Friday Fuss

As the sunny and mild weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Chinese hackers reportedly target the cellphones of former President Trump and his running mate Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH).

From FrontpageMag, an Arizona teenager is arrested for allegedly plotting to fly a drone loaded with explosives into the Phoenix Pride parade, but there might be a reason why you don't know about him.

From Townhall, even CNN host David Axelrod thought that presidential candidate Vice President Harris gave terrible answers during her town hall which he hosted.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Harris's campaign steps up its attacks on Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.

From the Washington Examiner, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania identifies up to 2,500 fraudulent voter registration forms.

From The Federalist, North Carolina Democrats block the approval of emergency early voting sites in areas stricken by Hurricane Helene.  (Wouldn't that be voter suppression?)

From American Thinker, after Harris puts on her "moderate" act, her team is afraid that she is losing her far-left base.

From MRCTV, in 2023 alone, the U.S. reportedly spent $150 billion on illegal aliens.

From NewsBusters, CBS's top 8 worst election interferences against conservatives.

From Canada Free Press, a proposed slogan for the Trump/Vance ticket.

From TeleSUR, Haitian gang members attack a U.N. helicopter.

From TCW Defending Freedom, four fateful days in the life of British activist Tommy Robinson.

From Snouts in the Trough, in favor of reparations for slavery.

From EuroNews, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić discuss Serbia's path to E.U. membership.

From ReMix, Polish priest Father Michał Olzsewski is set for release on bail after a months-long detention that some regard as lawfare under Prime Minister Donald Tusk.  (If you read Polish, read the story at wPolityce.)

From Balkan Insight, the center-right party GERB looks set to win Bulgaria's latest election.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco becomes Russia's second largest supplier of frozen fish.

From The New Arab, a public outcry arises in Egypt after the destruction of a cemetery from the era of the country's first Khedive.

From Arutz Sheva, Iran is reportedly preparing to launch 1,000 missiles at Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, Russia reportedly provided intelligence to Yemen's Houthi rebels as they targeted Western ships on the Red Sea.

From Gatestone Institute, China conducts a simulated blockade of Taiwan.

From The Stream, the U.K. lets a sex offender walk free but imprisons someone for criticizing the police.

From The Daily Signal, the Democratic Party has had a difficult October.

From The American Conservative, they, whoever "they" are, tried to kill Trump.

From The Western Journal, a Holocaust survivor denounces Harris's likening of Trump to Hitler.

From BizPac Review, black shoppers at a Chicago convenience store give some shocking responses when asked who they will vote for.

From The Daily Wire, a federal judge orders Virginia to put 1,500 self-identified non-citizens back onto its voter rolls.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) demands the file on an Afghan citizen charged with attempting a terror attack on election day.

From the New York Post, a 34-year-old man dies in an apartment fire in the New York borough of Bronx, the second fire in as many weeks caused by a lithium-ion battery.

From Breitbart, on WNBA player Angel Reese's podcast, former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal heaps praise on her rival Caitlin Clark.

From Newsmax, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) call on Harris to stop the "irresponsible rhetoric" against Donald Trump.

And from CheckYourFact, video showing an election worker in Bucks County, Pennsylvania ripping up pro-Trump ballots is fake.

A Royal Caboose, So To Speak

Today I was in Front Royal, Virginia and found a parking lot downtown, next to which is this old railroad caboose.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, former President Trump is open to pardoning First Son Hunter Biden if he is reelected.

From FrontpageMag, presidential candidate Vice President Harris was raised in hate.

From Townhall, two new polls give Harris some bad news.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Harris pushes fear and her talking points in a town hall on CNN.

From the Washington Examiner, my former governor, now running for Senator, tries to appeal to Harris voters in our state.

From The Federalist, non-citizens don't vote in our elections, do they?

From American Thinker, a historian examines the accusation that Trump is Hitler and Republicans are Nazis.

From MRCTV, Yelp disables reviews of the McDonald's where Trump briefly worked, due to spam from Trump-hating leftists.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Al Sharpton interviews Harris, and then campaigns for her.  (But left-wing media bias is just a right-wing myth, isn't it?)

From Canada Free Press, "dangerous words" are directed against Trump.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claims that the international payment system is weaponized against his country.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why Georgia, as in the former soviet republic, should be on our minds.

From EuroNews, Bulgarians vote for their national government for the seventh time in three years.

From ReMix, African migrants continue rioting in Lisbon, Portugal after a police officer shoots a migrant from Cape Verde.

From Balkan Insight, archaeologists find a gate sanctuary from the Minoan period on the Greek island of Crete and a tomb in the region of Pthiosis.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco increases is defense budget and prepares for industrialization.

