Saturday Stuff

On a partly sunny and cool Saturday, after I've come back from walking in a forest like a good sasquatch, here are some things going on:

From National Review, is the LIV Golf league, backed by Saudi Arabia, on its way out?

From FrontpageMag, the Australian government responds to the Bondi Beach terror attack by calling for "gun buybacks".

From Townhall, the thing that never happens allegedly happens in New Jersey.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the visit to the U.S. by the U.K.'s King Charles III "hits all the right notes but doesn't reflect reality.

From the Washington Examiner, the respective Republican chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees criticize President Trump's decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany.

From The Federalist, a federal appeals court blocks the FDA from allowing abortionists to send abortion drugs by mail.

From American Thinker, how Argentine President Javier Milei took down the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes.

From NewsBusters, ABC and The Washington Post hype the appointment by Pope Leo XIV of a former illegal alien as a bishop in West Virginia.

From TCW Defending Freedom, sometimes, being a man requires fighting.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister "Sir" Keir Starmer gets surprised.

From The Jerusalem Post, a man gets 10 months in prison for relieving himself in an inappropriate place in Harish, Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, the Trump administration should beware of the so-called moderates in Iran.

From The American Conservative, weirdos want to kill Trump.

And from The Gateway Pundit, vandals spray paint a large "8647" graffito onto the bottom of the drained reflecting pool in Washington, D.C.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, the full story of left-wing media personality Hasan Piker.

From FrontpageMag, a man who testified for the defense of a terrorist leader linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is now running for congress from New Jersey.

From Townhall, Iran reportedly reactivates a 30-year-old tanker as they run out of places to store oil.

From The Washington Free Beacon, The New York Times places congresscritter Elise Stefanik's (R-NY) book Poisoned Ivies third in its best seller list, even though the data would have placed it in the top spot.

From the Washington Examiner, former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) has a message for his fellow Democrats, but will they listen?

From The Federalist, the lawyer who took the Dobbs v. Jackson case was pressured to avoid taking on Roe v. Wade, but chose courage instead.

From American Thinker, the Islamic scriptures aren't kind to the Muslim founder Muhammad.

From NewsBusters, according to the Department of Justice, a U.S. Army soldier used classified information to win a bet of over $400,000.

From Canada Free Press, Democrats and democracy in Virginia.

From TeleSUR, President Javier Milei hands over Argentina's largest bus terminal to a consortium.  (TeleSUR wouldn't respond when I clicked on it yesterday.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the covered up excess winter deaths that contradict the global warming allegations.

From Snouts in the Trough, please come to the U.K., the world's welfare state?

From EuroNews, the U.K.'s House of Lords is accused of "obstructionism" as time runs out on a bill for legalizing euthanasia for terminally ill adults.

From ReMix, a homeless Nigerian man beats up an 85-year-old soup kitchen volunteer in Empoli, Italy, who now calls for remigration.

From Balkan Insight, a Kosovo court finds three Serbs guilty of involvement in an armed attack in 2023 in the city of Banjska.  (I once stayed in the Slovak city of Banská Štiavnica, where my tour group was told that the word banská means "mining".  I suspect that the name "Banjska" might also mean "mining".)

From The North Africa Post, the United Kingdom supports Morocco's plan for autonomy in the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, according to the World Health Organization, rebuilding Gaza's healthcare system would cost $10 billion.

From Gatestone Institute, Europe commits energy suicide by deliberately destroying its own fossil fuel operations.

From The Daily Signal, Ohio protects the 2nd Amendment against local interference.

From The American Conservative, who's afraid of losing the upcoming midterm elections?

From The Western Journal, a Department of Justice report calls for bringing back firing squads.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Tim Burchett (R-TN) is not saying that it's aliens, but......

From the Daily Caller, how President Trump changed the narrative on Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa.

From the New York Post, according to the Chief Twit, the Tesla Cybercab robotaxi has "started production".

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH), Republicans are investigating the Democrat fundraising organization ActBlue for suspected foreign donations.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Greg Steube (R-FL), Democratic Senators are blocking popular measures.

And from SFGate, a controversial move by Pacific Gas and Electric to remove two of its old dams draws pushback from the Trump administration.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, the cautionary tale of former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax (D).

