallacy of books that the left calls "banned".

From TownhallTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent schools reporters about left-wing violence.

From the Washington Examiner, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) challenges senatorial candidate Ken Paxton (R-TX) to three televised debates.

From The Federalist, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) doesn't see the difference between the weaponization of the Department of Justice under then-President Biden and President Trump's pursuit of justice.

From American Thinker, some socialists are even more ignorant of others.

From NewsBusters, billionaire and podcaster Chamath Palihapitiya skewers the media for lying about Trump, whom he used to criticize.

From Canada Free Press, there are 25 million communists in the U.S.

From TeleSUR, Guatemala will repatriate the remains of Nobel laureate writer Miguel Angel Asturias.

From TCW Defending Freedom, when the late parliamentcritter Ann Widdecombe, a Catholic, charmed the U.K.'s Protestant hearts.

From EuroNews, 32 people, including a former CEO of Italy's largest motorway operator, are convicted in connection with the 2018 collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa.

From ReMix, Finnish europarliamentcritter Sebastian Tynkkynen warns that the U.K. has become the "worst example" of the death of free speech.

From Balkan Insight, four Greek parliamentcritters are indicted for allegedly misusing E.U. farm funds.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's mining sector plots its course to 2023.  (TNAP had some technical difficulties during the last two days, but these appear have been worked out.)

From The New Arab, Syrian Christians return to their villages in the province of Idlib that they had to leave behind during the Syrian civil war.

From The Jerusalem Post, U.S. President Trump announces that Iran has released an American woman whom it detained in 2024.

From Gatestone Institute, who decides when childhood ends in Pakistan?

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, if Congress wants a single standard for child online safety, it must earn it.

From Radio Free Asia, according to experts, new buildings in North Korea near the DMZ could be shelters for rocket launchers.

From The American Conservative, Trump should bring American troops home from Europe.

From The Western Journal, while ranting against Trump on the Senate floor, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appears to break wind.

From BizPac Review, well, that was quick.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Randy Fine (R-FL) declares war on Trump ally Alex Bruesewitz.

From Breitbart, Republican congresscritters ask for an investigation of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) administration for possible violations of the Logan Act.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Ryan Zinke (R-MT), Democrats are against funding the military and making sure that "your vote counts".

And from the New York Post, a deformed raccoon called "Jimothy" becomes a celebrity in Seattle.

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, meet senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI), Michigan's answer former candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From FrontpageMag, 13 Massachusetts state legislators back a bill calling for a "permanent commission on the status of people who practice Islam".

From Townhall, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis) and journalist Nick Shirley blow the lid off a fraud pipeline that sent cash to Somalian terrorists.

From The Washington Free Beacon, more on the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed and his riches.

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth testosterone testing and treatment for active military personnel at least 30 years old.

From The Federalist, according to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Democrats weaponized the Department of Justice against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, which proves that he's a good choice for the job.

From American Thinker, some congresscritters really are anti-America.

From NewsBusters, the aforementioned Nick Shirley uncovers $310 million in alleged fraud in just one New York City neighborhood.

From Canada Free Press, living a nightmare on the east coast of communist Canada.

From TeleSUR, acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez meets with state security agencies to assess earthquake relief efforts.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the Hallett Inquiry closed its ears to evidence of injuries from coronavirus vaccines.

From EuroNews, the French parliament passes a bill to establish a right to assisted dying for some terminally ill patients.

From ReMix, the Czech Supreme Court upholds the suspended sentence given to a dissident who wore a pro-Russian "Z" hoodie.  (In the Czech Republic, expressing support for Russia against Ukraine is apparently not free speech.  If you read Czech, read the story at Echo24.)

From Balkan Insight, a report from rights groups claims that Serbian authorities "targeted Croatians" during a political crisis.

From The New Arab, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance puts Hezbollah on its banking sanctions list.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Afghan man threatens people, including schoolchildren, with a knife at a railroad station in Ruhpolding, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From Arutz Sheva, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) baptizes the winners and buries the losers in New York City's demographic war.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Trump's "Board of Peace", double standards, the U.N., and the Kurds.