From The New Arab, why UNIFIL peacekeepers are in the crosshairs of Israel's war against Hezbollah.

From The Times Of Israel, three people are arrested in Sri Lanka over alleged threats to Israelis visiting the country.

From the Express, a woman from Switzerland is killed in Djanet, Algeria.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government conducts an assassination program against Iranian dissidents in Europe.

From The Stream, a truth that will set America free, and which is her only hope.

From The Daily Signal, the biggest victims of America's border crisis are children.

From The American Conservative, both long- and short-term economic trends are unfavorable toward Harris.

From The Western Journal, Harris tries to have it both ways on immigration.

From Reuters, according to Microsoft, China is conducting an election influence operation targeting down-ballot races in the U.S.  (via The Western Journal)

From BizPac Review, how the Biden-Harris administration is making deportation of a large number of illegal aliens impossible.

From The Daily Wire, Missouri authorities investigate a shooting incident at a campaign event for senatorial candidate Lucas Kunce (D-MO).

From the Daily Caller, according to CNN host David Axelrod, the aforementioned town hall was a "mixed night" for Harris.

From the New York Post, why your paycheck doesn't seem to grow as much as inflation.

From Breitbart, in 2000, Harris opposed an anti-gang measure which was supported by most Californians.

From Newsmax, an editor of the Los Angeles Times resigns in protest after the newspaper's owner blocks its editorial board from endorsing any presidential candidate.

And from the Genesius Times, Harris points out that "inflation is way down if you exclude all the things that cost more".

Cedar Creek And Belle Grove

After giving myself a day off, I have resumed my intermittent exploration of Virginia and its historical sites.  Today I visited Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park, which includes the Cedar Creek battlefield and the Belle Grove plantation.  The park is located along U.S. Route 11 between Strasburg and Middletown, Virginia where the battle took place.  At dawn on October 19, 1864 (which means that I just missed the battle's anniversary), Confederate soldiers under General Jubal Early attacked Union troops led by General Philip Sheridan, but were defeated by a Union counterattack.

The first place within the park where I visited was this monument to the 128th New York Volunteer Infantry, which is just off U.S. 11.  The area behind the monument and the fence is a private residence.

Monday Mania

On a sunny and warmer than normal Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Democrat Senators in three states run ads touting their work with former President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, the truth about presidential candidate Vice President Harris.

From Townhall, in Michigan, Trump roasts Harris and former congresscritter Liz Cheney (R-WY).

From The Washington Free Beacon, meet Harris's far-left protégé, even though she doesn't want you to.

From the Washington Examiner, the Pentagon announces yet more military aid to Ukraine.

From The Federalist, Trump's brief stint at a McDonald's exposes the corporate media's contempt for America's working class.

From American Thinker, former Presidents Clinton (a.k.a. Mr. Bill) and Obama preach about "real men".

From MRCTV, the girl's soccer team of a Catholic high school in Concord, New Hampshire forfeits a game against a school whose team includes a male player.

From NewsBusters, The New York Times dismisses alleged plagiarism in a book written by Harris, but demands action when their own work is allegedly plagiarized.

From Canada Free Press, Harris tells Catholics that there's no room at the inn.

From TeleSUR, 83 percent of the electrical service in Havana, Cuba has been recovered.

From TCW Defending Freedom, ten reasons why the U.K. should leave the ECHR and take control of its own borders.

From Snouts in the Trough, should governments ban mNRA-based "vaccines"?

From EuroNews, traveling on the Danube in eastern Serbia.

From ReMix, the party AfD reaches a record high in the German state of Bavaria as towns and cities are flooded with migrants.

From Balkan Insight, former Albanian President Ilir Meta is arrested on corruption charges.

From The North Africa Post, according to an investigation by Spanish authorities, Algerian intelligence was involved in the attempted kidnapping of journalist Hichem Aboud.

From The New Arab, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar sparks anger in Morocco against foreign embassies and its ties to Israel.  (If terrorism is un-Islamic, as some have claimed, wouldn't Moroccans and other Muslims welcome the death of terrorist leaders?)

From Arutz Sheva, Palestinians vandalize or destroy historical and archaeological sites which have evidence of past Jewish presence.

From Gatestone Institute, President Biden's hollow warnings to China are only leading to war.

From The Stream, the U.S. investigates a leak of classified military documents.

From The Daily Signal, according to a report, the Secret Service did not know that the would-be Trump assassin in Butler, Pennsylvania was armed before he started shooting.

From The American Conservative, the silver lining in this year's stormy presidential election.

From The Western Journal, Trump has an "incredible" weekend, taking the lead for the first time in multiple election forecasts.

