Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Wednesday Whatnot

On a hot and partly sunny Wednesday that later changed to rainy, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) call on President Biden to drop out of the presidential race.

From FrontpageMag, former President Trump's would-be assassin had been profiled as a possible school shooter.

From Townhall, why Vice President Harris's post about Senator (R-OH) and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance is "particularly awful".

From The Washington Free Beacon, The New York Times publishes a story about angry voters in Dearborn, Michigan, but leaves out their support for Hamas.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA), the Democrats have enough votes to "suspend the filibuster" and codify the provisions of Roe v. Wade.

From The Federalist, the security scandal surround the attempted assassination of former President Trump follows a series of failures by the Secret Service.

From American Thinker, some inexplicable facts about the Trump shooting lead to multiple theories.

From MRCTV, authorities were reportedly aware of the would-be Trump assassin "more than 40 minutes" before he started shooting.

From Newsbusters, the media avoid discussing the selfish reason why Democrats want Biden to drop out of the presidential race.

From Canada Free Press, the new world order is morphing into global governance.

From TeleSUR, Ecuadorian Vice President Verónica Abad is charged with electoral infringement.

From TCW Defending Freedom, an opinion column against the U.K. becoming a multi-faith democracy.

From Snouts in the Trough, play a game of "spot the white male".

From EuroNews, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine to prove that it's clean ahead of the Olympic games.

From Voice Of Europe, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faces a dilemma over whether to support European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

From ReMix, Poland sees a record increase in property prices while they decrease in other European countries.  (Alternative headline:  Property in Poland is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.)

From Balkan Insight, exam results raise concerns about how well Croatian student know their own language.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan company Royal Air Maroc enhances its partnerships with the airplane makes Boeing and Airbus.

from The New Arab, Gulf States condemn a shooting near a Shiite mosque in Oman, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility.

From MEMRI, more on the attack in Oman, which occurred in its capital city of Muscat.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an opinion column, Islamism puts Israel in peril.

From Gatestone Institute, international kidnapping and blackmail "for fun and profit".

From The Stream, the media covers up the jihad against churches in France.

From The Daily Signal, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) subpoenas Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.

From The American Conservative, Biden is considering proposing changes to the Supreme Court including term limits for its justices.

From The Western Journal, according to a neighbor, there was a change that happened at the home of Trump's would-be assassin before the shooting.

From BizPac Review, Donald Trump the Younger lets MSNBC have a piece of his mind for their questioning his father's injury.

From The Daily Wire, a VIP guest at Trump's rally recounts the shooting from her perspective.

From the Daily Caller, a brother of the illegal alien who allegedly killed nursing student Laken Riley pleads guilty to using a fraudulent green card.

From the New York Post, 100-degree heat causes technical difficulties on New York City subway trains.

From Breitbart, singer John Rich's anthem Revelation reaches the top of the Apple iTunes country chart, and no. 2 for all songs.

From Newsmax, District Court Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of Trump's classified documents case "won't be the final word".

And from SFGate, an uncontained wildfire burns about 8 miles from Willow Creek, California, which is known as the "Bigfoot capital of the world".

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

A Few Things For Tuesday

Now that I'm back home after a busy day, here are a few things going on:

From FrontpageMag, the left hates Senator (R-OH) and vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, which is the best thing in his favor.

From Townhall, why the picture of former President Trump raising a fist after almost being assassinated makes the media queasy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, wearing a bandage on his ear, Trump rallies the Republicans at their convention in Milwaukee.

From the Washington Examiner, security personnel have to keep Vance and former Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) away from each other.

From The Federalist, black Americans consider voting for Trump after being let down by Democrats for decades.

From American Thinker, some unanswered questions about the attempt to assassinate Trump.

From NewsBusters, what Vance has to say about free speech.

From Snouts in the Trough, girls can get a new [bleep] free from the U.K.'s NHS.

From Gatestone Institute, China and its President Xi Jinping are running out of time and ready to strike.

From The Stream, on today's date in 1212, the Spanish defeated the Moors in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter and fellow shooting victim Steve Scalise (R-LA) hails Trump's courage and compassion.

From The American Conservative, Republican commentator Vivek Ramaswamy (who wrote the article) tells why he supports Trump.

And from the Genesius Times, according to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, the agency can no longer protect Trump because there are sloped roofs all over the place.

Monday, July 15, 2024

Monday Links

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

From National Review, federal Judge Aileen Cannon dismisses the classified documents case against former President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, Trump is only that latest person whom the left has likened to Hitler.

From Townhall, who will speak at this year's Republican National Convention.

From The Washington Free Beacon, more on the dismissal of Trump's documents case.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump calls for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to receive Secret Service protection.

From The Federalist, to "lower the temperature", discontinue the lawfare.

From American Thinker, a first-person account of what happened in Butler, PA.

