Saturday Links

On a warm and sunny Saturday, after I've walked in a forest like a good Sasquatch, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to a poll, a record number of Americans dislike both President Biden and former President Trump.  (Let's hear it for evenhandedness.)

From FrontpageMag, as the invasion of illegal aliens continues, Biden offers them amnesty.

From Townhall, TV host Bill Maher identifies the one issue that will get the Democrats [bleep]ed on election day.

From the Washington Examiner, CNN announces its rules for the first debate between Biden and Trump.

From The Federalist, congratulations to all the fathers who are better at fatherhood than Joe and Hunter Biden.

From American Thinker, why are so many things, such as police and military becoming demoralized, trains derailing, and airplane parts falling off, going wrong at the same time?  (I would add ships running into bridges.)

From NewsBusters, ABC host Jimmy Kimmel admits having Trump Derangement Syndrome.

From Canada Free Press, one ring to rule everyone.

From TeleSUR, according to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Non Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 have demanded that Cuba is removed from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the truth about the Spanish flu pandemic.  (A young boy in northeastern Pennsylvania, who would later become my grandfather, lost one of his sisters to this flu.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a rejected asylum seeker from Afghanistan who committed a rape in Germany is caught in limbo.  (If you read German, read the story at Focus.)

From The Times Of Israel, according to the mother of a female soldier captured by Hamas, hostages were treated like slaves.

From Gatestone Institute, while the U.S. is becoming surrounded by its enemies, its government wants Israel to surrender to terrorists.

From The Stream, Israel is "a nation under siege".

From The Daily Signal, according to a study in Germany, most people who identify as transgender grow out of it within five years.

From The American Conservative, allegations that Republicans are indifferent to animal welfare are misleading.

From The Western Journal, Trump and Biden agree to the aforementioned rules for their first debate.

From BizPac Review, Los Angeles removes its "No U-turn" signs because they're allegedly "anti-gay".  (The article cites the Los Angeles Times, to which you'll need a subscription in order to read.  If anyone can explain how a "No U-turn" sign is anti-gay or homophobic, please do so in a comment.)

From The Daily Wire, the World Economic Forum publishes an article calling for "reinventing" the world's food system and praising "animal-free" products.  (When lions and tigers and bears, oh my, stop eating meat, so will I.)

From the Daily Caller, according to Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, the RNC is preparing 100,000 poll watchers and 500 lawyers for the 2024 election.

From the New York Post, the U.S. military destroys seven radar sites controlled by the Houthis in Yemen.

From Breitbart, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize tons of meth, fentanyl and she-don't-lie at California border crossings in May.

From Newsmax, CNN is still blocking presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) from the aforementioned debate.

And from ESPN, NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley announces that next season will be his last as a sports broadcaster.

Friday Phenomena For Flag Day

On a warm mostly sunny Friday, which is both Flag Day and former President Trump's birthday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court got it right on bump stocks.

From FrontpageMag, Armenia is on the business end of global jihad.

From Townhall, another poll shows trouble for President Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, forget any ceasefire and let Israel defeat Hamas.  (To paraphrase the ancient Romans, Hamas delenda est.)

From the Washington Examiner, First Son Hunter Biden drops his lawsuit against former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

From The Federalist, "media reporting" has degenerated into censorship and suppression of information.

From American Thinker, calling the Bidenites "bird brains" is unfair - to birds.

From MRCTV, in 18 months, Denver spends up to $340 million on illegal aliens.

From NewsBusters, according to the NBC show Queer Planet, all living things are queer.  (According to an old quote, the whole universe is queer - but probably in a different sense of the word "queer".)

From Canada Free Press, an example of the U.N.'s equivalence between Israel and terrorists.

From TeleSUR, FARC forces attack a police station in the Colombian department of Cauca.

From TCW Defending Freedom, is U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak trying to lose the upcoming general election?

From Snouts in the Trough, how the lying liars at the Met Office of liars are lying to the people of the U.K.

From EuroNews, Russian President Putin makes an offer for ending the war in Ukraine, which the Ukrainian government rejects.

From Voice Of Europe, German authorities seize a record amount of she-don't-lie.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From ReMix, a Polish businessman pioneers a multi-billion-dollar metal recycling empire.

From Balkan Insight, the horrible conditions suffered by women giving birth in Kosovo's state hospitals.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and China are set to increase their cooperation in tourism and cultural sectors.

From The New Arab, Syrians celebrate the release of civil rights activist Rita Al-Aqbani from a prison in Damascus.

