Monday Stuff For The End Of June

Yes, it's the last day of the first half of 2025, falling on a hot and sunny Monday, so here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites has inflicted "a very serious level of damage" on Iran's nuclear program.

From FrontpageMag, 12 surprises from the 12-day war.

From Townhall, CNN pushes an app that helps illegal aliens evade ICE, which puts its agents at risk.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. State Department revokes the visas issued to the British rap group Bob Vylan after they called for the murder of IDF soldiers.  (As with any story involving rap, the label "music" is used loosely.)

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice announces charges for 324 people in the largest healthcare fraud takedown ever.

From The Federalist, several law enforcement agencies went Sergeant Schultz about threats against Trump voters in Pennsylvania.

From American Thinker, Mexico has no right to any territory in the U.S.

From MRCTV, a TikTok user claims that Abraham Lincoln was gay and musician Kurt Cobain was trans.

From NewsBusters, CNN defends New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's (D) proposal for city-owned grocery stores.

From Canada Free Press, "the Democratic Socialist party".

From TeleSUR, Peronist candidates win big in the Argentine province of Formosa and the city of Rosario.

From TCW Defending Freedom, one coronavirus narrative collapses under the slightest scrutiny.

From EuroNews, the E.U. and Ukraine make a not too ambitious but "realistic" trade deal.

From Free West Media, the FDA allegedly approves hundreds of drugs without proof that they work.

From ReMix, according to Hungarian official Balázs Orbán, polls show that most Hungarian people support their government's ban on Pride parades.

From Balkan Insight, according to a report, six Balkan countries are "failing to enforce freedom of information laws".

From The North Africa Post, the group Polisario's recent targeting of civilians vindicates its designation as a terrorist organization.

From The New Arab, according to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, Israel wants relations with Lebanon and Syria, but will not discuss the Golan Heights.

From News18, an Iranian Shiite cleric issues a fatwa declaring U.S. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu "enemies of God".

From The Times Of Israel, an 82-year-old woman dies from injuries suffered in a Molotov cocktail attack while attending a rally for Israeli hostage in Boulder, Colorado.

From Sp!ked, the U.K.'s Labour Party wants to ban criticism of Islam.

From Gatestone Institute, "obliterating" Iran's nuclear facilities is insufficient.

From Radio Free Asia, the Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday.

From The Stream, has Trump's policy toward Syria been unveiled?

From The Daily Signal, the web of activist groups who support Hamas, Iran, and riots against ICE.

From The American Conservative, a review of the book British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony.

From The Western Journal, according to an op-ed column, Trump has earned the Nobel Peace Prize.

From ABC News, a man believed to have shot several firefights in Idaho, killing two of them, is identified and found dead.  (via The Western Journal)

From BizPac Review, a man jumps in to save his young daughter after she falls overboard on a Disney Dream cruise.

From The Daily Wire, the American medical establishment's stubborn refusal to reconsider transgender procedures for minors.

From the Daily Caller, former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany brings her third child into the world.

From the New York Post, please use bear spray only on bears.

From Breitbart, PolitiFact claims that the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani is not a communist, but he disagrees.

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court rejects ExxonMobil's appeal of a $14.25 million civil penalty imposed over the air pollution from its refinery in Baytown, Texas.

And from The Babylon Bee, San Francisco's Pride parade is followed closely by a Disinfectant parade.

A Returning Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

Now that I've returned from my most recent undisclosed location on a sunny a very warm and sunny Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From The Jerusalem Post, a pro-HamasPalestinian group screams "Hamas are coming" at a fundraiser attended by Israeli former hostage Noa Argamani.

From Fox News, three facts about the Iranian regime's obsession with acquiring nuclear weapons.

From Gatestone Institute, when a ceasefire prolongs a war.

From The Stream, when Christians took back the Spanish city of Córdoba.

From The Daily Signal, is the title of the movie The War on Children literally true?

From The American Conservative, everything decays and entropy wins.

From TeleSUR, the Colombian House of Representatives passes President Gustavo Petro's proposed pension reforms.

From TCW Defending Freedom, there's a hostile country in the middle of England.

From American Thinker, current threats to freedom show the genius of America's Founding Fathers.

From Townhall, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) comes out against the existence of billionaires.

From FrontpageMag, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wonders what good is the U.S. Constitution.

And from The Washington Free Beacon, the ballad of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, a coalition of Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim parents in Maryland wins at the Supreme Court.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) visits the mosque where an imam had prayed that Allah would "guide the shooting" by Hamas.

From Townhall, former Vice President Harris loses some support for the 2028 Democratic nomination.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump updates the Nixon Doctrine.

From American Thinker, the strike against Iran worked, which is precisely the left's problem.