From The Daily Signal, the left-wing war against public safety is coming to a town near you.

From The American Conservative, the Trump administration's slow breakup with Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado.

From The Western Journal, the number of Democrats attending a Senate hearing about fraud is a big fat zero.

From BizPac Review, Trump tells ICE to resume making traffic stops.

From the Daily Caller, according to a bill introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Trump could hire digital "privateers" to combat cyber crime.

From the New York Post, gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman (R-NY) slams the New York state ban on gas stoves as a "green energy scam".

From Breitbart, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) scolds young socialist candidates about running against Democrat incumbents.

From Newsmax, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ICE's operations amid rising attacks against them.

And from the Genesius Times, with France eliminated from the World Cup, there are now no African teams left.

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Tuesday Tidbits

As the sunny and very warm weather continues on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter Ro Khanna's (D-Cal) Israel stunt.

From FrontpageMag, the return of socialism to the Democratic Party and a golden opportunity for Republicans.

From Townhall, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) introduces a bill that would codify President Trump's position on illegal immigration into law.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the father-in-law of senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed is among the leaders of a group linked to terror funding.

From the Washington Examiner, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is still intending to run for president in 2028.

From The Federalist, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche can end former President Biden's mail-order abortion scheme.

From American Thinker, Trump returns millions of acres from two national monuments to the American people.

From NewsBusters, consumer prices record their largest monthly decline in over six years in June.

From Canada Free Press, Islam's law of fate.

From TeleSUR, acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez inspects temporary shelters for earthquake victims in the capital city of Caracas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how campaigns of fear are silencing family court professionals in the U.K.

From Snouts in the Trough, will the U.K. be destroyed by its own "suicidal empathy"?

From EuroNews, can Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar remove President Tamás Sulyok from office?

From Free West Media, Hollywood censors comments from people objecting to a black actress portraying Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

From ReMix, according to senior immigration officials, Spain's amnesty of illegal migrants could result in about 3 million people obtaining legal status and cause immigration checks to "collapse".  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Mundo.)

From Balkan Insight, former Croatian soccer player Dario Šimić is arrested in an anti-corruption operation.

From The New Arab, who wants the fragile peace in Syria to fail?

From Gatestone Institute, the math shows that Europe might not pull through.

From The Daily Signal, was then-President George Bush the Younger treated unfairly?

From The American Conservative, an ethnically Greek writer weighs in on the aforementioned movie The Odyssey.

From The Western Journal, ICE announces the arrests of illegal aliens who are also murderers, sex offenders, or drug traffickers.

From BizPac Review, more on the legislation introduced by the aforementioned Senator Banks.

From The Daily CallerSupreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan ask a House subcommittee for more money for security.

From the New York Post, the late Senator Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) sister Darline Graham Nordone is sworn in to complete his term.

From Breitbart, CNBC's survey alleging that 10 red states are the "worst to live in" gets debunked.

From Newsmax, Trump announces that he is replacing a proposed reimbursement fee on shipping in the Persian Gulf for trade and investment agreements with Middle Eastern countries.

And from SFGate, Culver City, Californian decides to ban drive-through restaurants.

Monday, July 13, 2026

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, the recently departed Senator Lindsey Graham gets the last laugh.

From FrontpageMag, the U.S. has always been involved in war.

From Townhall, the U.S. reestablishes its blockade of Iran.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) wants "Medicare for all", but his psychiatrist wife Sarah Jukaku doesn't accept any form of medical insurance.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump calls for the late Lindsey Graham to be succeeded in the Senate by his sister Darline Graham Nordone.

From The Federalist, how Trump can stop the export of American babies to China.

From American Thinker, open borders is a death sentence for Western countries.

From NewsBusters, hypocritical liberals cheer Senator Graham's death online.

From Canada Free Press, "a republic, if you can keep it", as Benjamin Franklin said.

From TeleSUR, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele wins his party's nomination for presidential reelection.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the think tank Migration Watch has never taken its eye off the ball.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the mayor of Seattle, Washington "the high priestess of economic illiteracy"?

