Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, President-elect Trump's inauguration will be moved indoors due to climate change.

From FrontpageMag, who gives a rat's rear end about whether former First Lady Michelle Obama attends Trump's inauguration?

From Townhall, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) chooses Lieutenant Governor John Husted (R) to place Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in the Senate.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Homeland Security Secretary nominee Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) pledges to shut down President Biden's CPB One app that facilitated almost a million illegal aliens migrants to enter the U.S.

From the Washington Examiner, everything to know ahead of Trump's upcoming inauguration.

From The Federalist, Biden tries to resurrect a dead constitutional amendment.

From American Thinker, what then-Special Counsel Jack Smith didn't bother to say.

From MRCTV, Trump will swear his oath of office using the Lincoln Bible and a Bible which his mother gave him.

From NewsBusters, the media run with Biden's fake message about "oligarchy".

From Canada Free Press, "fighting for freedom of speech".

From TeleSUR, Colombia suspends peace talks with the guerilla group National Liberation Army.

From TCW Defending Freedom, caring about the mass rape of white girls is not "far right".

From Snouts in the Trough, the real reason for the U.K.'s "farmer harmer" tax.

From EuroNews, according to popular influencer Qupanuk Olsen, Trump will not buy Greenland.

From ReMix, with Trump soon returning to power in the U.S., Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán promises to expel the Soros network from Hungary and urges other European leaders to do the same.

From Balkan Insight, Croatia and Montenegro are still in dispute over a former Yugoslav military training ship.

From Morocco World News, police in Tarourit, Morocco arrest a teacher for alleged involvement in a terror plot.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco calls on Israelis and Palestinians to "give peace a chance".  (Will John Lennon's estate sue them for plagiarism?)

From Hürriyet Daily News, manuscripts from Anatolian history are restored at the Turkish Manuscripts Institution Book Hospital.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish police detain six Kurdish journalists.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Rûdaw, Iraqi Prime Minister Shia' al-Sudani oversees the handover of archival documents on Baathist era crimes to an Iraqi documentation center in London.  (The Baathist era ran 1968 to 2003, when the Baath party ruled Iraq, the last Baathist leader being Saddam Hussein.)

From Armenpress, demonstrators submit a petition to the U.N. in Yerevan, Armenia asking for it to intervene to have Armenian prisoners released by Azerbaijan.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, over two dozen Armenian human rights NGOs and individuals call for the international monitoring of the trials of Armenian prisoners in Baku, Azerbaijan.

From Azərbaycan24, more on the trials of Armenia prisoners in Azerbaijan.

From AzerNews, Azerbaijani Ombudsman Sabina Aliyeva calls for international recognition of January 20th as the anniversary of an attack by Soviet troops against Azerbaijani civilians.

From The Syrian Observer, the challenges ahead for Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa.

From North Press Agency, a delegation from the International Criminal Court visits Damascus, Syria.

From In-Cyprus, travelers complain about passport control delays at Cyprus's Paphos International Airport.  (I had a similar experience in 2017 at Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands.)

From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli Security Camera votes to approve the hostage deal with Hamas.

From The Times Of Israel, the 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Justice Ministry releases the names of the Palestinian prisoners who will be released in the Gaza ceasefire deal.

From YNetNews, the 10 foreign hostages still held by Hamas, who will not be released in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

From The New Arab, Egypt prepares to send humanitarian aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing.  (How much of it will Hamas steal?)

From Gatestone Institute, the U.N. blocks aid into Gaza in order to fake a famine.

From Radio Free Asia, Vietnam punishes a Facebook user for complaining about new traffic rules.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From The Stream, the lawfare against Trump followed the playbook of a Latin American dictator.

From The Daily Signal, according to incoming Border Czar Tom Homan, "people are going to be pleased" with Trump's upcoming executive orders.

From The American Conservative, the Supreme Court rules in favor of a ban on the Chinese app TikTok.

From The Western Journal, Senator Socialism (I-VT) gets agitated with Secretary of the Treasury nominee Scott Bessent dismantles his question about "oligarchs".

From BizPac Review, singer Kid Rock has a reminder for the aforementioned Michelle Obama about skipping Trump's upcoming inauguration.  (It looks like Kid Rock is the answer to the aforementioned question about who gives a rat's rear end about her expected absence.)

From The Daily Wire, the aforementioned Kristi Noem promises to keep politics out of the Department of Homeland Security the FEMA scandal in Florida.

From the Daily Caller, local police departments refuse to help Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department with security at Trump's inauguration.

From the New York Post, foreign retailers gobble up prime storefronts in the New York borough of Manhattan.