From MRCTV, the Secret Service announces that there will be no changes to security at the Republican National Convention after the attempted Trump assassination.

From NewsBusters, White House reporters from ABC, CBS and NBC praise President Biden's speech but ignore his divisive record.

From Canada Free Press, apologies from Democrats are hollow and rooted in fear - for themselves.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro calls right-wingers "bots".

From TCW Defending Freedom, can new Prime Minister Keir Starmer steer the U.K. off the road to Armageddon?

From EuroNews, the European Commission boycotts Hungary's six-month presidency of the E.U. council over Prime Minister Orbán's trips to Russia and China.

From Voice Of Europe, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg rejects Poland's proposal to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine.

From ReMix, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó, the aforementioned Orbán is the only European politician who is welcome everywhere.

From Balkan Insight, Albanian authorities allow a jailed mayor-elect to go to Strasbourg, France and be sworn in as a europarliamentcritter.

From The North Africa Post, allegedly to promote "solidarity with Gaza", Algeria bans music festivals.

From The New Arab, security forces in Cairo detain citizens on Faisal Street after an LED on top of a burger restaurant shows doctored pictures and videos of Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi.  (I would ask about what is this "freedom of speech" you speak of, but if such media really was "doctored", their information might be based on lies, which are not free speech.)

From The Times Of Israel, despite death threats, young Moroccans travel to Israel to hear its side about the war in Gaza.

From BBC News, a car bomb kills several soccer fans watching the Euro 2024 final at a café in Mogadishu, Somalia.

From Gatestone Institute, is an attempt being made to deceive Americans about Hamas?

From The Stream, the left wants to remove our guns and leave us defenseless, and Trump might know why.

From The Daily Signal, according to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Biden had a "missed opportunity" to unite the country.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. state-media complex is escalating the war in Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, black pro-Trump voters destroy a segment on The Daily Show meant to undermine Trump.

From Axios, Trump names Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate.

From BizPac Review, some rhetoric against Trump is "even worse" than Biden's "bulls-eye" remark.

From The Daily Wire, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) calls the aforementioned dismissal of Trump's documents case as "good news" for the country.

From the Daily Caller, more on Trump choosing Vance.

From the New York Post, King Charles III reaches out to Trump after the attempted assassination.

From Breitbart, a member of the world's rarest whale species may have washed up on a beach in New Zealand.

From Newsmax, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Lyndsey Graham (R-SC) warn about pro-Hamas groups with connections to the Chinese Communist Party.

And from The Babylon Bee, the Secret Service promise to find out what went wrong at the Trump rally in Butler, PA as soon as they figure out who left the she-don't-lie in the White House.

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Sunday Stuff

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

From National Review, explosives are found in the car belonging to the man who tried to assassinate former President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, left-wing would-be assassins have targeted House Republicans, a Supreme Court justice, and now a former president.

From Townhall, the media have gone to far with their claim that "Trump is a threat to democracy".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the movement that helped bring about the election of President Abraham Lincoln and spurred the Civil War.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden orders an investigation of the attempt to assassinate Trump.

From The Federalist, do Democrats and the corporate media have blood on their hands in the attempt to assassinate Trump?

From American Thinker, not much is known about Trump's would-be assassin, but a disturbing picture is starting to take shape.

From NewsBusters, while The New York Times dismissed Biden's "bullsieye" comment, but had seized upon then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's (R) "crosshairs".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Church of England strikes a rare blow against the U.K.'s abortion industry.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Biden will send another $100 million to terrorists Palestinians.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.K. and France produce "a tale of two elections".

From The Stream, yes, we should tone things down.

And from The American Conservative, tears, prayers and resolve at the scene of the attempt to assassinate Trump.

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Gunfire Breaks Out At A Trump Rally

As former President Trump was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, what sounded like gunshots were heard.  Trump was pushed downward, surrounded, and then escorted away by Secret Service personnel.  He was seen pumping his fist in the air and heard requesting "let me get my shoes".  What appeared to be blood was seen on his right ear and cheek, but he was later reportedly "fine" and was "checked out at a local medical facility".  Sources are not in agreement as to whether a suspected shooter was arrested or killed, and that an attendee at the rally was also killed.

Read more at Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, AP News and Reuters.

UPDATE:  The sources now say that the suspected shooter is dead, that someone attending the rally was killed, and that two other attendees have been injured.

Saturday Links

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

From National Review, what if Vice President Harris doesn't want to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee this year?

From FrontpageMag, more Democrats want less immigration, and some even favor deporting illegal aliens.

From Townhall, Harris might have "a date with the 25th Amendment".

From the Washington Examiner, a bird chopper installation off the coast of New Jersey draws criticism from onshore residents.

From American Thinker, how former President Obama sees "democracy".