From The Straits Times, a 72-year-old man is fined $600,000 for converting 11 residential properties into unauthorized dorms for migrant workers.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesia and China discuss cooperation in developing electric vehicles and petrochemicals.

From Free Malaysia Today, due to an increase in diesel prices, riding a tour bus in Malaysia is gonna cost ya 20 percent more, pilgrim.

From the Borneo Post, sectors not eligible for Malaysia's diesel subsidies are warned against raising their prices.

From Vietnam Plus, President To Lam presents gifts to over 100 representatives of ethnic groups who live in the border, sea and island areas of Vietnam.

From the Taipei Times, according to Taiwanese President William Lai, a prosperous Taiwan can bring about progress in China.

From China News, China reserves the right to file lawsuits with the World Trade Organization proposed E.U. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

From The Korea Herald, Presidents Yoon Suk Yeol (South Korea) and Shavkat Mirziyoyev (Uzbekistan) agree on a plan to export South Korean bullet trains to Uzbekistan.

From The Mainichi, Japan enact laws for a new foreign worker scheme.

From Japan Today, sending mail in Japan is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians regard murderers, rapist and baby kidnappers as heroes.

From The Stream, Trump should repent about his support for coronavirus vaccines, which would be a show of strength, not weakness.  (I realize that politicians admitting that they've been wrong on something is at least as rare as a certain very warm place freezing over.)

From The Daily Signal, conservatives gain ground in the E.U. elections as the public rejects open borders.

From The American Conservative, Trump mends fences with Republicans in both congressional chambers.

From The Western Journal, investigators find the cause of a fatal roller coaster derailment at an amusement park in Sweden.

From BizPac Review, when meeting with Pope Francis, Biden unleashes his inner Dennis Rodman.

From The Daily Wire, according to a poll, 49 percent of voters expect Biden to forget where he is when he debates Trump.

From the Daily Caller, French President Emmanuel Macron supports keeping smartphones away from children.  (Such devices did not exist when I was a Littlefoot.)

From Breitbart, in a play about writer J.K. Rowling, about 90 actresses refuse to portray her.  (Language warning about the play's title.)

From Newsmax, more on Trump's meeting with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

And from the New York Post, the Justice Department decides against prosecuting the leader of the Justice Department.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, at the congressional baseball game, climate activists [bleep] around and find out.

From FrontpageMag, crimes are now defined by politics.

From Townhall, Republican Senators will reintroduce the Conscience Protection Act, which would prevent government discrimination against health workers who decline to participated in abortions.  (If you favor having medical workers who disagree with abortion being coerced into participating in them, you are NOT pro-choice, you are pro-abortion.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, a wide coalition from the automobile industry legally challenges the Biden administration's push for more electric vehicles.

From the Washington Examiner, with "her" disqualification from the Olympics, the insanity over Lia Thomas has finally come to an end.

From The Federalist, how Chinese ownership of land in the U.S. threatens our national security.  (How much land in China does the Chinese government allow non-Chinese people to own?)

From American Thinker, Tyson Foods fires Americans, some of whom are legal immigrants, and hires illegal aliens.  (I've come to believe that the real villains of illegal immigration are not the illegal aliens themselves, but the Americans who aid and abet them.)

From MRCTV, a church in Oakland, California is robbed eight times in two months.

From NewsBusters, CBS and NBC ignore an antisemitic mob threatening Jews on the New York City subway.

From Canada Free Press, First Son Hunter Biden's conviction is a sleight of hand.

From TeleSUR, speaking at the U.N., Venezuela demands an end to "unilateral coercive measures".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the grim economic conditions which the next U.K. government will inherit.

From EuroNews, the Dutch "far-right" states their positions on migration, trade and the economy.

From Voice Of Europe, leaders of the G7 agree to a provision deal to loan Ukraine $50 billion using frozen Russian assets.

From ReMix, what's going on in France?

From Balkan Insight, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik changes the day on which Republika Srpska observes its "Statehood Day".  (Republika Srpska is one of the two political entities that constitute the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.)

From The North Africa Post, in Casablanca, Moroccan Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan inaugurates the construction of what will be the largest desalinization plant in Africa.

From The New Arab, according to rumors, Saudi Arabia will soon drop the petrodollar for the Chinese yuan.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Jewish man is accosted at a pharmacy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

From Jewish News Syndicate, according to an opinion column, there's really no such thing as a Gazan civilian.

From The Hans India, police in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir detain 53 people for questioning in connection with the terror attack on the busload of Hindu pilgrims.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Lok Sabha will elect its Speaker on June 26th.  (The Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Indian parliament.)