From FrontpageMag, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson should understand that the history between Christianity and Islam is long and bitter.

From Townhall, now that the Strait of Hormuz is open, European allies want to help?

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) blames the U.S. for "creating" terrorism.

From the Washington Examiner, a Utah state Supreme Court justice is under investigation for an alleged improper relationship with a lawyer who argued a redistricting case in her court.

From The Federalist, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger establishes an open season on people who would celebrate parts of her state's heritage.

From American Thinker, Senator Rueben Gallego (D-AZ) and former congresscritters Eric Swalwell (D-Cal) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX) owe former congresscritter Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) an apology.

From NewsBusters, how then-President Biden's Department of Justice went after pro-lifers.

From TeleSUR, 91 former illegal aliens are deported to Cuba.

From TCW Defending Freedom, let's burn the "quangos" who lie about heat-related deaths.

From Snouts in the Trough, according to an opinion column, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is a lying liar.

From EuroNews, five men accused of sending exploding parcels on behalf of Russia go on trial in Vilnius, Lithuania.  (Were they inspired by the Unabomber?)

From ReMix, seven suspects, all with African or Asian backgrounds, are arrested for allegedly gang-raping a woman in Cesena, Italy.

From Balkan Insight, the party Progressive Bulgaria, led by former President Rumen Radev, is poised to win big in Bulgaria's upcoming general election.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco signs a €500 million financing partnership with the OPEC fund.

From The New Arab, Turkey, Syria and Jordan agree to modernize and reconnect their railway networks.

From the Daily Mail, police in London close a park after an Islamist "terror cell" posts a video claiming to show drones carrying hazardous materials toward the Israeli embassy.

From The Times Of Israel, New York City First Lady Rama Duwaji apologizes apologizes for social media posts she made as a teenager.

From Open, the Iranian regime is now exhausted and humbled.

From Gatestone Institute, why does the (unelected) European Commission support and legitimize the Muslim Brotherhood?

From The Daily Signal, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) claims to have written the first draft of a federal guidebook for AI.

From The American Conservative, the war against Iran constrains the U.S.'s options in eastern Asia.

From The Western Journal, a left-wing group is slammed for using the actions of the aforementioned Justin Fairfax to push for gun control.

From BizPac Review, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Biden administration was Christian families from fostering children.

From the Daily Caller, senatorial candidate Michele Tafoya (R-Min) signals her openness to a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.

From the New York Post, former actress Stormy Daniels, who received hush money from then-candidate Trump, doesn't look so good these days.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From TMZ, at the home of actor Dylan Sprouse, beware of the owner.  (via the New York Post)

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court gives oil and gas companies a procedural win in lawsuits over coastal land loss in Louisiana.

And from Breitbart, a Chinese carmaker patents a device that lets you get relief without stopping your car.

Thursday Things

As the sunny but cool weather persists on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, well, what do you know, the Iranians are not keeping their promises.

From FrontpageMag, the media underreports the crimes of the Iranian government.

From Townhall, liberals will not like what NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had to say about his visit with President Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, what a negotiated victory over the Iranian regime looks like.

From the Washington Examiner, why oil prices are decreasing faster than gasoline prices after the announcement of a ceasefire with Iran.  (I've noticed for a long time that when something happens which results in an increase in the price of oil, the price of gas at the pump increases a microsecond later, but when the price of oil decreases, it taaaakes tiiiiime for the priiiiice of gaaaaas to coooome dooowwwn.)

From The Federalist, Trump has been against Iran acquiring nuclear weapons for 25 years.

From American Thinker, trying to find the hidden truth about illegal aliens and crime.

From NewsBusters, The Atlantic ruins its appreciation of Artemis II with its rage against Trump.

From Canada Free Press, today's anti-Americans.

From TeleSUR, the Mexican Ministry of Culture demands the suspension of an auction of Mesoamerican artifacts being held in Monaco.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the U.K. appeasing the IRA opened the door for Islamic terrorism - Part 1.

From EuroNews, five europarliamentcritters warn of "serious" risks to Hungary's upcoming elections.

From ReMix, an Italian court frees a migrant from Mali accused of raping an elderly woman because the order detaining him was not translated into any language that he understood.

From Balkan Insight, a growing demand for weapons turns Albania into a hub for small-arms trafficking.