From EuroNews, France temporarily shuts down three nuclear reactors to comply with environmental regulations.

From ReMix, Hungarian parliamentcritter Gergely Gulyás resigns as parliamentary leader of the Fidesz party.

From Balkan Insight, according to Dutch europarliamentcritter Tineke Strik, Albanian environmental protesters are "defending E.U. values".

From The North Africa Post, a Sudanese court sentences Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and 15 others to death in absentia for war crimes committed in the region of Darfur.

From The New Arab, archaeologists discover a 3,000-year-old tomb near the Egyptian city of Luxor.

From The Times Of Israel, weapons are found in a car near a synagogue Sarcelles, France, which has a large Jewish population.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas terrorists storm a World Food Programme food distribution site in Jabaliya, Gaza.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian elections are a scam.

From The Daily Signal, in Virginia, Big Brother is watching you.

From The American Conservative, the "northern kingdom" of soon-to-be U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

From The Western Journal, according to British rock singer Mick Jagger, musicians and athletes should not "lecture" their fans about politics.

From BizPac Review, a fatal shooting by ICE in Maine sparks a major investigation.

From the Daily Caller, multiple Republicans in South Carolina vie for the chance to fill the late Senator Graham's seat.

From the New York Post, the surprising health benefit from going bald.

From Breitbart, the Red Cross withdraws its workers from the main asylum seeker registration in the Netherlands because their "safety can no longer be guaranteed".

From Newsmax, banks are given new guidance on the risk of lending to illegal aliens.

And from The Babylon Bee, furniture made by IKEA now includes instructions on how to cuss in Swedish.

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Lindsey Graham 1955-2006

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has died after a "brief and sudden illness" at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.  He reportedly had chest pains and had gone into cardiac arrest at his home in the Capital Hill section of the city.

Lindsey Olin Graham was born in Central, South Carolina to Florence James Graham (who was known by his initials "F.J.") and the former Millie Walters.  After graduating high school, he attended the University of South Carolina, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts while participating in ROTC, and later getting a law degree.  He entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a member of its Judge Advocate General's Corps, serving on active duty from 1982 to 1989.  He was later in the Air National Guard from 1989 to 1995 and in the Air Force Reserve from 1995 to 2015.

Graham was elected to the South Carolina state House of Representative in November 1992, serving from later that month until November 1994.  He was in the U.S. House from January 1995 to January 2003.  He was elected Senator in November of 2002 and took office in January 2003, succeeding Strom Thurmond.  He as reelected in 2008, 2014 and 2020, and won the Republican nomination for 2026.

Graham never married or had children.

Read more at AP News, NBC News, PBS, CBS News and Politico.

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Saturday Stuff

On a warm and rainy day, as I prepare to go home, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) is "classy to the last".  (I'm pretty sure that the quoted phrase should be understood sarcastically.)

From Townhall, actor Randolph Mantooth, famous for the show Emergency!, is not longer with us, but his show contributed to countless lives being saved.

From The Washington Free Beacon, strengthening NATO as Russian President Putin considers an attack.

From American Thinker, about 2,400 years ago, the Greek philosopher Aristotle perfectly described modern left-wing tyrants.

From NewsBusters, why are the media blind to the platform of the Democratic Socialists of America?

From TCW Defending Freedom, a tribute to right-wing British politician Ann Widdecombe, whose recent death is the subject of a murder investigation.

From Snouts in the Trough, will apparent new Prime Minister Andrew Burnham do to the U.K. what new Mayor Katie Wilson is starting to do to Seattle, Washington, U.S.?

From Gatestone Institute, why the U.S. must integrate Israel in every move against Iran.

From The American Conservative, the aforementioned Graham Platner's fatal dependence on Democratic Party elites.

From BizPac Review, actor Robert Davi goes scorched earth on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and talks about running against him.

From the New York Post, a supermarket in Los Angeles faces backlash for allegedly staying open after a shopper is found dead inside.

From Breitbart, the double standards imposed on food vendors in Los Angeles.

From Newsmax, Meta pulls the plug on an AI program that accessed photos on its platform Instagram.

And from SFGate, United Airlines argues in a San Francisco court about the definition of "window seat".