From ANI, an Indian engineering firm and a German defense company combine to provide 12 low-frequency sonar devices.

From India Today, the forest department in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh captures a man-eating tiger.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the metro in Dhaka, Bangladesh will run on a new schedule after the Islamic festival of Eid-ul-Azha.

From New Age, Bangladesh beats the Netherlands to "sniff" the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup of cricket.

From the Daily Mirror, the District Court of Colombo, Sri Lanka recognizes a marriage annulment decree made in Australia.

From Raajje, representatives of the Maldives and China hold discussions on enhancing ties between their two countries.

From the Bangkok Post, according to a survey, a "majority" of the Thai people disagree with a bill that would grant amnesty in political and lese-majeste cases.

From Gatestone Institute, America's enemies inside and outside of America.

From The Stream, in recognizing a Palestinian state, Spain shows historical amnesia and enables Islamic terrorism.

From The Daily Signal, a woman in Youngstown, Ohio is fired from her job at a TV station for posting a "straight pride" meme on Facebook.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From The American Conservative, the ghost of the late President Charles de Gaulle is on the ballot in France.  (The article mentions the term Français de souche, which means "native-born French".  This would be the full name of the publication I have sometimes cited as FDeSouche.)

From The Western Journal, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angers the left by endorsing a "moderate" congressional candidate.

From ZeroHedge, congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) investigate a Ukrainian "enemies list".  (Who do those Ukrainians think they are, Richard Nixon?)

From BizPac Review, fitness expert Jillian Michaels explains why she left her native state of California.

From The Daily Wire, the razor company Harry's sends more cash to a group that promotes radical gender theory.

From Axios, a conservative group's ad campaign targets 10 Democrats on immigration.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, former and maybe future President Trump should pardon the aforementioned Hunter Biden.  (On the other hand, could the two of them become cellmates?)

From the New York Post, Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima visit New York City.  (I was in the Netherlands in 2017 when the country celebrated his 50th birthday.  See my post from May 5th of that year entitled "Giethoorn".)

From Breitbart, according to the aforementioned congresscritter Gaetz, Republicans want to nominate people who will fight.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC), her primary victory "shows how powerful" an endorsement from Trump can be.

And from SFGate, the life and legacy of the first Russian in California.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, the new movie The Acolyte "bastardizes" the Star Wars franchise.

From FrontpageMag, ISIS-related terrorists entered the U.S. across its open southern border, and plotting to carry out bombings.

From Townhall, the latest inflation numbers are more bad news for President Biden's economic policy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to internal documents, "equity" requirements from the White House are holding back the construction of EV charging stations.

From the Washington Examiner, several Republicans run for the Senate as carpetbaggers.  (Don't the Republicans realize that carpetbagging is OK only when Democrats such as Hillary Clinton (D-NY) do it?)

From The Federalist, the trial of First Son Hunter Biden is a conviction of every deep state lie about his laptop.

From American Thinker, the media and other who talk about "science" really care about money and control.

From MRCTV, a woman allegedly stabs a three-year-old boy to death and laughs when the charges are read in court.

From NewsBusters, the media rating firm Al Fontes gives a highly favorable score to Al Jazeera, which is friendly to Hamas.

From Canada Free Press, Obama administration alumna Samantha Powers tries to foment revolution in Hungary.

From TeleSUR, the Argentine Senate starts debating reforms proposed by President Javier Milei.

From TCW Defending Freedom, young people hold the keys to both Downing Street and the White House.

From Snouts in the Trough, did Hamas do more damage to the Gaza Strip than Israel did?

From EuroNews, French politician Marine Le Pen, Dutch politician Geert Wilders, and their allies meet in Brussels, Belgium for talks on forming a "far-right" E.U. "supergroup".  (As I've said before, and as I and others have noticed, if you believe that adult material should be kept out of elementary schools, if you think that borders might be worth defending, if you believe that there are only two biological genders, if you have some skepticism about the climate change agenda - not about climate change itself, but about the agenda offered by politicians to deal with climate change, if you have even the slightest misgivings about Islam, and/or if you would rather not have international organizations full of unelected bureaucrats governing your life, you might be "far-right" or even "fascist".)

From Voice Of Europe, Austria schedules its next parliamentary elections for September 29th, amid increasing right-wing support.

From ReMix, when in Germany, please refrain from uttering the phrase Sieg Heil.

From Balkan Insight, freedom of information requests are routinely denied in six Balkan countries.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Slovenia agree to open embassies in their respective capitals of Rabat and Ljubljana.

