Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, Qatar does not deserve President Trump's guarantee of security.

From FrontpageMag, Colombian President Gustavo Petro doubles down on the statement that got his U.S. visa revoked.

From Townhall, the Department of Justice decides to investigate the Portland, Oregon police after their arrest of journalist Nick Sortor.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump gives Hamas a deadline.

From The Federalist, leftists have abandoned debate and embraced violence.

From American Thinker, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is neither a Spartacus nor a Socrates.

From MRCTV, a video about leftists such as Jane Fonda crying about censorship.

From NewsBusters, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accuses the Democrats of intentionally sabotaging the U.S.

From Canada Free Press, Canada should grab a grand bargain with the U.S.

From TeleSUR, El Salvador's government bans "inclusive language" in public schools.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Arctic ice keeps on refusing to melt.

From Snouts in the Trough, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plan to protect the U.K.'s Jewish community.

From EuroNews, 15 unidentified drones are reportedly spotted flying over a military base in eastern Belgium.

From Free West Media, the long overdue end to the war on warriors.

From ReMix, the Spanish National Police arrest 12 people in the city of Vic for allegedly creating fraudulent partnerships between Spaniards and illegal migrants.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at 20minutos.)

From Balkan Insight, seven men accused of trying to tunnel into the underground evidence storage depot of the Higher Court in Podgorica, Montenegro are acquitted due to lack of proof.

From The North Africa Post, dozens of members of the GenZ 212 movement protest peacefully in the Moroccan cities of Rabat, Casablanca and Agadir.

From The New Arab, a musical ode to displaced Sudanese and Palestinian families living in Egypt.

From YemenOnline, the Swedish government launches an investigation of "Islamist infiltration" and influence by the Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, none of the 40 vessels in the Global Sumud Flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces carried any aid.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, today it's Jews on Yom Kippur, tomorrow it will be Christians on Christmas.

From Gatestone Institute, the evil intention of destroying Israel.

From Radio Free Asia, Hong Kong plans to use AI to implement Big Brother.

From The Stream, Catholic bishops in the U.S. feed into the myth of Muslims being martyrs.

From The Daily Signal, NATO's newest member Sweden is outspending many longtime members on defense.

From The American Conservative, pressuring Russian President Putin is "a play in three acts".

From The Western Journal, just when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets an abortion drug back under review, the Food and Drug Administration approves another one.

From BizPac Review, a woman in Chicago smears dog [bleep] on a Tesla and quickly reaps the consequences.

From the Daily Caller, the Canterbury Cathedral gets its first female archbishop.

From the New York Post, a policeman in New York City becomes the fourth person in his family to be promoted to sergeant in the NYPD.

From Breitbart, a federal judge rules against two sanctuary cities, allowing Trump to cut off aid.

From Newsmax, the Senate rejects a stopgap measure that would have ended the government shutdown.

And from LifeNews, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) faces a lawsuit after dropping charges against an abortion supporter who allegedly assaulted a pro-life journalist.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, two Jews are killed in an attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England.

From FrontpageMag, how President Trump can bust the Democrat money machine that's funding ProFa.

From Townhall, illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia finally might get deported.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Northwestern University's Center for Enlightened Disagreement calls for civil dialogue, but its co-chair negotiated on behalf of activists who called Jews "pigs".

From the Washington Examiner, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs a bill that reverses California's anti-truancy law, which was championed by then-San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris (D).

From The Federalist, former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro recalls how he became a political prisoner during the Biden presidency.

From American Thinker, we all identify with the victims of horrific attacks.....until we don't.

From NewsBusters, according to a new Gallop poll, trust in news media has dropped to a new low.

From Canada Free Press, Pope Leo XIV appears clouded on the issues of abortion and the death penalty.

From TeleSUR, Peruvian journalists denounce the over 200 attacks against the media and demand an end to their being harassed.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC program Panorama shows its bias about asylum hotel protests.

From Snouts in the Trough, is Reform party leader Nigel Farage already running the U.K.?

From EuroNews, more on the aforementioned attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England.

From ReMix, Italy moves to revive its nuclear energy industry with a new bill.

From Balkan Insight, the Romanian government approves legislation to establish a volunteer military training program.