From NewsBusters, The New York Times cites poor polling for Trump on Iran, but made excuses for then-President Obama on Libya.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a registered nurse recounts being subjected to a "four-year inquisition" for writing the truth about coronavirus vaccine data.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. having a heat wave or just different thermometers?

From AMU, the Taliban ban photography and videography on the campus of Kandahar University.

From The Times Of India, several Muslim groups in India come out against Zumba dance in schools, after which Kerala state Education Minister R Bindu points out that "we're not in the Middle Ages".

From Gatestone Institute, bravo to U.S. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for doing what the world failed to do.

From The Stream, when the Crusaders won the Battle of Antioch, perhaps miraculously.

From The Daily Signal, Trump has three major foreign policy wins in a week.

From The American Conservative, the race for New York City mayor is wide open.

From The Western Journal, an Egyptian traveler is kicked out of the U.S. after kicking a Customs and Border Protection beagle who smelled prohibited cargo in his luggage.

From BizPac Review, Trump reminds Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei that he saved him from a "very ugly" death.

From The Daily Wire, GE Appliances decides to move its washing machine production from China to Kentucky.

From the Daily Caller, Trump decides to go after government leakers.

From Breitbart, three crewmembers who worked on the production of the movie Rust settle their lawsuit against its producers and actor Alec Baldwin.

And from the New York Post, New York City plans to deploy anti-drone drones.

Friday Fuss

On a warm (but less hot than recently) and cloudy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court provides some welcome restraint on nationwide injunctions from district courts.

From FrontpageMag, the allegedly "genocidal" Israelis save the life of a Syrian girl.

From Townhall, almost 200 Democrat congresscritters refuse to condemn anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to columnist Masha Gessen of The New York Times, attacks on Jews in Boulder, Colorado and Washington, D.C. were "political", not anti-Semitic.

From the Washington Examiner, former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and three other former aides to then-President Biden are swept in the House Oversight Committee's autopen inquiry.  (When I went to the WE yesterday, its articles were behind a paywall, but I could freely access at least this one today.  Why this has happened, I have no idea.)

From The Federalist, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan, allegedly a big DEI supporter, resigns.

From American Thinker, why American left-wingers are in big trouble.

From MRCTV, the World Health Organization redefines "healthcare" to include abortion.

From NewsBusters, where's the new "Great Depression" that the media were griping about this past April?

From Canada Free Press, more on the aforementioned Supreme Court ruling against nationwide injunctions.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the mainstream media can't stop demonizing coronavirus vaccine skeptics.

From EuroNews, according to President Vladimir Putin, Russia is ready for a new round of peace talks with Ukraine.

From Free West Media, Israeli soldiers in Gaza tell the media outlet Haaretz that they were ordered to fire on Gazans near aid distribution sites.

From ReMix, the German Bundestag suspends family reunification for some migrants, but according to AfD party co-leader Alice Weidel, very little will change.

From Balkan Insight, the state court of Bosnia and Herzegovina jails a man for planning a terror attack on a mosque in the city of Zenica.

From The North Africa Post, the U.S imposes sanctions on Sudan for allegedly attacking civilians with chemical weapons.

From The New Arab, a woman reportedly kills her two children and then dives into the Nile in Giza, Egypt.

From Arutz Sheva, Iranian security forces raid the homes of Jews in the cities of Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan.

From Gatestone Institute, how globalists wage war on the planet.

From Radio Free Asia, a pro-democracy party in Hong Kong disbands due to pressure from the Chinese government.

From The Stream, according to the U.N., noticing Muslim attacks on Christians is "Islamophobic".

From The Daily Signal, 128 Democrat congresscritters reject the latest effort to impeach President Trump.

From The American Conservative, the freakout over New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From The Western Journal, Mamdani calls for shifting more of New York's tax burden onto "white neighborhoods".

From BizPac Review, a world renowned economist changes his tune about Trump's tariffs.

From The Daily Wire, climate activists come out against having dogs.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, Democrats can't get themselves to admit the obvious about former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

From the New York Post, before an investigation by the Trump administration, the University of California system required DEI training including the idea that "equality isn't actually fair".

From Breitbart, stocks reach record highs and inflation "stays cool".

From Newsmax, Trump calls for Iran to allow international inspection to make sure that it doesn't restart its nuclear program.

And from SFGate, a pho restaurant in Menlo Park, California is added to the Michelin Guide's bib gourmand list.  (If you're wondering what pho is, go here.)

Thursday Tidings

On a hot and sunny Thursday, both at home and here at my undisclosed locations, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court upholds South Carolina's right to defund Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood in its state Medicaid programs.  (Since PAOP is a private organization, it has no right to receive even one red cent of taxpayer money.)

From FrontpageMag, an anti-Israel socialist wins the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.