From The New Arab, 49 people are killed when a building housing foreign workers in Kuwait catches fire.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf is called out after boasting about his free speech credentials.

From IranWire, Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili highlights his connections with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

From Iran International, according to former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Iran's next president should try to help lift sanctions.

From Khaama Press, Iran and Pakistan combine to deport almost 4,000 Afghan migrants in a single day.  (This sort of action is called "xenophobia" when Western countries do it.)

From Hasht e Subh, the bodies of a woman and her granddaughter are found in the Afghani province of Ghor, the woman allegedly having been killed by people connected to a district governor.

From the Afghanistan Times, the Taliban's crackdown on opium could result in a heroin shortage in the E.U.  (Wouldn't a decrease in the supply of an illegal addictive drug be a good thing?)

From Dawn, Pakistani Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presents a federal budget believed to be "in line with IMF guidelines".

From The Express Tribune, under the new budget, Pakistanis who earn salaries will have to pay a higher tax rate.

From Pakistan Today, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif orders the creation of Pakistan's first "health tower".

From Gatestone Institute, antisemitism in Belgium is "extremely alarming".

From The Stream, it's time to tell the truth about the coronavirus pandemic.

From The Daily Signal, how right-wingers plan to remove DEI from the federal government.

From The American Conservative, congresscritter Jim Banks (R-IN) goes after the Ukrainian NGO that targets war skeptics.

From The Western Journal, candidate Michael Rulli (R-OH) wins the seat held by former congresscritter Bill Johnson (R-OH).

From BizPac Review, a middle school student is expelled, along with his sisters, for making a speech in which he mentioned "patriotism", according to their mother.

From The Daily Wire, content from the Nashville school shooter's journal is revealed.  (As the article points out, some of the content is "graphic and disturbing".)

From the Daily Caller, former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas's challenge to a rule that forbids biological males from competing against women in "elite events" fails.

From the New York Post, the Trump-supporting drag queen Lady Maga schools an anti-Israel protester.  (Yes, there is a drag queen who supports former President Trump.)

From Breitbart, the organization Gun Owners of America secures a preliminary injunction against the ATF's background check rule.

From Newsmax, according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Joe Biden has not ruled out a pardon for his son Hunter.

And from NBC News, legendary NBA player, coach and executive Jerry West goes to the basketball court in the sky.

Tuesday Tidings

On a cloudy and not quite as warm Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Department of Justice denies any collusion with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Brags in former President Trump's hush money case.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's allies complain that Americans are complaining about the cost of food.

From Townhall, Republican congresscritters react to the guilty verdict against First Son Hunter Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Hunter Biden has been found guilty in his trial on gun charges.

From the Washington Examiner, more on Hunter Biden being found guilty.

From The Federalist, unequal application of the law isn't mere hypocrisy, but hierarchy.

From American Thinker, fighting against the electoral "long count".

From MRCTV, a library in Dobbs Ferry, New York has a children's scavenger hunt for "Pride" flags such as "genderfluid".  (I know of one place where genderfluid people exist - in science fiction.)

From NewsBusters, Hunter Biden's trial gets "kinder, gentler" media coverage.

From Canada Free Press, the "disgusting" worship of woke symbols.

From TeleSUR, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader reiterates his intention to reform his country's constitution.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. politician Nigel Farage is right in that the upcoming election is about immigration.

From EuroNews, europarliamentcritters lash out after French right-wing leader Éric Ciotti forms an alliance with "far-right" leader Marine Le Pen and her party National Rally.

From Voice Of Europe, the E.U. postpones accession talks with Ukraine.

From ReMix, according to europarliamentcritter Marion Maréchal, the aforementioned National Rally has declined to form an electoral pact with the "hard-right" party Reconquête.

From Balkan Insight, for the first time, Romania has elected "far-right" europarliamentcritters.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco participates in Sustained Dialogue on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology initiative in Washington, D.C.

From The New Arab, thousands of people living in parts of Syria not controlled by its government prepare to go on the Hajj.

From The Times Of Israel, four Israeli soldiers are killed when a booby-trapped house collapses onto them.

From The Jerusalem Post, the floating American pier off Gaza resumes operation after a two-day pause due to the weather and rough seas.

From YNetNews, the IDF prepares to defend against Hezbollah drones and missiles.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt seeks to replace the traditional tuk-tuk with the "Bajaj Qute" light auto-taxi.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel El-Sisi suggests four steps to end the war in Gaza.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske-Selassie Taye attends a meeting of BRICS foreign ministers in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif attends a parade of security forces and reviews the preparedness for the upcoming Hajj.

