Monday, August 12, 2024

Monday Links

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

From National Review, the media no longer remember why they exist.

From FrontpageMag, in order to defend Israel, you must talk about Islam.

From Townhall, why a major "fact checker" is covering for Vice President Harris.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Seattle Children's Hospital segregates stomach doctors by race.

From the Washington Examiner, Harris cannot "flip the script" about the border.

From The Federalist, don't let Governor (D-Min) and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz's camo hat distract you from his radical record.

From American Thinker, while Harris stole former President Trump's proposal to not tax tips, she had cast the tie-breaking vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, which increased IRS enforcement of taxes on tips.

From MRCTV, Walz's campaign website still hasn't retracted his false claim about his military rank.

From NewsBusters, how left-wing billionaire George Soros directs prosecutors to implement his agenda.

From Canada Free Press, a more disciplined Trump would be a "titan thrashing fools".

From TeleSUR, former Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yañez testifies against her husband former President Alberto Fernandez.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the ten most dangerous people whom you've never heard of.

From Snouts in the Trough, when will the white people of the U.K. become a minority in their own country?

From EuroNews, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić pledges to visit towns and cities in his country after thousands of people protest in Belgrade against a proposed lithium mine.

From ReMix, Bulgaria's ban on LGBT education sparks protests.

From Balkan Insight, a large wildfire rages on the outskirts of Athens, Greece.

From The North Africa Post, a military court in Sierra Leone gives harsh sentences to soldiers involved in a failed coup.

From The New Arab, Egyptian journalists keep protesting for the release of their jailed colleagues.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an illegal migrant from Tunisia is arrested in Nice, France for charges such as threatening to cut the throats of police officers.  (If you read French, read the story at Nice-Matin and FDeSouche.)

From The Jerusalem Post, ISIS regroups in the northern Arabian Desert.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.K. becomes authoritarian and dhimmi.

From The Stream, as the West embraces tyranny and war, we must become the world's last true liberals.

From The Daily Signal, having diverse viewpoints is now regarded as "white supremacy".

From The American Conservative, scenes from a "weird" rally put on by Senator (R-OH) and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance.

From The Western Journal, to the chagrin of CNN interviewer Dana Bash, Senator Vance turns the "weird" accusation on the aforementioned Governor Walz.

From BizPac Review, Trump returns to the platform formerly known as Twitter.

From The Daily Wire, here are some of Trump's new posts.

From the Daily Caller, never-Trumper David French thinks that he can "save conservatism from itself".

From the New York Post, First Son Hunter Biden wants evidence of his foreign business deals and claims of being an unregistered agent excluded from his trial for alleged tax offenses.

From Breitbart, the family of singer Isaac Hayes orders Trump to stop using his song Hold On, I'm Coming at his campaign rallies.

From Newsmax, the U.S. expects Gaza peace talks to continue, with a ceasefire being possible.

And from The Babylon Bee, Governor Walz explains that he's not stealing valor, but merely redistributing it.

Sunday, August 11, 2024

Sunday Stories

On a Sunday that lives up to its name, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden gives his reason for dropping out of the presidential race.

From FrontpageMag, Vice President Harris's sister Maya defended the organization CAIR.

From Townhall, did Harris just steal former President Trump's proposal to eliminate tax on tips?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book co-written by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.

From the Washington Examiner, Harris is wrong on medical debt.

From American Thinker, if you're wondering what a Harris presidency would do to America, the past is prologue.

From NewsBusters, fifteen years of the media cheering for San Francisco District Attorney/California Attorney General/Senator (D-Cal)/Vice President Harris.

From Canada Free Press, "Kilroy was here", but "killjoy" Kamala Harris is here right now.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the arts make our difficult times easier.

From The Times Of Israel, a man yelling "free Palestine" stabs a Jew in New York City.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran knows that it can't win a war against Israel.

From The Stream, the Massachusetts state legislature unanimously passes a bill to redefine the family.

From The Daily Signal, how attacks on our checks and balances threaten our republic.

And from The American Conservative, a salute to weirdness.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Music Break

It's been so long since I've posted one of these that I'm not sure that there have been any during the current year.  So let me get busy.  First up is the opening song from the 1981 movie Heavy Metal, Radar Rider from the band Riggs.  This group was led by guitarist/singer Jerry Riggs, who later was in Pat Travers's band and Bobby Friss's band.  Today, he's a member of 38 Special, who include this song in their set.