Friday, July 10, 2026

Friday Phenomena

On a warm and rainy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, against exempting seniors from property taxes.

From FrontpageMag, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) joins forces with U.C. Berkeley.

From Townhall, guess why Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer just pardoned a refugee from Albania convicted of murder in the U.S.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the movie Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass.

From The Federalist, the real "Citizen Vigilantes" are Muslims in Europe imposing sharia.

From American Thinker, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz tries to protect an illegal alien pedophile, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio gets him deported.

From NewsBusters, CNN downplays the illegal status of a man killed by ICE and his attempt to run over an ICE agent.

From Canada Free Press, is the "bunny hop" performed by singer Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an attempt to keep current Prime Minister Mark Carney in office?

From TeleSUR, the Peruvian government will try to determine how many visitors the archaeological site of Machu Picchu can receive.

From TCW Defending Freedom, carbon dioxide emissions rose yet again in 2025.

From Snouts in the Trough, has the U.K. been beaten by its blundering bureaucracy?

From EuroNews, rules for visiting beaches in Europe this summer include, depending where you go, bans on music, tents, umbrellas, dogs, horses and elephants.

From ReMix, Moroccans riot in Düsseldorf, Germany after the Moroccan national soccer team is eliminated from the 2026 World Cup.

From Balkan Insight, Greek police arrest three people for allegedly planting incendiary bombs outside the home of a politician in Thessaloniki, Greece.

From The North Africa Post, the World Bank warns that the economic recovery in Tunisia will be fragile.

From The New ArabPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sets this coming November 28th as the date of legislative elections.

From Red State, Moroccans riot in London after the Moroccan national soccer team is eliminated from the 2026 World Cup.

From the Daily Mail, an American woman is found bludgeoned to death in her home in Killarney, Ireland, possibly by her "asylum seeker partner" whom she met "at a pro-Palestine march".

From Arutz Sheva, U.S. President Trump makes a risky bet on "reformed" Islamism in Syria.

From Gatestone Institute, while China launches an ICBM, U.S. Senator Socialism (I-VT) proposes American disarmament.

From The Daily Signal, why strengthened defense ties between Japan and South Korea are good for the U.S.

From The American Conservative, delusional leaders are dangerous ones.

From The Western Journal, Trump tells Iran that the "ceasefire is OVER".  (Emphasis in original)

From BizPac Review, Democratic socialists tout their plan "to end America as we know it".

From the Daily Caller, an ICE officers saves a 14-year-old who jumped out of a moving vehicle.

From Breitbart, France spends about €1.85 billion on its asylum system.

From Newsmax, Trump's pledge to give Ukraine a license to produce Patriot air-defense systems could take a long time to come to fruition.

And from the New York Post, a mysterious new symbol starts appearing in Las Vegas, resulting in online conspiracy theories.

Thursday, July 9, 2026

A Sasquatch's Thursday Dozen

On a warm Thursday that went from sunny to rainy, here are 12 things going on:

From LBC, a man is arrested in Moygashel, Northern Ireland for allegedly burning a replica of a mosque.

From BNO News, a man in my part of the world is sentenced to 15 years for trying to join ISIS and plotting an attack against Jews and people who support Israel.

From IranWire, an Iranian official claims that U.S. President Trump was "spared" while he was in Turkey.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas's latest trick is leaving the government of Gaza while keeping its weapons.

From TCW Defending Freedom, what would Winston Churchill think of the modern U.K. of Lucy Connolly, imprisoned for a post on X, and murdered Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak?

From FrontpageMag, Iran puts up an illusion.

From Townhall, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) presents another doctrine of his fake Christianity.

From The Federalist, Democrats in Maine convince former senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D) to step aside only because they realized that he would not win.

From American Thinker, the U.S. can attack "birthright citizens" living in China with the IRS.

From The American Conservative, Trump should veto the 21st Century Road to Housing Act.

From the Daily Caller, for the third straight year, the most common name for baby boys in England and Wales is Mohammad.

And from Reuters, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler goes to the soundstage in the sky.