From Doha News, exports from Qatar's private sector reach $685 million in the first quarter of 2024.

From Jewish News Syndicate, American universities receive $13.1 billion from Arab sources.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, among children in primary schools in Vienna, Austria, Muslims outnumber Catholics.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From Gatestone Institute, Iran, not Israel, is the problem in the Middle East.

From The Stream, many faith leaders played a role in the deaths caused by the coronavirus panic and vaccines.

From The Daily Signal, the dangerous consequences of having an open U.S. border.

From The American Conservative, American counter-diplomacy goes on display in Hungary.

From The Western Journal, Attorney General Merrick Garland is lambasted for allegedly "threatening Americans" who criticize the Biden Department of Justice.

From BizPac Review, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon blasts Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) over his latest Ukraine comments.

From The Daily Wire, more on the aforementioned guilty verdict on Hunter Biden.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, the Hunter Biden verdict does not prove that the justice system is fair.

From the New York Post, according to a skin care expert, you should never wear makeup on a plane.

From Breitbart, the new film The Acolyte gets the lowest audience score of all the Star Wars movies.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, Americans are split on Biden's student loan bailouts.

And from the Genesius Times, Democrats are worried that if Trump retakes the presidency, he'll do to them what they're doing to him and his supporters.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, California's increased minimum wage has led to disaster.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden appears to be geographically confused.

From Townhall, according to a poll, 63 percent of American voters favor mass deportation of illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, while the organization Black Lives Matter loses cash, the family of its co-founder rakes in the bucks.

From the Washington Examiner, First Son Hunter Biden declines to testify at his gun possession trial.

From The Federalist and the "friendly advice" department, if you don't want to find yourself on the business end of a gun, don't take hostages.

From American Thinker, the Swamp's hatred for former President Trump is rational.

From MRCTV, residents of Hartford, Connecticut form a "self-defense brigade".

From NewsBusters, Trump correctly predicts that the media would mangle his joke.

From Canada Free Press, First Lady Jill Biden likes the perks of her position.

From TeleSUR, two Argentinian fishermen find a 5,000-year-old dolphin skull.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. politician Nigel Farage and "the case of the vanishing virtues".

From Snouts in the Trough, only the Labour Party can save the U.K. from the alleged climate crisis.  (Once again, the numerical date corresponds to yesterday but the day of the week corresponds to today.  I wonder if Labor can do anything about carbon dioxide emissions in places like China or the U.S.)

From EuroNews, President Emmanuel Macron dissolves the French parliament.  (I'm sure that more than a few U.S. presidents would have loved to have that type of power over Congress.)

From Voice Of Europe, a truck with military plates carrying 32 people breaks into Hungary from the Ukrainian oblast of Zakarpattia.  (Zakarpattia, a.k.a. Zakarpaty or Transcarpathia, was once part of Hungary.  Ukraine and other former Soviet countries are divided to administrative regions called oblast.)

From ReMix, after E.U. election results come out, the Chief Twit defends the German "anti-immigration" party AfD.  (The term "anti-immigration" does not mean that someone is opposed to all immigration, but only that they're opposed to uncontrolled, unvetted, and/or illegal immigration.  In other words, if someone wants any restrictions whatsoever on immigration, that person is "anti-immigration".)

From Balkan Insight, Albanian and Spanish police bust an operation help Albanians illegally enter the U.K.  (If you disagree with the actions of the Albanian and Spanish police you might be "anti-immigration".)

From Morocco World News, a social media campaign urges Moroccans to boycott both Coke and Pepsi.  (If this campaign is successful, there might be a story about how Moroccans have lost weight and have fewer cases of diabetes.)

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan parliament passes a bill to provide alternative sentences in order to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Türkiye's Competition Board fines Google the equivalent of $14.85 million non-compliance with obligations pertaining to hotel searches.

From Turkish Minute, police in the Turkish province of Eskişehir detain 10 people at a Pride march.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi Prime Minister Shia' al-Sudani claims that ISIS remnants are no longer a threat to Iraq.

From Armenpress, according to Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, Russia has deceived Armenia and left it alone.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia will host a conference organized by the Council of Europe on rehabilitation in criminal justice.

From Azərbaycan24, Baku, Azerbaijan hosts the first World Chovgan Championship.  (Chovgan, also spelled "chowgan" or "chogan", is an equestrian sport that originated in ancient Persia.  The West calls it "polo".)

From AzerNews, tax relief could help the Middle Corridor become green.