Saturday Stuff

As the sun returns on a warm Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how former President Trump can combat Vice President Harris's surge in the polls.

From Townhall, according to Speaker Johnson (R-LA), the selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) as Harris's running mate was made to appease the Hamas wing of the Democrat Party.

From The Washington Free Beacon, musician Bruce Springsteen puts on a tour de force.

From the Washington Examiner, according to his former commanding officer, Walz used an incorrect "back door process" to retire from the National Guard.

From The Federalist, a clerk in Neenah City, Wisconsin is accused of posting news clips in voting booths.

From American Thinker, Walz's parallels with the aborted 1972 vice presidential nomination of then-Senator Thomas Eagleton (D-MO).

From NewsBusters, CBS correspondent Natalie calls Trump an "extremist" and worries that Harris is not far left enough.

From Snouts in the Trough, in the U.K., "jail the messenger" and "ignore the issue".

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran sparks outrage on line by releasing a video showing blood-soaked Israeli Olympic athletes.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's mullahs will not stop unless they are forced to stop.

From The Stream, a pro-lifer shows how to win.

From The Daily Signal, critical racist race theory practitioners plan their return to the classroom.

From The American Conservative, the faith of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic.

From The Western Journal, according to a Democrat inside, "Republicans for Harris" is a scam created by her campaign.

From BizPac Review, Fox News anchor Shannon Bream defends Harris's ducking the media.

From The Daily Wire, a new ad from the Trump campaign uses Harris's own words against her.

From the Daily Caller, California taxpayers foot the bill for Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) photographer.

From Breitbart, the Chinese keep on coming across the border with Mexico.  (If illegal immigration is caused by poverty, as some have claimed, how do these people have the means to travel from China to Mexico?)

From Newsmax, according to former Senator Norm Coleman (R-Min), Governor Walz is California Governor "Gavin Newsom in a flannel shirt".

And from the New York Post, according to the South Korean military, North Korea is again sending balloons carrying trash southward.

Friday, August 9, 2024

Friday Phenomena

As the rain hangs around on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why the story on Governor (D-Min) and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is not going away.

From FrontpageMag, Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris's disastrous record on the border.

From Townhall, Harris's speech in Philadelphia sounded familiar.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how Minnesotans left the state after Walz became their governor.

From the Washington Examiner, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspends access to the platform X in his country.

From The Federalist, newly released footage shows Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood personnel discussing harvesting body parts from aborted babies.

From American Thinker, Harris and Walz don't have very much room to talk about being "weird".

From MRCTV, organizations at Columbia University call for an "intifada" and the end of Western civilization.  (If they think that Western civilization is so horrible, let them move to a place outside of the West.)

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Brent Bozell mocks the media for calling Walz a "moderate".  (Bozell is the president of Media Research Center, which publishes MRCTV and NewsBusters.)

From Canada Free Press, more illegal aliens migrants will bring about more occupations similar to a Venezuelan gang taking over an apartment building in Colorado.

From TeleSUR, a Mexican court rejects challenges to President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's victory.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's "ludicrous" response to riots by the "far-right".  (In the U.K., a "far-right" person is anyone who dares to point out that violence committed by migrants is in fact committed by migrants.)

From EuroNews, more rioters in the U.K. are sentenced to jail.

From ReMix, a lesbian couple in Gliwice, Poland is charged with abusing a 4-year-old boy.

From Balkan Insight, critics in Bosnia and Hercegovina decry the government's lack of action against femicide.

From The North Africa Post, a U.N. counter-terrorism official warns of ISIS's surge in Africa.

From The New Arab, an Israeli drone strike on a car in Lebanon sends a Hamas terrorist to his virgins.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Somali man convicted of manslaughter in Germany escapes from his police guards and is later recaptured.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, British multiculturalism has been victimized by the recent riots.

From Gatestone Institute, will the U.S. miss the boat on defense modernization.

From The Stream, six Christians are persecuted in Paris.

From The Daily Signal, the U.S. women's soccer team silences a politically incorrect player.

From The American Conservative, affirmative action in Bangladesh.

From The Western Journal, Harris is mocked for her most recent political ad.

From BizPac Review, according to President Biden's longtime advisor Anita Dunn, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) is to blame for the discontinuation of his reelection campaign.

From The Daily Wire, a Pakistani man charged in connection with a plot to assassinate former President Trump was allowed into the U.S. despite being on a terror watch list.