A Mountain Hike

Today I made like a good Sasquatch and took a hike in a forest on top of a mountain ridge.  Not far from my current undisclosed location is the Massanutten Ridge Trail.  I got onto the trail near an overlook, from which I took a shot of the landscape below.

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Wednesday Whatnot

Now that I'm back from running around, in a different area, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what are Russian generals telling President Putin about the war against Ukraine?

From FrontpageMag, the socialists will eat the Democratic Party.

From Townhall, speaking at the NATO summit in Turkey, President Trump goes scorched earth against communism.

From The Federalist, former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan avoids prison for obstructing ICE agents.

From American Thinker, America's Founders would not recognize today's Democrats.

From NewsBusters, CNN cites a non-existent congresscritter as a source for information on Senator Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) health.

From Canada Free Press, Trump launches a "lawfare" portal to protect farmers and ranchers from radical environmentalists.

From TeleSUR, Bolivian bakers promote Marraqueta bread hoping that UNESCO will declare it a "heritage of humanity".

From TCW Defending Freedom, part 2 of an interview with former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss.  (TCW DF has announced that it will soon be discontinued.)

From Snouts in the Trough, in the U.K., is your foreign National Health Service doctor even qualified?

From EuroNews, Barcelona, Spain sets a new high temperature record.

From ReMix, a German woman tells a man whom she believes was stalking her to [bleep] off.

From Balkan Insight, the annual Peace March starts in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, marking the anniversary of the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb military forces.

From The North Africa Post, the International Monetary Fund asks Algeria to stop printing money to finance its deficit.

From The New Arab, according to a rights group, Syria's Supreme Constitutional Court risks becoming a tool of the executive branch.

From Afghanistan International, according to a survey, 75 percent of Afghan respondents are dissatisfied with the Taliban.

From Arutz Sheva, an Israeli doctor once helped to save the life of Turkish President Erdoğan.

From Gatestone Institute, jihadists look to the Indian territory of Kashmir, but Kashmiris look away.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) reveals how then-Special Counsel Jack Smith and people working for him may have mishandled classified information.

From The American Conservative, in its decision on mail-in ballots, the Supreme Court misread the historical record.

From The Western Journal, the Treasury Department has no plans to replace President Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

From BizPac Review, Senator Mark Kelly's (D-AZ) scare story about Trump goes awry.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Brett Guthrie (R-KY) insinuates that the aforementioned Mitch McConnell is not even in Washington, D.C.

From the New York Post, where to go dining on California state highway 1.

From Fox News, according to co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin of The View, the Democrats "botched" their vetting of senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, why Democrats want to replace Platner with a different nominee.

From Newsmax, Trump tells Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to discontinue all trade with Spain.

And from the Genesius Times, the twice-aforementioned Mitch McConnell gives a 17-minute press conference, pledging "no" on the SAVE America Act.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Tuesday Things

On a warm and rainy Tuesday, which prevented me from doing much exploring, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the woman who claims that senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) sexually abused her accuses The New York Times of downplaying her accusations.

From FrontpageMag, can the Iranian government be trusted to abide by any deal that it makes?

From Townhall, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History allegedly erases the American Founders and imposes "white supremacy culture" training.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a report, almost half of New York City's schools are failing.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Socialism (I-VT) calls upon the aforementioned Graham Platner to quit running for Senator.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court's ruling about men in women's sports left one big question unanswered.

From American Thinker, after a Muslim migrant allegedly rapes a 16-year-old girl in Glasgow, Scottish police come up with a new euphemism to describe him.

From NewsBusters, 58 percent of Democrats now view socialism favorably.

From Canada Free Press, the long road to communism in Canada keeps getting shorter.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan government sets up 82 camps for earthquake survivors.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a left-wing U.K. bishop breaks ranks in the debate over a bill to ban LGBT conversion therapy.

From EuroNews, right-wing politician Marine Le Pen promises to run in the French presidential election next year despite being convicted of fraud.

From Free West Media, Poland decides to buy three submarines from Sweden.

From ReMix, 70 percent of tested "unaccompanied minor" migrants in Madrid, Spain turn out to be adults.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Debate.)