From BizPac Review, vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) talks about Trump's aforementioned stint at McDonald's and Harris's "weird" silence about her work history.

From The Daily Wire and the "count 'em" department, 20 security failures caused by the Biden-Harris administration's open border.

From the Daily Caller, steelworkers from the Pittsburgh area explain why they have endorse Trump.

From the New York Post, this year's 11 best toppers for your Christmas Tree.

From Breitbart, McDonald's claims to have no record of Harris ever working at any of its restaurants.  (Yes, I know.  Whether fast food joints like McDonald's truly deserve to be called "restaurants" is rather dubious or at best a matter of opinion.  Please forgive me then, for perhaps using the term loosely.  For the record, I once worked at a Hardees, but it probably has no record of my past employment there either.)

From Newsmax, according to North Carolina Republican chairman Jason Simmons, areas of the state struck by Hurricane Helene have seen "record turnout" during early voting.  (No, not this guy.)

And from The Babylon Bee, 10 reasons why you should always trust the government to spend your money.

A Few Sunday Stories

As the sunny and mild weather continues on a Sunday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, presidential candidate Vice President Harris sympathizes with a heckler claiming that Israel is inflicting "genocide" on Gaza.

From FrontpageMag, Harris warned Israel against going into the place where its soldiers found Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

From Townhall, Masterpiece Cakeshop wins again in court, but the real question gets punted.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about "the history of history".

From the Washington Examiner, former President Trump calls congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) and former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) the "enemy from within".

From American Thinker, would Democrats wake up if one of their loved ones were murdered by illegal alien?

From NewsBusters, back in 2016, the media were sure that they had destroyed then-candidate Trump.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some warnings about books.

From The Times Of Israel, a Saudi television station in Iraq is ransacked after it dared to call the late terrorist leaders Yahya Sinwar and Hassan Nasrallah "terrorists".

From The Jerusalem Post, new Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem reportedly flees Lebanon for Iran.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden-Harris administration owes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an apology.

From The Stream, when "elites" betrayed their fellow Christians to Muslims, to the detriment of their own nation.

From The Daily Signal, why can't Vice President Harris answer a simple question?

From The American Conservative, the Democrats have waged a three-decade war against honest voting?

From The Western Journal, U.K. police make a tragic announcement about the deaths of four teenage boys last November.

From BizPac Review, former congresscritter Liz Cheney (R-WY) will join Harris in an effort to appeal to suburban voters.

From The Daily Wire, Trump works the French fry cooker at a McDonald's.  (Well, his first name is Donald, isn't it?)

From the Daily Caller, Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) claims that "voter suppression" is going on in his state, even while being shown the "high turnout" of voters.

From Breitbart, singer and climate change activist Lizzo boards a private jet to attend a Harris campaign event.

From Newsmax, a group of 2,000 migrants in southern Mexico start heading northward.

And from the New York Post, an amateur historian finds a short story written by Dracula author Bram Stoker which was lost for 134 years.

Saturday Links

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

From Townhall, a small village in Ohio near Cincinnati is being invaded by illegal aliens from Mauritania.  (If poverty is a "root cause" of illegal immigration, how did these Mauritanians have the means to travel from their home country in Africa to here?)

From The Washington Free Beacon, saying goodbye to President Biden's foreign policy.

From the Washington Examiner, happy birthday (tomorrow), Madame Vice President.

From American Thinker, someone is building migrant shelters in southern Mexico for moving migrants northward.

From NewsBusters, NBC White House correspondent Peter Alexander gives presidential candidate Vice President Harris softball questions and plots strategy with her.

From Canada Free Press, most Americans want a return to normalcy.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "the oceans are boiling" and other tall tales.

From Snouts in the Trough, an Iraqi immigrant who has lived in Sweden for 20 years decides to go back, because it's safer there.

From The Jerusalem Post, social media personality Andrew Tate wants to die like the recently departed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar did.

From Gatestone Institute, Israel fights on alone, carrying a suicidal West by itself.

From The Stream, tens of thousands of Christians gather at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., some of them smashing an altar with the name "Ishtar" inscribed on it.

From The Daily Signal, here's why this year's presidential election really is the most important in our lives.

From The American Conservative, will Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confront her country's drug cartels?

From The Western Journal, Fox News anchor Bret Baier admits making a mistake while interviewing Harris.

From Breitbart, the Biden administration races to dole out billions of dollars for clean energy and bird choppers.

From Newsmax, gubernatorial candidate Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson (R-NC) calls his opponent Josh Stein (D) a "dyed in the wool, far left radical".

And from ABC7, Tompkins Square Park in New York City goes to the dogs.