From the Daily Caller, Harris tries and fails to distance herself from her 2020 campaign.

From the New York Post, former First Son Eric Trump warns of a "storm coming" if Harris is elected president.

From Newsmax, for the first time ever, the FDA approves a nasal spray for dealing with allergic reactions.

And from Breitbart, author Stephen King spreads a lie that Trump didn't want to be photographed with amputee veterans.  (As the article points out, King has a talent for creating fiction.)

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Thursday Tidings

On a rainy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, no, Vice President Harris did not "Sister Souljah moment" in Detroit yesterday.

From FrontpageMag, Harris, who is half Indian, says nothing about attacks against Hindus in Bangladesh.

From Townhall, even CNN is calling out Governor (D-Min) and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz for false statements about his military record.

From The Washington Free Beacon, would-be congresscritter John Avlon (D-NY) claims to be a longtime resident of Long Island, but public records say otherwise.

From the Washington Examiner, Harris has a "boom and bust cycle".

From The Federalist, Virginia finds 6,303 foreigners registering to vote in the U.S.  (But, but, non-citizens registering to vote is just a right-wing myth.)

From American Thinker, to understand Walz's leftism, look at opinions about the 1st Amendment.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Cori Bush (D-MO) blames her primary loss on a Jewish pro-Israel lobby group.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joy Reid calls Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) a "mayonnaise sandwich" on white bread.

From Canada Free Press, the "wacko world" of the Harris/Walz ticket, led by former President Obama.

From TeleSUR, recent presidential candidates appear before Venezuela's Supreme Court.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why driving electric cars is not really green.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister two-tier Kier Starmer's two-tiered murder mystery?

From EuroNews, how is Ukraine's recent raid into Russian territory different from its other operations?

From ReMix, after Ukrainian troops enter Russian territory, President Putin convenes the Russian Security Council.

From Balkan Insight, Austria asks North Macedonia to help investigate a terror threat against American singer Taylor Swift.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco hopes to accelerate its dam construction.

From The New Arab, why has fighting restarted in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zour?

From OpIndia, violence against Hindus in Bangladesh has come to include rape.

From Gatestone Institute, why are the E.U. and the World Bank sending money to Palestinian terrorists?

From The Stream, Vice President Harris's fairness issue.  (Put four politicians into a room and you might get at least five definitions of "fairness".)

From The Daily Signal, a legal expert speaks against President Biden's proposed "reforms" for the Supreme Court.

From The American Conservative, the new report from the Commission on the National Defense Strategy misses the point.

From The Western Journal, a special counsel releases evidence regarding First Son Hunter Biden and a foreign official.

From BizPac Review, gun control advocate David Hogg tries to take a (figurative) shot at Senator (R-OH) and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance, which misses horribly.

From The Daily Wire, after a lawsuit by the Chief Twit and congressional testimony from right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro, the left-wing censorship group GARM disbands.

From the Daily Caller, a federal judge partially dismisses a lawsuit by the Mexican government against several U.S. gun manufacturers.

From the New York Post, 14 mostly decomposed bodies are found on an abandoned vessel off the coast of the Dominican Republic, leaving authorities scrambling to identify them.

From Breitbart, two teenagers of "migrant-heritage" have been taken into custody in connection with the aforementioned terror plot against Taylor Swift.

And from Newsmax, Americans living overseas can still vote.

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, Vice President and presidential candidate Harris makes her first big mistake.

From FrontpageMag, "Walzing with Kamala".

From Townhall, no, there is no evidence that Minnesota Governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz (D) ever [bleep]ed a traffic cone.

From The Washington Free Beacon, why did Harris pick Walz?

From the Washington Examiner, why former President Trump's supporters call Walz "Tampon Tim".

From The Federalist, after picking Walz, Harris can no longer deny that she's a radical leftist.

From American Thinker, what's with the Trump assassination attempt's crime scene?

From MRCTV, Fox News host Sean Hannity cringes before saying "Tampon Tim".

From NewsBusters, the search engine Google directs users toward Harris's name when they search other names.

From Canada Free Press, we're in the same boat that our founders were once in.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan "far-right" opposition does not present voting records to the country's Supreme Court.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the "Pride" block gets a new kid.

From Snouts in the Trough, send in a few pounds to help sponsor a RSPCA fat cat.