From The Syrian Observer, clashes break out between the Eighth Brigade and the Popular Committees in the Syrian region of Daraa.

From North Press Agency, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria opens an exhibition for women who have returned from the Hawl refugee camp.

From In-Cyprus, a lawyer is expected to be appointed as Cyprus's first Deputy Minister of Migration.

From The New Arab, food shortages force Sudanese people to eat grass and leaves.

From The Times Of Israel, the Biden administration denounces the pro-Hamas rhetoric at the anti-Israel protest in Washington, D.C.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Muslim party wins 41 percent of the vote - in Duisburg, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at JouWatch.)

From OpIndia, victims of the terror attack on Hindu pilgrims in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir recount their ordeal.

From Gatestone Institute, Gazan "civilians" become complicit in Hamas's crimes.

From The Stream, on capital punishment, Catholic leaders misinterpret scripture.

From The Daily Signal,  what was seen at a "Kid's Pride Parade" in Maryland.

From The American Conservative, why aren't Democrats angry at President Biden's authoritarianism?

From The Western Journal, could the right-wing victories in Europe be good news for Trump?

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY) calls on his fellow congresscritters to repeal the subpoenas on former Trump advisors Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro.

From The Daily Wire, a leftist billionaire colonizes a federal agency.  (No, this is not about George Soros.)

From the Daily Caller, former congresscritter Mondaire Jones (D-NY) calls out people whom he regards are "trust fund socialists" in his own party.

From the New York Post, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) drives into the rear end of another car and is taken to a hospital "out of an abundance of caution".

From Breitbart, look what happened at the White House, allegedly during one day.

From Newsmax, according to Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Democrats are "panicking" over the Latino response to Trump.

And from The Babylon Bee, President Biden asks why European governments can't just arrest right-wing candidates before the European Parliament elections.

A Few Things For Sunday

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

From The Times Of Israel, pro-terrorist protesters hold an anti-Israel rally in Washington, D.C.

From Arutz Sheva, recently rescued Israel hostages recall being forced to read from the Koran.

From Israel Hayom, Israeli hostage Noa Argamani was reportedly held in the house of an Al-Jazeera cameraman.

From ABC News, nine people are killed when suspected terrorists fire at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in the Indian territory of Kashmir, which then falls into a gorge.  (The article uses the euphemism "militants".  I don't.  If you fire on presumably unarmed religious pilgrims, you're a terrorist.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, Israel's rescue of its hostages discredits the notion of appeasement.  (These first five stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, why is the left in love with an ideology with roots in Nazism and based on antisemitism, sexism, homophobia and denial of human rights?

From The Stream, some lighthearted mirth might cure our crankiness.

From The American Conservative, former europarliamentcritter Nigel Farage has reanimated the U.K.'s politics.

From TCW Defending Freedom, when the news was fun, wheels of the week, and a pig of the week.

From American Thinker, Politico commits an act of journalism by reporting on the Biden family syndicate, which evokes a response worthy of Sergeant Schultz.

From NewsBusters, how TV news channels botched Mr. Bill's 1996 "Filegate" scandal.  (Sadly, while incompetence had in earlier times been justification for impeachment or firing, during "Filegate", incompetence became a defense.)

From the Washington Examiner, according to South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R), former President Trump choosing a female running mate would be "beneficial".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the U.S. Constitution.

From Townhall, the son of a Hamas founder has a warning for those who sympathize with them.

From FrontpageMag, more on the aforementioned anti-Israel (and pro-Hamas) rally in D.C.

And from National Review, notes on Ukraine and Russia, and other matters.

Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, Israeli security forces rescue four hostages in Gaza.

From FrontpageMag, a medical comparison of President Biden on the anniversary of D-Day and the second President Roosevelt on the day itself.

From Townhall, the Associated Press shatters Hamas's lies about the civilian death toll in Gaza.

From The Washington Free Beacon, lessons from D-Day and the Tiananmen Square massacre.

From the Washington Examiner, anti-Israel protesters surround the White House and get pepper sprayed.

From American Thinker, if former President Trump returns to office, he will have to do a lot of cleaning up at the DOJ.

From NewsBusters, actress Susan Sarandon appears to think that "believe all women" does not apply to those raped by Hamas.

From Canada Free Press, should we have pride in the disfigurement and death of children?

From TeleSUR, Colombia hopes to have negotiations at COP16 to protect a Pacific marine corridor.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a brief encounter with a zealot for mass immigration.

From Snouts in the Trough, open the borders and let everyone in.