Friday Phenomena

As the sunny but cool weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, it's OK to support nuclear energy again.  (Or as George Bush the Younger called it, "nucular".)

From FrontpageMag, the Biden-Harris administration gave over a billion dollars to Hamas the Palestinians since October 7th, 2023.

From Townhall, what presidential candidate Vice President Harris was doing while not attending the Al Smith dinner.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Americans are moving rightward, but for how long?

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) puts out an ad showing that he agrees on some things with former President Trump.

From The Federalist, ladies, you do not have to vote for Harris.

From American Thinker, the current federal government is no longer constitutional.

From MRCTV, according to comedian Jim Gaffigan, speaking at the aforementioned Al Smith dinner, the Democrats "staged a coup" for Harris.

From NewsBusters, hosts on The View attack Catholic Charities for inviting Trump to the Al Smith dinner.

From Canada Free Press, competence is sent to the back of the bus.

From TeleSUR, Cuban electrical workers make progress on restoring the country's electrical system.

From TCW Defending Freedom, two doctors in the U.K. have a victory over The Mail for a slur.

From Snouts in the Trough, so that's why they're called "fire stations".

From EuroNews, French parliamentcritters urge their government to oppose the Mercosur trade deal.

From ReMix, the father of a German girl who was murdered by an illegal alien confronts Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a televised debate.

From Balkan Insight, dock workers in Piraeus, Greece prevent a truck from North Macedonia carrying ammunition bound for Israel from entering the port.  (Piraeus is the port for Athens.)

From The North Africa Post, Laâyoune, Moroccan Sahara becomes a sister city with Arlington, Texas.

From The New Arab, could the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar revive efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza?

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the Iranian mission to the U.N., the recently departed Yahya Sinwar "will become a roll model" for young people in the fight for "Palestinian liberation".

From The Times Of Israel, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem is arrested for allegedly plotting to kill demonstrators at a weekly rally in Tel Aviv, Israel.

From Arutz Sheva, watch the IDF tank shell that dispatched Sinwar.

From Israel Hayom, how UNIFIL became human shields for Hezbollah.

From Gatestone Institute, Christians are slaughtered in Nigeria, and the press covers it up.

From The Stream, some good reasons to vote, even if the choice is difficult.

From The Daily Signal, how Panama could stem the flow of illegal migrants to the U.S., but President Biden broke the deal.

From The American Conservative, the major threat to free speech is not Trump, but the Democrats.

From The Western Journal, Trump skewers Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) while standing right next to him at the aforementioned Al Smith dinner.

From BizPac Review, investor Mark Cuban blames social media for Trump's "gangsta" image.

From The Daily Wire, according to the Chief Twit, four years of a President Harris will make Mad Max a reality.

From the Daily Caller, some women at the Al Smith dinner got to see Vice President Harris - sort of.

From the New York Post, Kool & the Gang get ready to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  (I saw them perform back in the 1980s.)

From Breitbart, early voting numbers look good for Republicans in North Carolina.

From Newsmax, Pacific Gas & Electric shuts power off in 19 California counties due to the "diablo wind".  (No, not this Pacific Gas & Electric)

And from the Genesius Times, the artist known as Lizzo threatens to eat anyone who does not vote for Harris.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, President Biden cancels $4.5 billion more of student loan debt.

From FrontpageMag, the strange and mythological presidential campaign of Vice President Harris.

From Townhall, the woke mob comes for two Canadians who started a Taiwanese boba tea company.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israel confirms that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been sent to his virgins.

From the Washington Examiner, oil producer Phillips 66 announces plans to end operations at its refinery in Los Angeles after California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs a bill mandating stringent new requirements.

From The Federalist, why "crunchy granola moms" and independent doctors are moving politically rightward.

From American Thinker, while being interviewed by Bret Baier of Fox News, Harris doesn't answer questions but tells voters to read her website.

From MRCTV, a teenage illegal alien gang member arrested 10 times is finally sent to jail.

From NewsBusters, CNN correspondent Brian Stelter calls the aforementioned Bret Baier "a Trump surrogate".

From Canada Free Press, voting this year by facts, not feelings.  (I'm reminded of the admonition often given by right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro, "facts don't care about your feelings".  While I agree with him, I also realize that the reverse is also true, as in feelings don't care about your facts.)

From TeleSUR, professors and other workers at Argentine universities go on strike.

From TCW Defending Freedom, lies, [bleep]ed lies and U.K. politician Michael Gove.

From Snouts in the Trough, how stupid or evil are the climate alarmists?

From EuroNews, right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders proposed sending failed asylum seekers in the Netherlands to Uganda.  (I vaguely remember the U.K. having a similar idea.  What do the Ugandan government and people think of this idea?)