From The North Africa Post, Kenya supports Morocco's plan for autonomy in the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia executes two Shiite citizens convicted of "terror offenses".

From the Daily Mail, at a pub in the London neighborhood of Soho, an Algerian steals a bag containing a £2 million Fabergé egg.

From Arutz Sheva, a resident of Haifa, Israel is arrested for allegedly planning an attack on former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in concert with Iranian agents.

From Open, a Pakistani man pleads guilty to planning a mass shooting at a Jewish center in New York City.

From Gatestone, the U.S. fantasy of disarmament and peace in Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, the man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska is deemed "incapable" of standing trial, but the case might still continue.

From The American Conservative, the case of Wong Kim Ark does not justify birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens.

From The Western Journal, First Lady Melania Trump touts the first conviction under the Take It Down Act, which she championed.

From BizPac Review, according to congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC), former Attorney General Pam Bondi will still have to appear before the House Oversight Committee for a sworn deposition.  (Mace's last name is a word for a weapon.)

From the Daily Caller, the Dignity Act is far worse than you think.

From the New York Post, a FedEx driver blames his murder of a seven-year-old girl on his alter ego.

From Breitbart, U.S. consumer spending rose solidly during February.

From Newsmax, Florida prosecutors plan to subpoena golfer Tiger Woods's prescription drug records from a pharmacy.

From The Texas Tribune, record oil production in western Texas helps stabilize the U.S. supply amid the war against Iran.  (via Newsmax)

And from SFGate, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Sonoma County, California offers a hike that lasts three hours, but covers only 3/4 of mile.

Wednesday Wanderings

As the sunny but cool weather keeps going on a Wednesday, here are some things also going on:

From National Review, Iran prepares to deceive the West once again.

From FrontpageMag, oh, great, it's a ceasefire.

From Townhall, the "Dignity Act" is in reality an amnesty bill.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, Operation Epic Fury has destroyed 80 to 90 percent of Iran's weapons factory, air defenses, naval fleet, and nuclear infrastructure.

From the Washington Examiner, former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unloads against his fellow Democrats.

From The Federalist, the media are lying by painting Department of Justice abusers as President Trump's "political foes".

From American Thinker, Republican leaders must embrace mass deportations if they want to win the upcoming midterms.

From NewsBusters, PBS's new documentary about the American Revolution echoes the "1619 Project".

From Canada Free Press, "recreational rioters" attack police officers in Washington, D.C.

From TeleSUR, heavy rains in the Dominican Republic produce floods that claim the life of a child.

From TCW Defending Freedom, has the party Reform UK blown its chance to rescue the public service disaster area known as Wales?

From Snouts in the Trough, has Trump been "humiliated" in Iran?

From EuroNews, researchers warn that Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán's party Fidesz is violating advertising rules on platforms owned by tech company Meta.

From Free West Media, what has any war costing over $280 billion achieved?

From ReMix, in Barcelona, Spain, a Moroccan migrant tries to steal a gold chain from a wheelchair-bound man, who allegedly stabs him to death.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Caso.)

From Balkan Insight, Greece will ban children under 15 years old from using social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.

From The North Africa Post, Casablanca, Morocco plans to update its transport system ahead of the 2030 soccer World Cup.

From The New Arab, Iran's blocking the Strait of Hormuz makes fertilizer more expensive in Egypt.

From Sky News, an Islamic preacher in Sydney, Australia speaks against Jews and Christians.

From the Daily Mail, an Afghan migrant who allegedly attacked a 14-year-old girl and her mother with a wine bottle is allowed to stay in the U.K.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the major media hide war crimes committed by Iran.

From Gatestone Institute, Iranian Majlis Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf is not a moderate.  (The Majlis is the Iranian parliament.)

From The Daily Signal, Artemis II still faces a dangerous test.

From The American Conservative, understanding the ceasefire with Iran.

From The Western Journal, an illegal alien from Haiti who was shielded from deportation by the Biden administration allegedly beats a woman to death in Fort Myers, Florida.

From BizPac Review, Trump responds to a message from right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson.

From the Daily Caller, despite the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, Israel keeps pounding Lebanon.

From the New York Post and the "no good deed goes unpunished" department, a good Samaritan tries to break up a fight on a train in New York City and gets slashed in the face.