From The Jerusalem Post, the group PragerU is kicked off of Google's Play Store for alleged "hate speech".

From the Premium Times, suspected Boko Haram terrorists kill 20 people in the Nigerian state of Niger.  (This state should not be confused with the separate country of Niger.)

From Gatestone Institute, the West keeps on rewarding Hamas.

From The Stream, a Master's degree in Catholic Gender Studies?

From The Daily Signal, a push for identity politics by a math teachers group damages the equity inherent in math.

From The American Conservative, lessons learned from the 2020 riots.

From The Western Journal, WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark is left off the Olympic U.S. women's basketball team.

From BizPac Review, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has no regrets about signing the letter claiming that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.

From The Daily Wire, a rescued Israeli hostage is reunited with her father after being held by Hamas for eight months.

From the Daily Caller, the Louisville (KY) Metro Police Department shares images of injuries suffered by the cop who arrested golfer Scottie Scheffler.

From the New York Post, 75-year-old Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka wins the bronze medal in the shot put at the Oceana Athletics Championships.

From Breitbart, a "misinformation expert" formerly at Harvard University is accused of spreading misinformation.

From Newsmax, Virgin Galactic completes its final space flight before entering a two-year pause.

And from SFGate, California has a black market in Legos.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, the Florida Supreme Court upholds Governor Ron DeSantis's (R) suspension of a left-wing prosecutor.

From FrontpageMag, as then-candidate Biden once said, "you ain't black".

From Townhall, the myth that President Biden had nothing to do with the lawfare against former President Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Jewish students sue UCLA for allowing anti-Israel protesters to construct a "Jew exclusion zone" on campus.  (In other words, an area within the campus was made Judenrein.)

From the Washington Examiner, 10 U.S. congresscritters jump from a plane to honor the veterans of D-Day.

From The Federalist, a doctor in Texas goes on trial for blowing the whistle over transgender procedures done on children.

From American Thinker, First Son Hunter Biden takes a cue from Mr. Bill.

From MRCTV, Polish troops defend their border.

From NewsBusters, James Carville, onetime henchman to the aforementioned Mr. Bill, tells the media to "[bleep] objectivity.

From Canada Free Press, the insane brainwashing of pre-K children.

From TeleSUR, according to a WHO spokesman, the Mexican patient who tested positive for the bird flu did not die from it.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some junk data from the climate fearmongers.

From Voice Of Europe, Irish voters grapple with immigration and housing issues.

From ReMix, Polish soldiers are arrested for firing their guns into the air in an effort to deter migrants from illegally entering Poland.  (Why would Polish soldiers resort to such a thing?)

From Balkan Insight, the party GERB takes a strong lead as Bulgarians vote in both national and E.U. elections.

From the Sarajevo Times, Bosnia and Hercegovina signs an agreement to join the E.U.'s digital Europe program.

From Total Croatia News, the futuristic fortresses of Šibenik, Croatia.  (My 2007 trip to Croatia included a stop in Šibenik.)

From The Slovenia Times, the left-right split in Slovenia's E.U. vote is still a toss-up.

From The Malta Independent, Malta's Federation for Hunting and Conservation releases 14 barn owls into the wild.

From Malta Today, Malta commemorates the victims of the Sette Giugno riots on their 100th anniversary.

From ANSA, Italians have gotten heavier.

From EuroNews, who is Italian political candidate General Roberto Vannacci?

From SwissInfo, Switzerland's glaciers are still under threat despite last winter's large snowfall.

From France24, a live blog on France and Ukraine.

From RFI, remembering the heavy toll that D-Day inflicted on French civilians.

From The Portugal News, private hospitals in Portugal and Spain need more doctors.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian President Kais Saied seems to lean toward Iran.

From The New Arab, Iraqi police rescue a Yazidi woman kidnapped by ISIS 10 years ago.

From The Jewish Chronicle, anti-Israel protesters vandalize a flower stall in the London section of Kentish Town.

From Arutz Sheva, pro-Hamas protesters praise the murder of Jews and say nothing about the murder of Christians.

From The Stream, something to read before celebrating Pride Month.

From The Daily Signal, get ready for the next round of censorship.

From The American Conservative, why does American foolishness happen in Ukraine?

From The Western Journal, Trump's conviction seems to have backfired on Biden.

From BizPac Review, critics shred Biden's executive border order for having "truck"-size loopholes.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Byron Donalds (R-FL) reacts to the possibility that he could become Trump's vice presidential running mate.

From the Daily Caller, workers rushed to take up part-time jobs in May.

From Breitbart, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak decides that he has had enough for one lifetime.