From NewsBusters, The New York Times shames supporters of former President Trump for (gasp!) visiting his residence at Mar-a-Lago.

From Canada Free Press, "cheap fakes".

From TeleSUR, former opposition figure Carlos Prosperi announces his support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, now running for reelection.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. parliamentcritter Danny Kruger is "a conservative voice in the wilderness".

From Snouts in the Trough, as jobs get wiped out in the U.K., don't mention the higher energy costs.

From Hasht e Subh, according to a report by the U.N. Security Council, the Taliban pays extortion money to terrorist groups.

From Gatestone Institute, don't fall for the labeling of Iran's new president as "reformist".

From The Stream, a minor league baseball player gets baptized at his team's ballpark.

From The Daily Signal, according to one of its leaders, the Southern Baptist Convention must withstand influence from the left.

From The American Conservative, the Deep State's 60-year war on African Americans.

From BizPac Review, two suspects allegedly commit a string of five shooting incidents in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of whom is an illegal alien.

From The Daily Wire, the platforms Facebook and Instagram will lift restrictions on Trump's accounts for the upcoming election.

From the Daily Caller, according to comedian Bill Maher, the U.S. is about to get new [bleep]s.

From the New York Post, writing in The (aforementioned) New York Times, Senator Socialism (I-VT) urges Democrats to rally around President Biden.

From Breitbart, congresscritter James Comer (R-KY) is investigating who might be "calling the shots" on behalf of Biden.

And from Newsmax, Taiwan's defense ministry is on alert due to "waves" of missile tests being conducted by China in the northern region of Inner Mongolia.

Friday, July 12, 2024

Friday Fuss

On a rainy and much cooler than recent weeks Friday, after giving myself a day off, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, a plot to stop then-candidate Trump in 2016 could boomerang against the Democrats.

From Townhall, the latest White House transcript from President Biden contains an edit.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Cori Bush (D-MO) steered almost a million dollars of taxpayer money to a nonprofit led by an activist who denies the existence of "real Jews" in Israel.

From the Washington Examiner, former President Trump transformed the Republicans "from white bread to blue collar".

From The Federalist, Biden's U-turn on deporting illegal aliens will only be temporary.

From American Thinker, a more disciplined Trump is driving left-wingers nuts.

From MRCTV, a U.S. Army base calls pro-life organizations "terrorist groups".

From NewsBusters, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gets a backlash from feminists at the EPSYs.

From Canada Free Press, how unrestricted youth brutality has had 10 years to inflict itself on society.

From TeleSUR, according to President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's upcoming election is between war and peace.

From TCW Defending Freedom, despite claims of climate fearmongers, Hurricane Beryl was not a "record-setting superstorm".

From EuroNews, Finnish legislators approve a controversial bill to allow border guards to turn away third-country migrants coming from Russia.

From Voice Of Europe, the Polish parliament rejects a bill to partially decriminalize abortion.  (The article links to the Polish site Onet, but not to any particular story therein.)

From ReMix, migrants trying to enter Poland from Belarus "make throat-slitting gestures" at Polish Border Guard personnel.

From Balkan Insight, island getaways in Greece become too expensive for more Greeks.

From The North Africa Post, after a showdown with unions, the Moroccan government decides to raise the salaries of nurses and hospital technicians.

From The New Arab, as announced by the International Olympic Committee, Saudi Arabia will host the first Esports Olympics in 2025.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey will not approve NATO attempts to continue its partnership with Israel.

From Arutz Sheva, Palestinians destroy several layers made of stone at Joshua's Altar on Mount Ebal.

From Gatestone Institute, "Palestine" is merely the latest pretext for attempting to destroy Western civilization.

From The Stream, more perspectives on the new Republican platform.

From The Daily Signal, the national debt has increased by $7 trillion on Biden's watch.

From The American Conservative, NATO builds a bridge to nowhere.

From The Western Journal, Biden's team reacts to his oopsie.

From BizPac Review, Delta flight attendants (figuratively) ignite a firestorm by wearing Palestinian flag pins.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark) will speak during the Republican National Convention's "Make America Safe Once Again" night.

From the Daily Caller, how is it even possible for a poll to be tied between Biden and Trump?

From the New York Post, congresscritter Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) tells Biden to step aside.

From Breitbart, after an intense manhunt, a suspected cop-killer is arrested in Texas.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, for the first time in almost 20 years, a majority of Americans want lower levels of immigration.

And from SFGate, if you've got $29.5 million lying around, you can buy a resort on the shore of Lake Tahoe, but singer Dolly Parton's house in Idyllwild, California has already been sold.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

A Returning Sasquatch's Dozen-And-A-Half

Now that I've returned home, here are 18 things going on:

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats engage in some self-destruction.

From Real Clear Politics, what a cabinet official told NBC political analyst about President Biden's health two years ago.  (via Townhall)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Democrats are more worried about whether Biden can win than whether he can do his job.