From Breitbart, actor George Clooney calls Trump a "war criminal".

From Newsmax, Trump celebrates the special election victory of congresscritter-elect Clay Fuller (R-GA).

And from The U.S. Sun, in Veracruz, Mexico, two grieving women start fighting each other over the coffin of the man with whom they had both been romantically involved.  (via the New York Post)

Sunday Stories

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From TCW Defending Freedom, ditching Christianity.

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

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

From The American Conservative, will Azerbaijan attack Iran?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday Tidbits

On a cold and rainy Tuesday, which is thus unsuitable for exploration, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the new era of drone warfare spreads across the Middle East.

From FrontpageMag, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) promotes Islam.

From Townhall, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirms that Iran was close to getting nuclear weapons.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israel forces "flatten" the building where Iran's Assembly of Experts were gathered to select the country's next supreme leader.

From the Washington Examiner, how Trump can avoid a "forever war" in Iran.

From The Federalist, how to stay sane and not appear stupid when discussing the war against Iran.

From American Thinker, there are people and things that the Democrats hate, but whom do they love?

From NewsBusters, while ranting against Trump, Politico finally admits that the Biden administration was "dysfunctional".

From Canada Free Press, migrants and left-wingers are a greater terror threat than Islamists are.

From TeleSUR, the poetry of Jose Marti shapes Cuba's musical identity.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Little Ice Age was the climate change that modern doomsayers ignore.

From Snouts in the Trough, weep for the U.K.'s future or lack thereof.  (The article's date is March 2nd, but I will let it slide because it's a "Tuesday=Wednesday blog".)

From EuroNews, Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy clash over the Druzhba oil pipeline, with the E.U. caught in the middle.

From Free West Media, "when rules collapse".

From ReMix, 501 Afghans sue the German government for not letting them enter as previously promised.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbia has a growing network of "slippery" surveillance technology.

From The North Africa Post, NGOs call for the protection of human rights in the Tindouf camps in Algeria and praise U.N. Security Council Resolution 2797.

From The New Arab, a drone strike on a power plant causes a blackout in El-Obeid, Sudan.

From the Daily Mail, the Albanese government in Australia is under pressure due to a promise to an Islamic group that mourned the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran is at a strategic turning point.

From The Daily Signal, NCAA football legend Tim Tebow testifies to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism about child trafficking.

From The American Conservative, the "colonization" of the U.K. comes for soccer.

From The Western Journal, the rock band Radiohead doesn't like ICE using one of their songs in a tribute video to Americans who were killed by illegal aliens.

From BizPac Review, for the second time in recent history, an airplane lands in the Hudson River near New York City.

From the Daily Caller, a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan honors the aforementioned Ayatollah Khamenei and trashes the U.S.

From the New York Post, the sickening reason why an illegal alien with 30 prior arrests was released by a judge in Fairfax County, Virginia before he allegedly hacked a woman to death at a bus stop.

From Breitbart, a loss of phone and interwebz services in Medina County, Ohio is blamed on a squirrel.

From Newsmax, according to special envoy Steve Witkoff, Iranian officials last month claimed to have produced enough enriched uranium for 11 nuclear bombs.

And from The Babylon Bee, former President Biden asks why Trump simply didn't bomb the twice-aforementioned Ayatollah Khamenei in the leg.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner pledges to hunt down the "wannabe Nazis" of ICE after President Trump leaves office.

From FrontpageMag, Trump betrays the Kurds in Syria.

From Townhall, Minnesota agrees to a major concession to the Trump administration on the enforcement of immigration law.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Kennedy Center was an object of politics long before Trump got involved.

From the Washington Examiner, how demands by Democrats for judicial warrants instead of administrative warrants could decimate the deportation agenda.

From The Federalist, without deportations, the border cannot be secured.

From American Thinker, a truth inconvenient to the left about agitator Alex Pretti's gun.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace displays an AI-edited photo of Alex Pretti.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian provincial premiers are working to take down the U.S.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan oil workers march in defense of their industry.

From TCW Defending Freedom, under new Archbishop Sarah Mullally, the Church of England will welcome all minorities, except for traditional Anglicans.

From EuroNews, according to E.U. High Representative Kaja Kallas, Russian President Putin should make some concession before talking with European leaders.