From WGME, a 104-year-old woman is still catching lobsters off the coast of Maine.  (via Breitbart)

From Newsmax, according to a poll, 51 percent of Americans think that it's "morally wrong" to change gender.  (This might depend on what is meant by "changing gender".  In some cases, a man puts on a dress or other female garb and "identifies" as a woman, without doing anything to his body.  This can be seen as a form of lying, which would be morally wrong.  In other cases, someone undergoes surgery in which their original genitals are removed and a facsimile of the opposite type attached.  Such a person now has the form of the opposite of his or her birth gender, but not the function.)

And from the New York Post, if you've got $55 million lying around, you can buy a ranch in Aspen, Colorado, complete with animals.

Thursday Things

On a warm and partly sunny Thursday, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, First Son Hunter Biden's ex-sister-in-law Hallie Biden testifies at his trial that she found she-don't-lie in his car.  (Of course, she would not have used the term "she-don't-lie", since that is my own personal code word for cocaine, based on the J.J. Cale song covered by Eric Clapton.)

From FrontpageMag, the "Queers for Palestine" conveniently forgets the truth about the man who committed the worst mass murder of gay people in America.  (Hint:  He was neither Christian, nor, as far as I can tell, conservative in the political sense.)

From Townhall, what happened to President Biden during the D-Day ceremony in France?

From The Washington Free Beacon, congressional candidate Sue Altman (D-NJ) wants to give coronavirus stimulus checks to illegal aliens.

From the Washington Examiner, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is told to report to prison - by a judge appointed by then-President Trump.

From The Federalist, a memo shows the FBI discouraging the release of the Nashville school shooter's manifesto.

From American Thinker, remembering the freedom fighters who landed on D-Day.

From NewsBusters, a House bill would pull the plug on the Biden administration's use of AI to censor online content.

From Canada Free Press, without the troops who landed in Normandy on D-Day, none of us would be here.

From TeleSUR, federal and local governments work to rebuild flood-damaged towns in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

From TCW Defending Freedom, did the coronavirus pandemic really happen?

From Snouts in the Trough, "lies, [bleep]ed lies and statistics".

From EuroNews, who wants to stop people from voting in the E.U. elections, and why?

From Voice Of Europe, Finland will receive the first E.U.-procured adapted bird flu vaccines next week.

From ReMix, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to send long-range weapons to other nations.

From Russia Today, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev states that the enemies of Russia's enemies are its friends.

From Sputnik International, a U.S. reconnaissance drone flies near the region of Crimea.

From The Moscow Times, Russian authorities detain a French citizen for allegedly gathering military information.

From Novinite, visit the beach in Bulgaria this summer at your own risk.

From The Sofia Globe, more people in Bulgaria went to prison last year.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to samples taken in May, the water in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast is clean.

From the Greek Reporter, was there ever a real Golden Fleece as mentioned in Greek mythology?

From Ekathimerini, according to a poll, the Greek party New Democracy has a 15.1-point lead over the party SYRIZA.

From the Greek City Times, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias warns that populism could derail Europe's progress.

From Balkan Insight, an exhibition will open and run for three months in Pristina, Kosovo about media coverage of the Kosovo War.

From The North Africa Post, according to the Container Port Performance Index, the Moroccan port of Tanger-Med is the fourth-best-performing in the world.

From The New Arab, 18 fighters die in clashes between government forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen.

From Arutz Sheva, IDF troops find a tunnel in a children's room and explosives in an UNWRA bag.

From Gatestone Institute, when it comes to libel against Israel, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is no different from Hamas.

From The Stream, how a man left homosexuality.

From The Daily Signal, will that be one justice system or two?

From The American Conservative, on today's 80 anniversary of D-Day, "an exhortation to be better".

From The Western Journal, Trump starts vetting possible vice presidential nominees.

From BizPac Review, a Michigan judge reveals a "wild" twist in the case of a man accused of driving with a suspended license.

From The Daily Wire, a man in Florida threatens to shoot his Jewish neighbor.

From the Daily Caller, Trump makes a promise to a World War II veteran who tells him to have a "good fight" this coming November.

From the New York Post, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) pushes a tax hike on New York City to replace its congestion tolls.

From Breitbart, a fossil-hunting diver finds what he claims to be a large section of a mastodon tusk.

From Newsmax, according to Biden, Ukraine is not authorized to use U.S. weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia, but only targets near the Russian border.

And from the Genesius Times, Biden points out that "the true heroes of D-Day were the drag queens and trans activists".