From ReMix, Poland's baby bust is the worst in Europe.  (As a descendant of many Polish babies, who grew up to have their own babies, I find this development to be quite alarming.)

From Balkan Insight, a Belarusian dissident in Bulgaria fears being deported back home.

From The New Arab, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "keeps his head down" amid the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.

From Arutz Sheva, more about the death of the aforementioned Yahya Sinwar.

From The Jerusalem Post, at a meeting of the European Parliament, Hamas's sexual violence and attacks on women are condemned.

From Gatestone Institute, Islamic militias operate in the Central African Republic.

From The Stream, one forgotten reason why Christopher Columbus sailed westward.

From The Daily Signal, "pay no attention to the gender activist behind the public school curtain".

From The American Conservative, the little-known war that made the U.S.

From The Western Journal, according to the twice-aforementioned Bret Baier, four of Harris's staffers were "waving their hands" and forced him to end their interview.

From BizPac Review, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) gets booed by striking Boeing workers after disparaging former President Trump.

From The Daily Wire, members of a violent Venezuelan gang are arrested in San Antonio, Texas.

From the Daily Caller, Harris will attend the Al Smith charity dinner via a pre-recorded video.

From the New York Post, the barn coat goes viral.

From Breitbart, 158 migrant children from South and Central America enter the U.S. illegally into Eagle Pass, Texas.

From Newsmax, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million to the victims of sexual abuse by clergy.

And from SFGate, when in San Francisco, beware the fake ads.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a cool and cloudy Wednesday, after I gave myself a day off, here are some things going on:

From National Review, hey government, I thought that you were good at spending money.

From FrontpageMag, the FBI makes crime "drop" by leaving out 1,699 murders.

From Townhall, a pro-Hamas woman vandalizes a restaurant over its Israeli flags that weren't.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Reuben Gallego (D-AZ) sues the Arizona Supreme Court to keep the records of his divorce sealed.

From the Washington Examiner, the Nebraska Supreme Court rules that felons who complete their sentences may register to vote.

From The Federalist, four years after covering up Hunter Biden's laptop, the media are committing election interference worse than ever.

From American Thinker, whether we realize it or not, the current election is about "war".

From MRCTV, the University of Nevada Reno throws their women's volleyball team under a bus after they forfeit to a team with a mile player.

From NewsBusters, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls complaints about FEMA's hurricane response disinformation.

From Canada Free Press, so-called "experts" condemn Israel's military operations against Hezbollah.

From TeleSUR, Colombian President Gustavo Petro signs a regulation giving indigenous people the power to sanction in environmental matters.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how many of the U.K.'s high-ranking government officials know Net Zero from their own elbows?

From Snouts in the Trough, do you believe in U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's £63 billion conference success?

From EuroNews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claims that North Korea is aiding Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.

From ReMix, conservatives in Poland are leading in a new poll for presidential elections.  (If you read Polish, read the story at wPolityce(dot)pl.)

From Balkan Insight, Albanian environmentalists "see red" over the green sludge on the surface of Park Lake in the capital city of Tirana.

From The New Arab, why are the residents of Jabalia, Gaza refusing to leave their homes as the Israeli army closes in?

From Memri TV, Canadian teenagers salute Hamas and Hezbollah officials with a new song.

From RAIR Foundation USA, four years after the murder of French middle school teacher Samuel Paty, his sister, a nurse, recalls seeing his body at the morgue.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden-Harris administration has a misguided policy about the Palestinians.

From The Stream, a father writes a letter to former President Trump.

From The Daily Signal, the FBI quietly revise the aforementioned violent crime data.

From The American Conservative, no more money should be allocated to FEMA for funding illegal aliens.

From The Western Journal, top Democrats in Pennsylvania are not happy with presidential candidate Vice President Harris's campaign.

From BizPac Review, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces charges against the man who allegedly tied a dog to a fence as the area was flooding.

From The Daily Wire, conservative lawyer Harmeet Dillon shreds Harris's record as San Francisco's district attorney.

From the Daily Caller, Harris hits Trump on alleged vulnerabilities which would be shared by President Biden.

From the New York Post, Disneyland and Disney World launch a new pass that will enable its holders to skip long lines - if they can pay for it.

From Breitbart, this year's election is making Americans of all political stripes more optimistic about the economy.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, 52 percent of American voters say that they'll vote early.  (Will any of them "vote early and often", as allegedly encouraged by mobster Al Capone or Mayor Richard Daley?)

And from News(dot)com(dot)au, the mysterious black balls that have been washing up on Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia have been identified.  (via the New York Post)