From ReMix, Muslim leaders in Padua, Italy demand the removal of a plastic pig from deli shop's window.  (If you read Italian, read the story at il Giornale.)

From Balkan Insight, what would Russia do if Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić lost power?

From The North Africa Post, Renault Group Morocco confirmed its leadership in the automotive sector in 2025.

From The New Arab, what now for the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria?

From The Jerusalem Post, a year after being arrested by the Taliban, an American citizen in still held in Kabul, Afghanistan without so far being charged.

From the Daily Mail, a woman collapses from being caned 140 times in the Indonesian province of Aceh for sex outside of marriage and drinking alcohol.  (What is this "ban on cruel and unusual punishment" speak of?)

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Trump should stop Saudi Arabia's campaign against Jews and the Abraham Accords.

From The Daily Signal, parents are back in charge of their children, and the voters approve.

From The American Conservative, who's next for some regime change?

From The Western Journal, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) uses the aforementioned edited picture of Alex Pretti on the Senate floor, having previously pushed for anti-deep fake legislation.

From BizPac Review, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld gives Democrat commentator Jessica Tarlov a piece of his mind over her allegedly selective outrage.

From the Daily Caller, states rush to get their lights back on as another winter storm looms ahead.

From the New York Post, former NFL player Tyrann Mathieu using bleach in an attempt to pass a drug test during his college days at LSU, which did not go well.

From Breitbart, left-wing haters try to tank First Lady Melania Trump's movie Melania.

From Newsmax, the man who allegedly sprayed congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) with apple cider vinegar is charged with several offenses related to the incident.

And from Kidspot, quack!  (via the New York Post)

The World's Largest Frying Pan

After visiting Moores Creek Battlefield, I turned northward and went to Rose Hill, to see what is claimed to be the world's largest frying pan.  It's near the intersection of Main and Sycamore Streets and is in a wooden shelter, which you're not allowed to enter.

Stories To Start 2026

On a sunny but cold Thursday on the first day of 2026, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, President Trump speaks about the protests in Iran, and issues a warning.

From Townhall, CNN's attempt to debunk YouTube user Nick Shirley's video about alleged fraud by Somalis in Minnesota fails spectacularly.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a nominee for TWFB 2025 Man of the Year is North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick.

From the Washington Examiner, a fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland leaves 40 people dead and 115 others injured.

From The Federalist, most of daycare, not just in Minnesota, is a scam.

From American Thinker, will the theocratic government of Iran finally be overthrown?

From NewsBusters, 12 times when The View peddled conspiracy theories in 2025.

From Canada Free Press and the "good luck with that" department, calling for peace with sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela reaffirms its support for Cuba on the 67th anniversary of the revolution which brought communist dictator Fidel Castro to power.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "kneel".

From EuroNews, according to Finnish customs officials, a ship seized in Finland suspected of damaging undersea cables was carrying Russian steel subject to E.U. sanctions.

From Balkan Insight, a year of BIRN investigations exposing scams and other matters.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan authorities record over 500 offenses as digital currency funds terrorism.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia executed a record 356 people in 2025.

From the Daily Mail, the Star of David is removed from a projection of the Israeli flag onto the London Eye.

From Arutz Sheva, what's going on in Europe now is merely the trailer for its Islamization.

From Gatestone Institute, thanks to U.S. President Trump's "peace" plan, Hamas has time to hold elections in Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, four things to expect from the Trump administration in 2026.

From The American Conservative, the BBC has trapped itself with its own self-mythologizing.

From The Western Journal, former Special Counsel Jack Smith couldn't give straight answers during his deposition about the Capitol riot and Trump's alleged involvement.

From the Daily Caller, cable TV host Andy Cohen sends former New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D, later I) off with a drunken rant on New Year's Eve.

From the New York Post, protesters in Iran bring their government to a halt over soaring inflation.

From Breitbart, 10 years later, the German elite still downplays the sexual violence against over 1,000 women in major cities by male migrants.

From Newsmax, Trump decides to drop his plans for sending the National Guard into Portland, Chicago and Los Angeles.

And from CBS News, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is inaugurated in an abandoned subway station.

Wednesday Wanderings For The End Of 2025

On a cold and cloudy Wednesday on the last day of the year, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the things in 2025 that were overrated and underrated.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's comments on recently murdered actor/director Rob Reiner.