From Balkan Insight, meet the Albanians taking to the streets in the capital city of Tirana.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan tax authority used AI against organized fraud in 2025.

From The New Arab, can Iraq's crackdown on corruption succeed?

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Muslim bus driver in Ergoldingen, Germany parks his bus for several minutes in order to pray.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Arutz Sheva, several explosions occur in Damascus, Syria near the hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron is staying.

From the Daily Mail, media reports of the death of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad turn out to be greatly exaggerated.

From News(dot)com(dot)au, an Australian Muslim influencer is accused of faking charitable work for poverty-stricken children with AI-generated images.  (The last four stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government's war on Christians.

From The Daily Signal, right-wing commentator Victor Davis Hanson, who wrote the article, tells New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) that he is a product of privilege and thus should act grateful.

From Radio Free Asia, according to analysts, China's Pacific missile test sends a message to American allies.

From The American Conservative, U.K. parliamentcritter Nigel Farage resigns his seat and calls for a by-election, challenging the "establishment" to defeat him.

From The Western Journal, a truck driver who killed a Pennsylvania state trooper in a crash turns out to be an illegal alien from Haiti who was given a Commercial Driver's License in Massachusetts.

From The Western Journal, "high-level sources" report that Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is brain dead.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, a visa loophole is "quietly crushing" young Americans.

From the New York Post, the aforementioned Mitch McConnell tells Republican allies that reports of his brain being dead are greatly exaggerated.

From Breitbart, about 73 percent of Italians want illegal aliens to be deported.

From Newsmax, according to a survey, the number of Americans taking weight-loss drugs has almost quadrupled in two years.

And from The Babylon Bee, the U.S. reenters the World Cup after President Trump deports the entire Belgian team.

Monday, July 6, 2026

Catherine Furnace

After visiting Cross Keys Battlefield, I drove northward and eastward to the Catherine Furnace, located southwest of Newport, Virginia.  I turned off of U.S. 340 onto Newport Road and then onto Catherine Furnace Road, which is full of gravel, exposed rocks, and potholes.  I thus had to be very careful with the Bigfootmobile, but after a few hundred yards, I found the furnace's parking area.  Here's the side facing the road.

Cross Keys Battlefield

Today I visited Cross Keys Battlefield, southeast of Harrisonburg, Virginia.  The Battle of Cross Keys took place during the Civil War on June 8th, 1862.  Confederate troops led by Major General Richard Ewell defeated a Union force led by Major General John Frémont, who in 1856 had been the first Republican presidential candidate.

Unlike many battlefields that I have seen, this one did not have any monuments or cannons.  It had some informational displays, such as this one near the parking long, scattered around the field.

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Sunday Stories From A Traveling Sasquatch

Earlier today I arrived at my latest undisclosed location, the first in over three months, in central Virginia.  As it has been back home, the afternoon high temperature is in the 90s.  So while I sit back and enjoy the summery weather, here are a few things going on:

From FrontpageMag, Mr. Bill accuses the Donald of his own crimes.

From Townhall, despite some inclement weather, President Trump's America 250 celebration was one for the history books.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about George Washington.

From the Washington Examiner, Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow (D) drops out of the race for federal Senator weeks ahead of the Democratic senatorial primary.

From American Thinker, wokesters bring their weirdness to the America 250 celebration in San Diego.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW trots out "the science guy" Bill Nye to back up New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) thermostat scold.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s King Charles III cannot defend all faiths and still defend The Faith.

From The Times Of Israel, satellite images show construction near an Iranian nuclear site, an apparent violation of the MOU with the U.S.

From SOHR, 4,163 Syrians have been killed for their identities since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad.

From the Daily Mail, how did things work out for the far left the last time they allied themselves with Islamists?

From Arutz Sheva, the hypocrisy of the "free Gaza" movement.

From Gatestone Institute, NATO stages a photo op in Ankara, Turkey.

From The American Conservative, the architect of economic bubbles.