From The North Africa Post, young protesters in Morocco can be genuine demonstrators or goons, rioters and manipulators.

From The New Arab, three Christian men are shot and killed in Anaz, Syria.

From RAIR Foundation USA, a Spanish priest faces three years in prison for telling the truth about Islam.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From the Daily Mail, still more about the twice-aforementioned attack at a Manchester, England synagogue.

From Sp!ked, how the West has failed the Danish cartoon test.

From Gatestone Institute, Qatar must apologize for its support of terrorist groups.

From The Stream, Canadian churches burn as the left provides the fuel.

From The Daily Signal, even as the federal government shuts down, construction on the border wall continues.

From The American Conservative, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair should not be inflicted upon Gaza.

From The Western Journal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushes back on criticism from the aforementioned Pope Leo XIV.

From BizPac Review, FBI Director Kash Patel cuts ties with the Anti-Defamation League because it branded Turning Point USA as an extremist group.

From the Daily Caller, Fox and Friends co-host Lawrence Jones fact-checks Senator Jeanne Shaheen's (D-NH) claim about health care for illegal aliens.

From the New York Times, a strip mall in Los Angeles blasts classical music at night to keep vagrants away.

From Breitbart, right-wing commentator Dennis Prager talks on camera for the first time since being injured and paralyzed in 2024.

From Newsmax, according to the aforementioned press secretary Leavitt, federal government layoffs due to the shutdown could reach the thousands.

And from SFGate, the actor known as "The Rock" wears heavy prosthetics for his lead role in the movie The Smashing Machine.

Stories To Start October

On a warm and sunny Wednesday on the first day of October and the Schumer Shutdown, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's changes will make the U.S. military stronger.

From FrontpageMag, California Highway Patrol officers protect former Vice President Harris on her book tour.

From Townhall, recently arrested former Des Moines school district Superintendent and illegal alien Ian Roberts has reportedly been receiving mail-in ballots from Maryland.  (You can live in Iowa and have a high-ranking job there, but vote in Maryland, all while being in the U.S. illegally.  Interesting how that works.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, AI platforms blame "right-wing ideology" for the murder of activist Charlie Kirk.

From the Washington Examiner, a bunch of congresscritters ask to have their pay withheld during the current government shutdown.

From The Federalist, the military's recruiting crisis under then-President Biden turns out to have been a leadership problem.

From American Thinker, one benefit of the shutdown is that there will be no bull[bleep] economic reports.

From MRCTV, appearing on MSNBC's Deadline White House, former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall claims that the military has never been woke.

From NewsBusters, TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert talk about Kimmel's suspension, but avoid the reason for it.

From Canada Free Press, what's in a name that costs lots of money and can't even be pronounced by most people?

From TeleSUR, the Federation of Kichwa Peoples of Northern Ecuador declares a temporary truce to open dialogue with the Ecuadorian government.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. is getting choked by Fabian knotweed.

From Snouts in the Trough, is Prime Minister Keir Starmer is greatest U.K. patriot ever?

From EuroNews, three alleged Hamas members are arrested in Germany for allegedly planning attacks on Jewish sites.

From ReMix, a family in Bougival, France defends their home against three armed burglars.

From Balkan Insight, the Serbian government grants citizenship to Russian nationals who were sanctioned by various countries.

From The North Africa Post, Mauritania announces plans for a nanosatellite program to boost its digital sovereignty.

From The New Arab, are Arab states legally bound to protect the Sumud Flotilla heading toward Gaza?

From The Times Of Israel, Druze in Syria push for autonomy.

From the Daily Mail, the Taliban shuts down the internet in Afghanistan to prevent "immorality".

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran claims that its missiles can reach "wherever needed".

From Gatestone Institute, should former FBI Director James Comey be convicted?

From The Stream, a revolution and other matters.

From The Daily Signal, you almost have to respect what Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is trying to do.

From The American Conservative, finding common cause with - believe it or not - activist Greta Thunberg.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) asks Republicans to "strike a deal with" her.

From BizPac Review, former TV host Don Lemon claims that the aforementioned Secretary Hegseth is a DEI hire.