From Townhall, the Trump administration sues Virginia over granting in-state college tuition to illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, sharing a nomination for TWFB Men of the Year are the Minnesota motorists who called Governor Tim Walz (D) the R-word.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Lauren Boebert (R-Col) suggests that Trump vetoed a bill to build a water pipeline in Colorado in "retaliation" to a petition to release the Epstein files.

From The Federalist, the top ten media hoaxes for 2025, including one about a "Maryland man".

From American Thinker, actor George Clooney gets slammed on social media for his string of hypocrisies.

From NewsBusters, the ten most-read NB stories of 2025.

From Canada Free Press, 2026 will be "a walk into the great unknown".

From TeleSUR, Chile goes on red alert due to the risk of forest fires.

From TCW Defending Freedom, is the Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, the U.K.'s last hope?

From EuroNews, Helsinki police investigate damage to undersea cables extending between Finland and Estonia.

From Balkan Insight, tributes to notable people in the Balkans who passed away in 2025.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccans saved 29.7 percent of their GDP in the third quarter of 2025.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia says that it needs to know that the UAE is "serious" about pulling its troops out of Yemen.

From the Daily Mail, the U.K.'s Labour Party rules out deporting an Egyptian dissident over his Tweets calling for Jews to be killed, because they don't regard this as sufficiently bad.

From Gatestone Institute, why Israel and U.S. President Trump should be cautious about allowing Pakistani troops into Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani gets ready to take over New York City, private property owners take cover.

From The American Conservative, are American suburbs the cause of our social problems?

From The Western Journal, Trump issues his first two vetoes of his second term in office.

From BizPac Review, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) calls for visa revocation, deportation, and denaturalization due to the fraud in Minnesota.

From the Daily Caller, a convicted Somali fraudster in Minnesota used his ill-gotten money to buy land in Kentucky.

From Breitbart, actor Michael Rapaport announces his run for New York City mayor in 2029.

From Newsmax, Trump calls the aforementioned Tim Walz a "crooked governor".

And from the New York Post, if you have squatters on your property, a samurai-inspired company can remove them.

The Last Tuesday Things For The Year

On a sunny but cold and windy Tuesday, the last of 2025, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Chinese navy conducts a live-fire exercise simulating a blockade of Taiwan.

From FrontpageMag, for two years, authorities suppressed the transgender Nashville school shooter's hate for Christians.

From Townhall, look who finally showed up at the "Quality Learing Center" in Minneapolis after YouTube user Nick Shirley's exposé.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a nominee for TWFB Man of the Year is the person who double-tapped a drug-loaded speed boat near Venezuela.

From the Washington Examiner, a federal judge rules that the Trump administration can share the Medicaid data of illegal aliens with ICE.

From The Federalist, as the year 2025 comes to an end, so should impressions of President Trump.

From American Thinker, tax law can be used to speed up deportations of illegal aliens.

From NewsBusters, 12 times in 2025 when co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg of The View were divorced from reality.

From Canada Free Press, one city has garbage in, but no garbage out.

From TeleSUR, President Javier Milei dissolves Argentina's National Disability Agency.

From TCW Defending Freedom, what King Charles III should have said in his Christmas message.

From EuroNews, thieves drill into a bank vault in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and steal at least €10 million worth of property.

From ReMix, Polish farmers protest against the Mercosur trade agreement.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti returns to office with "a lot of work ahead".

From The North Africa Post, Egypt's National Railways operates its 43rd repatriation train to return Sudanese refugees home.  (To its credit, Egypt has been taking in refugees - other than modern Gazans, so it seems - for a very long time.)

From The New Arab, the Palestinian faction Fatah hands over its heavy weapons to the Lebanese army.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, after a "lone wolf" threatens people with a knife at a church in Rottenburg, Germany, the police and media cover up his background.  (If you read German, read the story at Jouwatch.)

From Newsweek, Iran designates the Canadian navy as a "terrorist organization".

From Jewish News Syndicate, the Palestinian Authority's strategy to keep conflict with Israel alive in Judea and Samaria.

From Gatestone Institute, American tech companies are helping terrorists to weaponize AI.

From The Daily Signal, three political losers and five political winners from 2025.