And from Click On Detroit, a man claims to have discovered a specimen of the possibly-non-existent beast whose name I have appropriated, and that its DNA is part modern human and part Neanderthal.  (via the New York Post)

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Happy 250th Birthday, America

My fellow Americans, happy 250 birthday to the greatest country ever to exist on earth.  Due to the continued high temperatures, I've decided to take it easy today and not go anywhere.  So as usual, I now present a few things going on:

From Townhall, American patriotism is alive and well on its 250th birthday.

From The Washington Free Beacon, 250 things to love about the United States of America.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump and Senator John Thune (R-SD) share a friendly greeting after recent clashes.

From American Thinker, the birth of America was not easy.

From NewsBusters, The Washington Post seeks to condemn the description of Native Americans in the Declaration of Independence.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a sad announcement.

From the Daily Mail, Egyptian World Cup fans riot in London - after their team wins.

From The Jerusalem Post, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is banned from attending his father's funeral.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's regime believes that is has "no choice but to build the nuclear bomb".

From The American Conservative, all honor to American Founder Thomas Jefferson.  (Jefferson and his political rival John Adams passed away 200 years ago today, on the 50th birthday of the country that they helped create.)

And from the New York Post, what were the temperatures like 250 years ago today in Philadelphia?

Friday, July 3, 2026

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, American has a 250-year winning streak.

From FrontpageMag, pro-Hamas rioters will soon have their own congresscritters.

From Townhall, two illegal aliens from Romania plead guilty to wire fraud in a plot to defraud SNAP.

From The Washington Free Beacon, preserving America's principles in a world without any.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump tells Second Lady Usha Vance that he has to be "careful" or he'll break President William Howard Taft's weight record.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision is Chief Justice John Roberts's Roe v. Wade.

From American Thinker, the other declaration of 1776, made by General George Washington.

From NewsBusters, the media go the wrong way on the facts when it comes to girls' sports.

From Canada Free Press, the one thing that Christianity and socialism have in common.

From TeleSUR, FIFA decides to donate $500,000 to Venezuelan children affected by the two recent earthquakes.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s King Charles has become the "ditherer of the faith".

From Snouts in the Trough, "there is no economic growth" in the U.K.

From EuroNews, European police hunt for a Ukrainian woman allegedly involved in a bomb attack in Monaco.

From Free West Media, racism against the mixed-race "coloured" people of South Africa.

From ReMix, according to President Zelensky, Ukraine urgently needs more Patriot missiles after a Russian attack on Kyiv.

From Balkan Insight, in a retrial, former Serbian forces leader Ekrem Bajrović, an ethnic Bosniak from Kosovo, is found guilty of war crimes against ethnic Albanian civilians in May 1999.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian records a sharp increase in suspicious financial transaction reports between 2020 and 2025.

From The New Arab, the Houthis in Yemen threaten Saudi Arabia after an alleged intrusion into Yemeni airspace.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.N.'s human rights "experts" are "biased, bought and paid for".

From The Daily Signal, a review of a book about George Washington.

From Radio Free Asia, a Tibetan activist dies after setting himself on fire outside the U.N. headquarters in New York City.

From The American Conservative, President Washington's Farewell Address is still very relevant.

From The Western Journal, according to an opinion column, to make Colombia free again, it should be brought back to its Judeo-Christian roots.

From BizPac ReviewWhite House advisor Stephen Miller gives an inspirational and timely speech to National Guard troops.

From the New York Post, in a road rage incident, a "Karen" in Santa Clarita, California hurls racist insults at her neighbor.

From Breitbart, singer Lauren Mascitti pays a musical homage to her great-grandfather's journey to Ellis Island.

From Newsmax, according to a survey, nearly half of Americans don't know what tomorrow's milestone commemorates.

And from SFGate, a resident of San Francisco goes from sushi in Mission, California to Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City.

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Thursday Tidings

As the hot and sunny weather continues on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, injustice toward Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

From FrontpageMag, why right-wing opponents of mass immigration have no problem with the Amish, who "don't assimilate".

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, you should annoy a Democrat and celebrate America's upcoming 250th birthday.

From the Washington Examiner, all the ways by which President Trump earns his money.