From the Daily Caller, the family of the man convicted of trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh begs a judge for leniency because he's a transgender.

From Breitbart, actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) flies to Rome and joins a call from Pope Leo XIV for Catholics to "terminate climate change".  (The article doesn't say whether he flew on a private jet.  How many Catholics does China have?)

From Newsmax, Florida officials unanimously approve a plan to build the Trump Presidential Library in Miami.

And from the New York Post, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) makes an oopsie.

A Sasquatch's Tuesday Dozen For The End Of September

On a warm and cloudy Tuesday on the last day of September, here are 12 things going on:

From The Times Of Israel, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, documents from Gaza shows the "direct involvement" of Hamas with the aid flotilla.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to "six local women", some Palestinian men and UNWRA workers have been using humanitarian aid to sexual exploit Gazan women.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, children are taught to call for the destruction of Israeli at an Islamist festival in Berlin.  (If your read German, read the story at NiUS and Philosophia Perennis.)

From Gatestone Institute, China and Russia are "the axis of war".

From The Stream, what a 2,700-year-old stone inscription proves the eternal truth about Jerusalem.

From The Daily Signal, Democrats take heat over their proposed healthcare subsidies for illegal aliens.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a coronavirus enforcer admits that lockdowns were "never necessary".

From Snouts in the Trough, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will do "whatever it takes" to secure the U.K.'s borders....riiiiiight!

From FrontpageMag, President Trump uses the FACE act to go after leftists and Islamists who attack synagogues.

From Townhall, here's a soundbite for Republicans for the impending fight over the Schumer shutdown.

From The Federalist, the left-wing love for terrorists is nothing new.

And from the Genesius Times, Prime Minister Keir Starmer orders the arrest of anyone saying that the U.K. doesn't have free speech.

Monday Mania

Now that I've had a chance to settle back into my domicile on a warm and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, young American communists believe that true communism has never been attempted.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's wisdom at the U.N. falls on deaf western European ears.

From Townhall, eight Mexican cartel members are arrested for alleged shoplifting and money laundering in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the media covered the death of convicted cop killer Assata Shakur, who as a fugitive fled to Cuba.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats refuse to stop calling Trump and his supporters "fascists".

From The Federalist, leftists feign sympathy for the autistic babies whom they would gladly abort.

From American Thinker, what Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's meeting with U.S. generals and admirals should and should not mean.

From NewsBusters, CBS suggests that the Unabomber had some good arguments and tactics.

From Canada Free Press, the mythical underpinnings of a proposed Palestinian state.

From TeleSUR, Ecuador is "at a turning point of austerity and repression".

From TCW Defending Freedom, a report from the launch of the party Advance UK in Newcastle, England.

From EuroNews, the pro-E.U. party PAS wins in Moldova's parliamentary elections.

From Free West Media, the German broadcaster NDR censors a documentary exposing election interference funded by USAID.

From ReMix, one person is dead and five others seriously injured in a battle between two Turkish families - in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

From Balkan Insight, former Yugoslav General Nebojša Pavković is brought back to Serbia before the end of his 22-year sentence for war crimes.

From The North Africa Post, speaking at the U.N., Malian Prime Minster Abdoulaye Maïga accuses Algerian of exporting terrorism to the Sahel region.

From The New Arab, Moroccans stranded in the Gaza Strip beg their government to not forget them.

From The Times Of Israel, a man is assaulted, injured, and called a "dirty Jew" - in Yerres, France.

From Gatestone Institute, thanks to Western useful idiots, Iran's terror proxies celebrate the proposed Palestinian state by moving their jihad to the West Bank.

From Radio Free Asia, who North Korea weaponizes AI and deepfakes.

From The Stream, violent left-wingers attack ICE officers and American sovereignty.

From The Daily Signal, why China wants the war between Russia and Ukraine to continue.

From The American Conservative, a letter from a TAC contributor to a friend.

From The Western Journal, witnesses give "shocking" accounts of the shooting at an LDS church in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

From BizPac Review, former White House Special Counsel Ty Cobb thinks that the charges against former FBI Director James Comey could be "tossed out well before the trial".

