A Sasquatch's Dozen

Twelve things going on out there:

In Chechnya, gays are reportedly executed without trial.

Megyn Kelly's rating keep going down.

Tomi Lahren addresses the snowflakes.

The next time you have a complaint about police, first take a look at what they have to deal with.

Migrants are making it harder to be a Lesbian (and I'm not talking about female homosexuals).

In the Netherlands, Muslim children are compensated for missing a photo session.

President Trump's critics display their ignorance of history.

Beware the Bechdel test.

Two million more Americans have lost their health insurance this year.  Wasn't Obamacare supposed to prevent that sort of thing?  (intermediate source)

Charlie Gard's parents have been given 48 hours to produce new evidence about experimental treatments for his condition.  (intermediate source)

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson goes to the Middle East.

And to finish, the next status symbol might be, of all things, sleep.

More Things I Have Learned

This is another list of things I've run across on sites such as Twitter, or have read elsewhere.  As with my first post of this kind, these could be called "other people's musings".  For some of these, I have tried to provide links to some background information.

According to some people:

In a Tweet, Ann Coulter said something like this:  If President Trump's pause on immigration from six Muslim countries is a possible recruiting tool for terrorists, couldn't this also be true of the DNC choosing against electing a Muslim, Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), as their chairperson?

There is now a faction of the left which views violence for reasons they agree with as speech, and speech which they don't agree with as violence.

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.  She didn't trash the bus.  Big difference.  Her friends boycotted the Montgomery buses.  They didn't block traffic.  Again, big difference.

Testing

Just testing out the Blogger photo upload and display functions.  Here are some things I once used to operate a computer.  In those days, the computer, which I never saw, took up an entire room.  I loaded a bunch of these things into a reader, located in another room, and got a printout as a result.

Operating systems like Windows were beyond my imagination back then.

Sunday Links

As the week begins, I must resume relaying things going on out there.

The New York Post slams "Burgermeister de Blasio".

From Breitbart London, Albanians migrate to Bulgaria in hopes of migrating further.

From FaithZette, the Pope criticizes the G-20 while facing another sex scandal.

From the Evening Standard, British teenagers endure a chemical attack.

From the Sunday Express, German industry is willing to lose UK trade to protect the E.U.

From The Daily Caller, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin defends his boss's cooperation with Russia, while Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) opposes it.

From BBC News, the Church of England will vote on whether to hold special services for transgender people.

From The Times Of Israel, Radiohead will play in Tel Aviv, whether protesters like it or not.

From Townhall, a ceasefire starts in southwest Syria.

From The Corner at National Review, the U.K. government might be "messing up Brexit".  (The article contains a large quote from an article in The Financial Times, but you'll have to subscribe to read it.)

From AhlulBayt News Agency, the Imam Ali Holy Shrine helps pilgrims to beat the heat.

From The Guardian, Iraq claims victory in Mosul.  (via HotAir)

From One India, Kashmir faces a four-pronged fight.

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a Muslim preacher tells Christians to stop passing out Bibles.

Gatestone Institute reminds us that leaving Islam can be hazardous to your health.

From the Daily Mail, her Majesty picks a Ghanaian-born man to be her equerry.

From Philly(dot)com, the G-20 rioters keep rioting.

And from Variety, the movie Spider-Man: Homecoming is doing very well.

Changes Afoot?

Winston Churchill once described Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma".  In a similar vein, I seem to have gotten into a predicament wrapped in a dilemma inside a quandary.  (In a small quandary, I also had to figure out how to spell "quandary".)  If you've gone to any of my posts which contain one or more embedded pictures, you might see, instead of the picture(s), a notice from Photobucket to "please update your account to enable 3rd party hosting".  If you want to see the picture, you need to right click on the notice, and select "open link in new tab", which will take you to the Photobucket page which hosts the picture.

Seven For 7/7

Because it's the seventh day of the seventh month, here are seven things in the news:

Well, what do you know.  It looks like there really has been some collusion between Presidents Trump and Putin.

Despite media expectations, these 11 Trump employees still haven't been fired.

Making threats around a Senator's office doesn't pay.

Movie executives offer a donation to replace the Ten Commandments monument in Little Rock, Arkansas.

A House Democrat proposes legislation to give green cards to illegal immigrants who worked in the recovery after 9/11.

Brazilian protesters block a road to their northern ports.

And last but not least, happy 77th birthday to Ringo Starr.

Links For A Rainy Thursday

Yesterday, as I drove back from Virginia, and most of today have had the same weather, as in rain.  But other than the wet stuff falling from the sky, here are some other things going on out there:

From The Local IT, European ministers try to figure out how to help Italy with all those migrants.

From The Observers at France24, some Syrians get "disenchanted" with Europe and go back to Turkey.

From Breitbart London, the Polish government apparently tries to give President Trump a history lesson.

From Radio Poland, Trump calls Poland an "example for others who seek freedom".

From the NL Times, the Netherlands has deported 480 migrants for committing crimes.

From the Express, protesters at the G20 get wet.

From LifeNews, Oregon gives tax-subdized free abortions to everyone.

From FrontpageMag, the latest rise of faketriotism.

From National Review, enough with the idea that Republicans vote "against their interests".

From The Daily Caller, the number of NATO personnel assisting the Iraqi Operation Inherent Resolve is pretty darn low.