From the Washington Examiner, the House Oversight Committee subpoenas three Biden administration officials over his alleged "cognitive decline".

From The Federalist, there's only one reason why Democrats oppose voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship.  (What country allows non-citizens to vote in its elections?  If there is one, please point it out in a comment.)

From American Thinker, a trip to real-life Americana.

From NewsBusters, according to right-wing commentator emeritus Ben Shapiro of The Daily Wire, the ratings firm NewsGuard "penalized" TDW for being conservative.

From TCW Defending Freedom, which gender gets to use which loo?

From Snouts in the Trough, was this past June the hottest on record?

From Gatestone Institute, the normalization of terrorism and of hate against the Jews.

From RAIR Foundation USA, in 2017, recently elected U.K. parliamentcritter Naz Shaw urged victims of grooming gangs to "stay silent for diversity".

From Jewish News Syndicate, the U.S. military decides to remove the Gaza aid pier.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, the Jews will have no sustainable future in Europe.

From The Stream, pro-life voters face former President Trump's new platform.

From The American Conservative, Republicans can get a lesson about abortion from the infighting in the Methodist Church.

From The Western Journal, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) "raises eyebrows" with her comments about whether Biden should drop out.

From The Daily Wire, the aforementioned Ben Shapiro lets congresscritter Eric Swalwell have a piece of his mind.

And from the Genesius Times, in order to save democracy, the democratically chosen Democrat nominee must be replaced with someone that nobody voted for.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Freedom Park

Today I visited Freedom Park, which is run by the James City County government.  The park includes the Williamsburg Botanical Garden, trails for hiking and biking, and a reconstruction of an early free black settlement.  In 1804, a plantation owner in the area named William Ludwell Lee emancipated his slaves in his will, and allowed them to live rent-free on his land for 10 years afterwards.  This first picture shows two of the houses, reconstructed from the archaeological record.

Monday, July 8, 2024

Monday Mania

On a warn and rainy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Biden family tries the strategy of former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D).

From FrontpageMag, one union goes on strike against another.

From Townhall, what Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) said about possibly replacing President Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Columbia University decides to move four deans around.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a report, student loan debt has increased by 430 percent since 2003.

From The Federalist, someone reads the Project 2025 handbook and can't find a single white Christian nationalist policy.

From American Thinker, those who shrieked about "global warming" now say that we've caused "accidental cooling".  (In other words, whether the earth warms or cools, it's caused by us humans.)

From MRCTV, according to congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Biden was "over-prepared" for his debate against former President Trump.

From NewsBusters, the Associated Press accuses Republicans of "racist and misogynistic undertones" in their criticism of Vice President Harris.

From Canada Free Press, are the Democrats grooming Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) to replace Biden?

From TeleSUR, a Haitian gang leader calls for dialogue with the Haitian government.

From TCW Defending Freedom, new U.K. Science Minister Patrick Vallance is appointed to the House of Lords, while holding a position in the Cabinet.

From Snouts in the Trough, how gang rape, for some offenders, became legal.

From EuroNews, the "far-right" group "Patriots for Europe" becomes the third largest group in the European Parliament.

From Voice Of Europe, europarliamentcritters from the French party National Rally join the "Patriots for Europe".

From ReMix, Germany cuts taxes, but only to foreigners.

From Balkan Insight, since the last anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, there have been only two indictments and no verdicts.

From The North Africa Post, the opposition party Rally for Culture and Democracy boycotts Algeria's presidential election.

From The New Arab, the new Egyptian education minister allegedly has a "fake PhD".

From Arutz Sheva, a perspective on the recent U.K. election.

From Gatestone Institute, who's running the United States?

From The Stream, it's summertime, and also time for some climate-change hysteria.

From The Daily Signal, why people all over the world need fossil fuels.

From The American Conservative, the Supreme Court delivers setbacks to the lawfare against Trump, but lawfare itself is not going anywhere.

From The Western Journal, congress calls the White House physician to testify.

From BizPac Review, the Chief Twit offers an "epic" interpretation of novelist Stephen King saying that it's time for Biden to drop his run for reelection.

From The Daily Wire, according to official White House transcripts, Biden's speaking errors doubled during the last year.

From the Daily Caller, the Biden administration reportedly sent migrant children to live with homes which case workers did not regard as safe.

From the New York Post, Tropical Storm Beryl will bring dangerous weather to 11 states, including New York, before it finally dissipates.

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal), a cognitive test on Trump would show that he has a "serious illness".  (Once again, Schiff happens.)

From Newsmax and the "believe it or not" department, Biden is now deporting illegal aliens at a higher rate than Trump did.

And from The Babylon Bee, excitement grows in anticipation of the first Olympic Games to be held in a Muslim country.