From EuroNews, moving to Italy while already rich is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.

From ReMix, Poland will reopen its border crossings with Belarus if Belarus releases imprisoned journalist Andrzej Poczobut.

From Balkan Insight, the Bulgarian parliament suddenly bans "LGBT propaganda" in schools.

From The North Africa Post, the French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain establishes an academy in Casablanca, Morocco.  (In the future, when someone in Casablanca says "play it again, Sam", this will refer not to any musical piece, but to a game of soccer.)

From The New Arab, Israeli forces blow up Fatah's party headquarters at the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, West Bank.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF destroys rocket launchers used by Hamas and located next to humanitarian aid warehouses.

From Gatestone Institute, Israeli soldiers are in a political game.

From The Stream, the aforementioned Governor Tim Walz (D-Min) is "a gift that will keep on giving".

From The Daily Signal, the truth about American slavery.

From The American Conservative, two "wild" primary elections take place in Missouri.

From The Western Journal, former military colleagues accuse Walz of "stolen valor".

From BizPac Review, the Oakland Police Officer's Association calls for Mayor Sheng Thao (D) to resign.

From The Daily Wire, Senator (R-OH) and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance has some words for reporters waiting for Vice President Harris.

From the Daily Caller, the media coin a new propaganda word to underplay Walz's left-wing record.

From the New York Post, the discount retail chain Big Lots plans to close up to 315 stores.

From Breitbart, according to a study, abortions have increased slightly in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

From Newsmax, according to the aforementioned J.D. Vance, Harris is to blame for violence committed by illegal aliens.

And from SFGate, after their restaurant wins a star from the Michelin Guide, owners David Fisher and Serena Chow Fisher celebrate at In-N-Out burger.

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Tuesday Tidbits

On a warm partly sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a sigh of relief that Vice President Harris did not choose Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) as her running mate.

From FrontpageMag, Harris's pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), "puts the left in charge".

From Townhall, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) reacts to Harris's choice of Walz.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Walz is backed by Senator Socialism (I-VT).

From the Washington Examiner, the Harris-Walz ticket is the most radical in American history.

From The Federalist, Walz is very much a leftist.

From American Thinker, swimming in the Paris sewer.

From MRCTV, five illegal aliens are arrested when they invade a home in Troy, Michigan.

From NewsBusters, according to CNN guest Van Jones, the choice of Walz appeals to "anti-Jewish bigots" among the Democrats.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan military pledges their unconditional support for President Nicolás Maduro.

From TCW Defending Freedom, what's being done to the sky?

From EuroNews, concrete structures known as "dragon's teeth" or "Lego blocks" will be installed on Latvia's borders with Belarus and Russia.

From ReMix, according to Paweł Lisicki, editor of the Polish magazine Do Rzeczy, the awareness in Germany of the country's crimes committed against Poles during World War II is diminishing.  (ReMix is working again, but Voice Of Europe is still having technical difficulties.)

From Balkan Insight, a former Serb member of the Bosnian presidency is acquitted of war crimes which were committed in 1992 and 1993.

From The North Africa Post, reelected Mauritanian President Ould El Ghazouani forms his new government.

From The New Arab, Egypt denies Israel's claim of "tunnels" under the Philadelphi Corridor between Egypt and Gaza.

From The Free Press Journal, a mob sets fire to a hotel owned by a member of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party in Jashore, Bangladesh.  (From what I can gather, TFPJ appears to be based in Mumbai, India.)

From Business Today, Islamists attack Hindus in Bangladesh.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. military is unprepared for World War III.

From The Stream, the U.K. government respects the privacy of a man who stabbed three children to death.

From The Daily Signal, how the aforementioned Governor Walz responded to the George Floyd riots.

From The American Conservative, a Harris presidency would bring about "the Kamalafornia republic".

From The Western Journal, pictures from the 2020 riots come back to haunt Governor Walz.

From BizPac Review, Harris's presidential campaign website has enough donation links, but no policy positions.

From The Daily Wire, by not choosing the aforementioned Governor Shapiro, Harris got Republicans and "Squad" members to agree on something.

From the Daily Caller, Maricopa County, Arizona is sued for allegedly not removing noncitizens from the voter roles.

From the New York Post, according to Senator (R-OH) and vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, Harris "bent the knee" to the far left in choosing Walz.

From Breitbart, Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump weighs in about Walz.