From Townhall, President Trump's triumphs.  (Come to think of it, you need "trump" to spell "triumph".)

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, Israel and the U.S. are monitoring Iran and are ready to renew strikes against it if necessary.  (Yes, his name and his country's name are both "Israel".)

From The Federalist, Republican congresscritters subpoena a former aide to then-President Joe Biden and then-First Lady Jill Biden.

From American Thinker, the Chicago version of illegal immigration.

From MRCTV, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposes how the Biden administration sent migrant children to abusers and traffickers.

From NewsBusters, the media go Sergeant Schultz over the far left while panicking over the "far right".  (I'd still like someone to explain the difference between "right" and "far right" on any given issue.)

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is all but lost in U.S. President Trump's shadow at the NATO summit.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. should quit the European Court of Human Rights.

From Snouts in the Trough, China's "tofu construction" problem.

From EuroNews, the International Space Station receives its first astronauts from Poland, Hungary and India.

From Free West Media, did Iran win the twelve-day war against Israel and the U.S.?

From ReMix, an Afghan illegal alien asylum seeker in Wangen, Germany stabs a police officer, thus making his last mistake.

From Balkan Insight, according to U.N. Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor, human rights activists are "demonized" in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, Libya's National Oil Cooperation and Turkey's state-run energy company sign a memorandum of understanding.

From The New Arab, survivors of torture inflicted under the regime of President Bashar al-Assad seek justice and medical care.

From Gatestone Institute, is Europe heading toward jihadist pogroms?

From Radio Free Asia, thanks to a secret deal between the Laotian government and a U.K. tobacco company, Laos has some of the world's least expensive cigarettes.

From The Stream, how Hamas's grip on power stalls humanitarian aid and imperils Gazans.

From The Daily Signal, what then-President Jefferson did about hostile judges.

From The American Conservative, the right has a golden opportunity due to radical judges.

From The Western Journal, left-wing commentator and former Mr. Bill advisor James Carville warns his fellow Democrats not to cheer just yet after Zohran Mamdani wins New York City's mayoral primary election.

From BizPac Review, New York state Assemblyman Matt Slater (R) dismantles congresscritter AOC's (D-NY) "Bronx girl" act with one yearbook photo.

From The Daily Wire, more about the Supreme Court's ruling against Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood.

From the Daily Caller, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee seeks to oust congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY).

From the New York Post, anti-Jeff Bezos protesters unfurl a large banner as guests to his wedding start arriving in Venice, Italy.

From Breitbart, U.K. police explain to illegal aliens asylum seekers that they should not sexually abuse women.

From Newsmax, the Department of Justice investigates the University of California for its DEI hiring.

And from The Babylon Bee, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promises that the military will not discriminate against chicks, broads, or dames.  (The military has welcomed dames for a long time.)

Petersburg National Battlefield - Part 3

As I continued exploring Petersburg National Battlefield, I left Fort Stedman and continued to Fort Morton.  This fort was known during the siege of Petersburg as the "14 gun battery", but today, the area includes these four cannons.

Petersburg National Battlefield - Part 2

Here's more from my visit to the Petersburg National Battlefield.  After leaving Confederate Battery 8, I drove to the next stop along the park's main road, Confederate Battery 9.  This area includes siege fortifications, such as those seen here.

Petersburg National Battlefield - Part 1

Today I ventured out westward from my undisclosed location and visited Petersburg National Battlefield, located partially within and partially just east of Petersburg, Virginia.  The Battle of Petersburg took place on June 15-18, 1864, and was followed by a siege that lasted until April 2nd, 1865, making it the longest military event of the Civil War.  The entrance and visitor center are located off VA Route 36.  Just outside of the visitor center are a large number of old cannons and mortars, each on a concrete support.

Church On The Main

Earlier today, when the temperature was still below 90°F, I took a hike.  I went to the Greensprings Interpretive Trail, a few miles west of Williamsburg, Virginia, which I explored back in September 2021.  This time, I wandered from that trail onto the Powhatan Creek Trail, and found my way to Church on the Main, a historic site.  Here's a sign for the church, seen from an adjacent residential street.

Malvern Hill Battlefield

This morning, I left my alternate undisclosed location and went over to my intended undisclosed location, and could check in because its water had been restored.

After settling in, I drove over to Malvern Hill Battlefield.  The Battle of Malvern Hill took place during the Civil War on July 1st, 1862 and was the last of what became known as the Seven Days Battles.  These battles marked the end of the Union's Peninsula Campaign, whose goal was to take the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.  The Confederates drove the Union back, but the Union had a resounding victory at Malvern Hill.

Today, VA Route 156 runs roughly north-south through the battlefield.  On the west side of the road are a parking lot and four cannons, which are seen here.