From The American Conservative, how U.S. President Trump can push Europe into securing Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, Attorney General Pam Bondi announces the arrests of 98 people in connection with alleged fraud in Minnesota, 85 of them of "Somali descent".

From BizPac Review, the Trump administration's $2 billion aid package to the U.N. comes with a warning.

From the Daily Caller, despite criticism from the Daily Beast, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar is more than just a "beauty salon owner".

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) names a self-described "social justice attorney" to lead the city's law department.

From Breitbart, according to Dutch social scientist Ruud Koopmans, Germany is facing a "demographic time bomb" from Syrian chain migration.

From Newsmax, according to Minnesota Republican Chair Alex Plechash, Governor Tim Walz (D) should step down.

And from SFGate, a bar in Marina del Rey, California famous for its turtle races closes after more than 50 years.

Tuesday Travels And Links

I'm just checking in after driving down to Virginia to visit my extended family for the Christmas holidays.  Thus, blogging will be light for the next few days, depending on how much free time I have.  For the time being, here are a few things going on:

From FrontpageMag, when will the West start to defend itself?

From The Federalist, five years after the fact, Fulton County, Georgia proves that then-(first term) President Trump's call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R-GA) was right.

From American Thinker, there were more eligible voters in 2024 than in 2020, but the 2024 vote totals were lower than in 2020.

From TCW Defending Freedom, surviving Hamas's terror tunnels in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hezbollah demands more money from Iran.

From Arutz Sheva, a New York City rabbi denounces Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) because 20 percent of his appointees have antisemitic views.

From the Manchester Evening News, terrorists inspired by ISIS allegedly planned to kill as many Jewish people as they could at a pro-Israel march in Manchester, England, even including children.

From Gatestone Institute, between the U.S. and China, whichever wins the nuclear fusion race also wins global primacy.

From The American Conservative, Minnesota has become a failed state.

And from the New York Post, would you give your baby the name chosen as "perfect" by AI?

Friday Phenomena

On a cold and snowy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the boring truth comes out about the alleged January 5th pipe bomber.

From FrontpageMag, Somali sex offenders in Minnesota.

From Townhall, another Afghan man is arrested for allegedly planning a mass shooting.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the IT firms which discriminate against Americans.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a delayed report, inflation rose to 2.8 percent in September.

From The Federalist, the U.S. Conference of Catholics Bishops undermine their credibility on immigration by making money off the trafficking of children.

From American Thinker, for military personnel considering "disobeying illegal orders".

From NewsBusters, news networks ignore an allocution from Venezuela's former spy chief.

From Canada Free Press, protesting from the left-wing red-green axis.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets force an illegal aircraft to land in the state of Apure.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was a dud.

From EuroNews, E.U. legislators agree to say nyet to Russian gas by 2027.

From Free West Media, the E.U. inevitably marches against globalism.

From ReMix, the arrest of a mechanic and his son who shot burglars while defending their workshop in Romagnieu, France results in outrage.  (If you read French, read the story at BMF and Le Dauphiné Libéré.)

From Balkan Insight, young Bulgarians successfully protest against a proposed 2026 government budget, which fuels hope for more protests.

From The New Arab, the Popular Forces militia in Gaza confirms that its leader Yasser Abu Shabab has been killed.

From the Daily Mail, an alleged rapist in Gowa, Indonesia is given brutal vigilante punishment.

From Organiser, a terrorist group based in Pakistan reportedly recruits 5,000 women.

From Arutz Sheva, out of fear of its leaders being eliminated by Israel, Hamas bans them from bringing electronic or medical equipment to meetings.

From the Orissa Post, Hindu schoolgirls in the Pakistani province of Sindh are allegedly pressured to convert to Islam in order to continue their studies.  (Orissa is a former name of the Indian state of Odisha.  My spellchecker has no problem with either name.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Chinese social credit system is being forced on the world.

From The Stream, Turkish President Erdoğan and Pope Leo XIV weaponize the latter's pilgrimage against Israel.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump receives the first-ever "FIFA Peace Prize".

From The American Conservative, the U.S. military sends another alleged drug boat to Davy Jones's Locker.

From The Western Journal, the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Republican redistricting in Texas.

From BizPac Review, former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines celebrates the new Texas "bathroom bill".