From The Federalist, 37 All-American places to eat on your summer road trip.  (I've been to three of them: the Tune Inn in Washington, D.C., Bob & Edith's in Arlington, VA, and the Texas Tavern in Roanoke, VA.)

From American Thinker, rent freezes, such as in New York City by Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), fit right in with the definition of fascism.

From NewsBusters, the worst outbursts from the anti-American Hollywood left.

From Canada Free Press, Trump is finishing what started in 1776, which is why the Democratic Socialists of America and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney want him gone.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela decorates Italian and Swiss rescue teams for their earthquake relief efforts.

From TCW Defending Freedom, immigration and the Labour Party's war against the British people.

From Snouts in the Trough, should your kids start learning Chinese?

From EuroNews, almost 1.2 million illegal migrants apply for Spain's amnesty regularization scheme.

From Free West Media, after Morocco beats the Netherlands in the World Cup, several Dutch cities go into civil war mode.

From ReMix, French police raid offices and residences of members of the party National Rally.

From Balkan Insight, protesters are detained and police are injured at an anti-government rally outside the Albanian parliament building.

From The North Africa Post, Sudan extends the opening of the Adré border crossing with Chad for three months to keep allowing aid to enter.

From The New Arab, six people are killed in an explosion at a cafe in Damascus, Syria.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the man who allegedly shot six people in Stade, Germany was driven to the scene of the crime by a member of a government sponsored NGO.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From the Daily Mail, a woman passes out while being publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

From Gatestone Institute, why negotiating with terrorists such as Hamas and terrorist regimes such as Iran is a terrible idea.

From The Daily Signal, why talk show host Bill Maher has become liberalism's apostate.

From Radio Free Asia, Papua New Guinea received millions of dollars after Cyclone Maila, but some residents still haven't gotten any relief.

From The American Conservative, the Supreme Court demands that America commits national suicide.

From The Western Journal, the media omit an unpleasant detail in former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's story about Child Protective Services taking his kids away for a day.

From BizPac Review, a CNN segment "goes off the rails" when a guest tells some uncomfortable truth about immigration and foreign exploitation of birthright citizenship.

From the Daily Caller, Congress plans to "reign in" birth tourism scams after the recent Supreme Court ruling.

From the New York Post, air traffic control audio reveals a New York Police Department helicopter pilot's to the two people who climbed the Empire State Building.  (The line between the labels "badass" and "stupid people" can be pretty thin, but because they allegedly committed several crimes with their stunt, I give them the latter.)

From Breitbart, more Americans are in the American work force.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Tom McClintock (R-Cal), government housing subsidies should be eliminated because they cause home prices to rise.

And from Page Six, singer Madonna appears to take aim at her ex-husband Sean Penn in a new song.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Sites At Union Station

During my running around today, I went through Union Station in Washington, D.C.  As I did about two years ago, I took a shot of the Liberty Bell replica on the south side of the station.  Unlike then, the bell today is very clean, as seen here.  The station and a "USA 250" banner are behind it.

A Few Wednesday Links To Start July

On a hot and sunny Wednesday on the start of July, now that I'm back from my usual running around, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, socialism should not have a home in the U.S.

From FrontpageMag, an Iranian court sentences singer Parastoo Ahmani 74 lashes for performing without wearing a hijab.

From Townhall, ProFa threatens to kill the judges who gave some of its members long prison sentences.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump should ban the "food truck pirates" from the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

From the Washington Examiner, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) confirms that he has been "in touch" with former Vice President Harris.

From The Federalist, birthplace citizenship and mass migration are incompatible.

From American Thinker, the "very Christian" founding of the United States.

From NewsBusters, experts and Politico get it wrong about gas prices.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the Labiour Party's "new safe and legal" refugee routes will flood the U.K. with more migrants.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Iranian government threatens to confiscate the Qavam church in Tehran and evict the 20 families living near it.

From The Times Of Israel, an anti-Israel candidate wins a Democratic congressional primary in Colorado.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. "handed Iran the paper and kept the war".

From The American Conservative, the new "Mamdani wave" looks like Republican agitation from about 15 years ago.

And from the Genesius Times, the British are horrified to learn that rape gangs in the U.K. use air conditioning.