From Newsmax, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) leads a group of lawmakers urging the NCAA to keep men out of women's sports.

And from BBC News, an American woman chained to a tree in the Indian state of Maharashtra admits that she did it to herself.  (via the New York Post)

Monday, August 5, 2024

Monday Mania

On a hot and mostly sunny Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the 9/11 terrorists should have been held accountable years ago.

From FrontpageMag, due to wokeness, men beat up women for sport.

From Townhall, another illegal alien on Texas's "most wanted" list is arrested in that state.

From The Washington Free Beacon, far-left-wing climate activists claim Vice President Harris as one of their own.

From the Washington Examiner, are stock markets panicking due to "Bidenomics" or the Biden-Harris foreign policy?

From The Federalist, Harris's husband has been an example of toxic masculinity.

From American Thinker, for Democrats, "women's issues" are really about just one thing.

From MRCTV, an illegal alien who was ordered deported is arrested for allegedly killing a Virginia college student in a car crash.

From NewsBusters, Harris's race is questioned by black voters in a city which shares her last name.

From Canada Free Press, in the attempt to assassinate former President Trump, someone smells a rat.

From TeleSUR, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the Wall Street crash won't affect Mexico very much.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "Vlod" and "Karen" have a "virtual encounter of the lockdown denier kind".

From Snouts in the Trough, what if the alleged "far right" are just right?  (I've asked this before and I'll probably ask it again.  How do "far right" views and policies differ from those that are merely "right" or "mainstream right"?  To illustrate, please pick and issue and point out the "left", "right" and "far right" positions on that issue.)

From EuroNews, a definitive guide to the European Commission's portfolios.

(Both Voice Of Europe and ReMix are having technical difficulties.  Grrrr.)

From Balkan Insight, police in northern Kosovo raid nine post offices run by Serbia.

From The North Africa Post, thanks to its large supply of phosphates, Morocco is set to become a manufacturing hub for electric vehicle batteries.

From The New Arab, Sudan's government denies that there's a famine in the Zamzam camp in the region of Darfur.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns.

From New Age, more on Sheikh Hasina's resignation.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Iraqi legislature considers a law that would, according to critics, allow child marriage.

From Struggle for Hindu Existence, protesters against quotas and against now-former Prime Minister Hasina attack Hindus.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Islam's quiet conquest of American churches and Christians.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians, including Palestinian Authority officials, love Hamas.

From The Stream, things have gotten weird during the last week.

From The Daily Signal, some things to know about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), who is a possible pick to be Harris's vice presidential running mate.

From The American Conservative, President Biden is obsessed with having open borders.

From The Western Journal, more on the stock market taking a nosedive.

From PJ Media, the real unemployment rate is far worse than the official one.

From BizPac Review, the Trump campaign puts out an ad of Harris praising "Bidenomics".

From The Daily Wire, what you need to know about Iran's intended attack on Israel.

From the Daily Caller, the Biden administration churns out $1.2 trillion worth of new regulations in eight months.

From the New York Post, then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle reportedly wanted to destroy the she-don't-lie found in the White House.

From Breitbart, Senator J.D. Vance's wife Usha discusses her husband's "childless cat ladies" comment.

From Newsmax, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency meeting about anti-immigration unrest.

And from The Babylon Bee, Vice President Harris becomes the first black woman to destroy the world's economy.

Sunday, August 4, 2024

A Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

As I relax on a warm Sunday evening, here are 12 things going on:

From FrontpageMag, George Floyd 2.0 has arrived.

From Townhall, why we should be worried about Vice President Harris's brother-in-law joining her presidential campaign.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about bookstores.

From the Washington Examiner, according to former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal), President Biden's face belongs on Mount Rushmore.

From American Thinker, the British people start pushing back against unlimited immigration.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Prime Ministers who killed the Conservative Party, such as Theresa May.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria allows a sit-in in support of the militia Polisario, but bans sit-ins in support of Palestine.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, three Muslims allegedly beat up a man in Berlin, Germany for drinking beer, which is not allowed in Islam.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From The Times Of Israel, two people are killed in a terror stabbing spree in Holon, Israel.

From CBS News, a statue of Holocaust victim Anne Frank in Amsterdam, Netherlands is vandalized with pro-Palestine graffiti for the second time.

From Gatestone Institute, how the Iranian mullahs see the upcoming U.S. election.

And from The American Conservative, are the Republicans the party of normal, or of punk rock?