From the Daily Caller, the Supreme Court will decide if Trump can abolish automatic birthright citizenship by executive order.

From the New York Post, wildlife officials try weird methods to lure a bear out from under a house in Altadena, California.

From Breitbart, several Minnesota Democrats allegedly received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Somali scammers.

From Newsmax, according to a survey, Americans have a strong and bipartisan support for Ukraine against Russia.

And from SFGate, the best poke fish in the U.S. is not in Hawaii, but in the California mountain town of Big Bear Lake.

Saturday Links

On a sunny and mild Saturday, after a walk through a forest like Sasquatches are supposed to do, here are some things going on:

From National Review, dealing with the Venezuelan government and the drug cartels that it enables.

From Townhall, a man who lived under communism has a warning for New York City.

From the Washington Examiner, air traffic controllers warm that the FAA's plan to cut the number of flights won't ease the strain brought on by the shutdown or prevent risk.

From American Thinker, the truth about gun-related child deaths.

From NewsBusters, ABC rolls out former President Biden to claim that President Trump is "deliberately making hunger worse".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the myth of Mary Seacole triumphs over fact.

From Snouts in the Trough, is Birmingham, England still part of the U.K.?

From ABC News, where "A" stands for "Australian", Indonesian police investigate whether a suspect in an explosion at a mosque in North Jakarta was radicalized.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli urges Jews in New York City to move to Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian fundamentalist regime should not be allowed to rise again.

From The Stream, 10 ways by which the Christian worldview led to modern science.

From The Daily Signal, don't call New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) a "commie" or a "jihadi".

From Fox News, the student government at Fort Lewis College in Colorado reverses its decision to block the formation of a Turning Point USA chapter.  (via the New York Post)

From Newsmax, congresscritter Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) promises to oppose the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani's policies.

And from National Security Journal, do U.S. Marines actually eat.......crayons?

A Few Things For Thursday

On a cool and cloudy Thursday, how that I'm back from running around, here are a few things going on:

From The Federalist, left-wing radicals in office are more dangerous than right-wing radicals guesting on podcasts.

From American Thinker, how Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) won in New York City.

From NewsBusters, the Democrats enjoy some schadenfreude from the government shutdown.

From TCW Defending Freedom, don't cry for Argentine President Javier Milei, since he's having some success.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's hotels for illegal migrants produce a double whammy.

From Breitbart, according to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Germany will resume deporting illegal migrants from Syria back to Syria.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, three teenagers are charged with glorifying terrorism after they allegedly filmed themselves yelling "Allah Akbar" in the Bordeaux, France cathedral.  (If you read French, read the story at France3.)

From The Times Of Israel, LGBTQ people in Turkey warn of a bill that would police biological sex and morality.

From the Daily Mail, masked Muslim protesters post signs saying "Zionists not welcome" around Birmingham, England ahead of a soccer match involving the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv.

From Arutz Sheva, the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani is not just a radical socialist but also an antisemitic Islamist.

From Gatestone Institute, why "peacekeepers" and "monitors" are not needed in Gaza.

From The Stream, "I, pencil" is updated to "I, smartphone".

From The American Conservative, the recently departed former Vice President Dick Cheney was "the failure artist".

And from SFGate, the self-proclaimed Bixby Knolls "National Park" in Long Beach, California includes just 0.05 acre of land and a trail that takes about 12 seconds to hike.

A Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

On a warm and sunny Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From Palestinian Media Watch, Palestinian Authority TV honors a terrorist who burned a woman and her son to death in 1987.

From Gatestone Institute, has President Xi Jinping lost control of China's military?

From The Daily Signal, 14 signs from the "No Kings" protest in Washington, D.C.

From The American Conservative, the Hungarian perspective on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, a UFO with a parachute lands in a farm in Texas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC tells white working-class British youths to keep their mouths shut.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) poses with an unindicted conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

From Townhall, the FBI's Pittsburgh division arrests 19 violent fugitives.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the Jewish roots of the American founding.

From the Washington Examiner, the FBI investigates a hunting stand that had a line of sight with a place where Air Force One lands in Florida.

From American Thinker, the "No Kings" protesters seem to have no problem with some very undemocratic policies here and abroad.

And from ZeroHedge, the aforementioned "No Kings" protests become a "coup d'flat" for white liberal boomers.