From The Times of Israel, the Prime Minister of India hails the blossoming ties between his country and Israel, as he concludes his visit.  (via Breaking Christian News, which was Tweeted by luchadora, my fellow BTR listener)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Trump administration has been hit by a leak per day.  (Tweeted by GulfDogs, another BTR user)

From The Federalist, in the ratings, CNN was outdone by Yogi Bear.  (Don't feel too bad, CNN.  Yogi is smarter than the average bear.)

From AdWeek, KFC introduces the Colonel Sanders robot.

From Philly(dot)com, Mr. Bill (not the former president) goes back on trial in November.

From Real Clear Politics, Linda Sarsour wants "jihad" against Trump.  (via Fox News)

From Breitbart's National Security, over the same amount of time in their respective terms, President Trump has had 50% more meeting with foreign leaders than President Obama.

From The Local AT, the alleged murderer of an elderly couple in Linz, Austria is believed to have had an "Islamist motive".

From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority calls the Ma'alot massacre an "act of heroism".

From The New Indian Express, a man converts his entire family from Islam to Hinduism.

From AP, Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA) undergoes another surgery.

From the Los Angeles Times, a figurative hockey game breaks out at a McDonald's.

From The Daily Signal, meet the Pole who fought for our freedom.  (You might have run across a similarly named brand of mustard.)

And from Niezależna (the name meaning "independent"), the full text of President Trump's speech in Warsaw.

Happy Independence Day, America

On this day in 1776, in Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress declared that the thirteen colonies which they represent would no longer be ruled by Great Britain and her king, setting forth the reasons why they would no longer swear allegiance thereto, and assume a "separate and equal station" among the nations of the earth.  Among other things, this Declaration of Independence set forth the then-radical idea that all men are created equal, and have rights which come directly from their Creator.  This was a departure from the centuries-old European tradition be people being born into their respective ranks, each with its own prerogatives, distinct from the other ranks.  Telling a king that he was equal to a peasant was something you just didn't do back then without consequences.

Here are some related articles:

From Hot Air, "Happy Independence Day 2017".

From National Review, "A People without a King".

From Townhall, "5 Ways the American Revolution Was Different From Other Revolutions".

From FrontpageMag, "Freedom and Tyranny: The Meaning of Independence Day".

And of course, you can also read the original document.

Some Various And Sundry Items Before Independence Day

On the day before Independence Day, here are some things going on:

The Greek Coast guard fires on a Turkish cargo ship.

Iraq's gains in Mosul have been boosted by air strikes.

The beach was closed down, but a whale was still spotted.

Why Americans feel less free.

The best thing Chief Justice Roberts wrote during the most recent SCOTUS term.

Why we like McMansions.

The left are eating their own.

In Pakistan, attackers fire two bullets into the home of a civil rights advocate.

In Indonesia, a cleric says that Starbuck's support for gay marriage will bring about the extinction of mankind.  (Do even the Westboro Baptists say anything that stupid?)

In France, police say a recent shooting near a mosque was not terrorism, but gang-related.

In Iraq, a transvestite suicide bomber kills 14 people.  (intermediate source)

A noted Sharia advocate will move from Australia to the United Kingdom.

The media appears to be benefiting from its feud with President Trump.  (intermediate source)

The president offers support for a very young British child.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, but John Adams was its "floor manager".

The president of India will soon visit Israel.

Only one animal in the world has a double kneecap.

And last but not least, some good economic news.

Links For Canada Day

Today is the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Canada as a self-governing dominion of Great Britain.  Here are some things going on more recently:

From the Daily Mail, the student union president at Salford University has some things to say, and they ain't pretty.

From Breitbart London, more than 95,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year.

From Sputnik News, the European Union promises to help Italy with all the migrants they're taken in.

From Yahoo News, who cited Reuters as their source, the "most powerful politician" in Poland says that his country has the right to say "no" to refugees.

From France 24, police break up fights between African immigrants in Calais.

From the Cape Cod Times, an opinion about "hate speech".

From The Times Of Israel, here's what one Palestinian cleric prays for.

From Egypt Independent, members of the Egyptian parliament want their government to censor online interaction between unrelated people of the opposite sex.

From the Boston Herald, the man who killed three policemen in Baton Rouge almost a year ago left behind a suicide note and Islamic prayer.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, British politician Jeremy Corbin calls for his country to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia.

From Gatestone Institute, in Europe, the collusion between big business and Islam.

From National Review, on this date in 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg started.

From Townhall, here's why liberals hate our conservative guts.

From USA Today, 25 people were shot at a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas.

From American Thinker, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski "wallow in the mud".

From Fox News, Melania Trump responds to Brzezinski.  (In keeping with my part-Slovak part-Polish ethnic background, I'll call this the Battle of the Slavic Women.)

From the New York Post, meanwhile, Melania's husband keeps on Tweeting about Joe and Mika.

From Crux, a Vietnamese Catholic blogger gets 10 years in prison for "propaganda" against the government.  (via Lisa Graas)

From the Washington Examiner, a reporter who helped bring down President Nixon wants a "different kind of reporting" when dealing with President Trump.

From The Daily Caller, drug abuse has resulted in half a million children being sent to foster care.

From Russia Today, Julian Assange hits back at death threats.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) opposes efforts to investigate voter fraud.

And from Twitchy, this weekend, The New York Times will include a copy of the Constitution.