From the Daily Caller, analysts are split on what the withdrawal of current New York City Mayor Eric Adams (I) from the city's mayoral race means for candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From the New York Post, a fugitive who fled to India after allegedly killing a man in car wreck on Long Island in 2005 is extradited to back to the U.S.

From Breitbart, according to the AI studio that created her, Hollywood talent agencies want to hire AI actress Tilly Norwood.

From Newsmax, under a plan to end the war in Gaza proposed by Trump, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair would serve as the area's interim administrator.  (I've got a feeling that some Brits might be shouting "don't let him!")

And from The Babylon Bee, Democrats are outraged at the political prosecutions of people not named Trump.

I'm Back From Minnesota

After a relatively short flight and some delays afterward, and then going out to eat a late supper, I have finally returned.  I now know that the shuttles at Washington Reagan Airport don't all go to the economy parking lot, and that this lot is still the most expensive that I've ever used.  But all that is behind me now as I return to some semblance of my normal routine.  See all youz soon.

Fort Snelling - Part 2

Although slavery was outlawed in what is now Minnesota under both the Northwest Ordinance and the Missouri Compromise, fur traders and military officers brought slaves to Fort Snelling.  The fort's surgeon, John Emerson, brought his slave Dred Scott to the fort from Missouri.  Scott married a woman named Harriet Robinson, who had been brought from Virginia to Fort Snelling by her enslaver Lawrence Taliaferro.  During their time at the fort, Dred and Harriet Scott are believed to have lived in the room behind the red door seen here, at one end of the fort's hospital.  According to our tour guide, they probably slept on the floor.  The Scotts would later sue for their freedom, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

Fort Snelling - Part 1

Today I visited Fort Snelling, which is administered by the Minnesota Historical Society.  It's pretty close to both my undisclosed location and Minneapolis International Airport.  It's located close to the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, which the Dakota people call Bdóte.  The fort was originally named Fort Saint Anthony, but was renamed Fort Snelling in 1825 after Colonel Josiah Snelling, who oversaw the completion of its construction.

Fort Snelling was decommissioned in 1946 and used as the headquarters of an Army Reserve brigade from 1963 to 1994.  Over the years, walls and buildings were removed.  In 1965, work began on restoring the fort to its original appearance.  Minnesota route 5 passes through tunnels under the fort.  The first thing I saw was this memorial to a treaty signed in 1805 by Lieutenant Zebulon Pike (after whom Pike's Peak was later named), near the modern parking lot.

Another Meeting And A Tour Of Minneapolis

Today I met for lunch with another friend from the blogosphere, who calls himself RZ, which is short for "Reactionariez".  Like Holger, with whom I had breakfast yesterday, he was a host on the erstwhile internet platform BlogTalkRadio.  He now has a show on Mixlr called "Ideas Are Bulletproof Radio".  Both of them live in the Minneapolis area and sometimes hang out together in real life.  We had lunch at Frenchman's Pub in the city of Richfield, which unlike Fat Nat's Eggs, has no website of its own, just a page on Facebook.

After eating, RZ took me on a little tour of Minneapolis.  He drove us up Chicago Avenue, including a section thereof named George Perry Floyd Square.  It was in this area that a criminal named George Floyd died while being restrained by a police officer's knee on his neck.  Near the north end of the square is this monument, apparently created by or in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.  On its base is the symbol which the Minneapolis-born musician known as Prince sometimes used as his name.

Staying Around The Twin Cities

Instead of setting out on a long drive from my undisclosed location, today I went on two shorter trips.  The first was to have breakfast with a friend from the blogosphere who calls himself Holger, after a legendary Danish king.  I used to listen to his show on BlogTalkRadio, back when the platform still existed.  He also has his own blog, Holger Awakens, but stopped posting in early 2021.  I first met him in person at a rally on the mall in Washington, D.C. back in 2011, along with a bunch of other fellow right wingnuts.  But in the near future, if you're in the Twin Cities area and get hungry for some breakfast, you can try out Fat Nat's Eggs.

Later in the day, I decided to go take a hike across another bridge.  This one is called Old Cedar Avenue Bridge, and spans part of Long Meadow Lake.  Like the bridge in Stillwater that I crossed a few days ago, it has middle lanes for cyclists and outer lanes for pedestrians.