From Breitbart, more on Biden's aforementioned attempt to resurrect a dead amendment.

From Newsmax, the Federal Aviation Administration opens an investigation of a SpaceX Starship which exploded during a test flight.

And from the Genesius Times, Trump's Hollywood envoy, consisting of actors Mel Gibson, John Voight and Sylvester Stallone, replaces the fire-damaged "Hollywood" sign with one that says "Trump won".

Thursday Tidings

On a cold and cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to a watchdog, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin took medications that could have affected his cognitive function when he was in sole command of the Pentagon.

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats never believed anything they said about President-elect Trump or the MAGA movement.

From Townhall, Democrats are terrified of FBI Director nominee Kash Patel holding that office, and maybe they should be.

From The Washington Free Beacon, University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax's fight for free speech heads to a federal court.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden "shuffles off the stage".

From The Federalist, five reasons why American corporations are getting rid of DEI.

From American Thinker, former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's deceitful timeline of the Capitol riot.

From MRCTV, 12 pro-life Americans targeted by Biden's Department of Justice seek pardons from Trump.

From NewsBusters, host Joy Behar of The View "already" misses Biden and blames the Chief Twit for world hunger.

From Canada Free Press, like she did in 2017, former First Lady Michelle Obama "will be sulking it out" on Trump's second inauguration.

From TeleSUR, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejects Trump's proposal to create an external revenue service to collect tariffs.  (Since when does a foreign leader have any say as to what agencies the U.S. government may or may not have?)

From TCW Defending Freedom, British activist Tommy Robinson and echoes of France's Dreyfus affair.

From EuroNews, the Bulgarian parliament approves a new center-right coalition government.

From ReMix, police arrest an Egyptian man and go on a manhunt for nine others after they allegedly gang rape a 19-year-old student outside a nightclub in Milan, Italy.  (As you see in the article's top picture, the name of the nightclub might be appropriate for these guys.  If you read Italian, read the story at il Giornale.)

From Balkan Insight, emigration and infrastructure problems hold back olive growers in Albania.

From the Greek Reporter, what was life like in Greece when it was part of the Byzantine Empire?

From Ekathimerini, a man serving a life sentence for murdering his girlfriend in Thessaloniki, Greece gets 30 more months for threatening his sister with a knife.  (He might be hoping that no one ever proves reincarnation to be real.)

From the Greek City Times, the company METLEN Energy & Metals announces a €295.5 million investment to develop a production facility for bauxite, alumina and gallium in Agios Nikolaos, Greece.

From the Sarajevo Times, the parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina votes in favor of the Southern Interconnection.  (The Southern Interconnection is a gas pipeline.  The Federation is one of two entities which constitute the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.)

From Total Croatia News, former Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is set to attend the inauguration of former and future President Zoran Milanović.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenia considers making a bid for the Grand Départ of the Tour de France.  (The Grand Départ is the start of the bicycle race known as the Tour de France.  For a related story, go to CyclingNews.)

From The Malta Independent, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela defends Magistrate Nadine Sant Lia from "attacks on the judiciary".

From Malta Today, the Maltese civil society movement Repubblika urges President Myriam Spiteri Debono to not sign into law amendments that would affect the right of citizens to request magisterial inquiries.

From ANSA, the Lower House of the Italian parliament passes a bill to separate the career paths of judges and prosecutors.

From SwissInfo, why Afghanistan's state assets remain frozen in a Swiss bank account.

From France24, French Prime Minister François Bayrou survives his first no-confidence vote.

From RFI, as a truce deal between Israel and Hamas advances the families of two French-Israeli hostages await news of their fate.

From The Portugal News, a snow leopard fossil found in Porto de Mós, Portugal is studied by an international team of scientists.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria boycotts bananas from Ecuador after it withdraws from the Polisario Treaty and supports Morocco's plan for autonomy in the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, the Arab world celebrates the aforementioned ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a law student from Côte d'Ivoire who plotted an attack at a Paris train station is acquitted due to illness.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Parisien.)

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, Hamas attempts some last-minute changes to the aforementioned ceasefire.

From The Times Of Israel, Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya praises calls the ceasefire a defeat for Israel while praising his group's attacks on October 7th, 2023.

From Gatestone Institute, is Trump caving to China about the platform TikTok?

From Radio Free Asia, Uyghur activists welcome the Biden administration's listing of 37 more Chinese companies for ties to slave labor in the region of Xinjiang.

From The Stream, the U.S.'s health policy needs a "shakeup".

From The Daily Signal, how woke Governor Gavin Newsom (D) dismantled California's volunteer firefighting units.

From The American Conservative, Governor Ron DeSantis (R) picks Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio in the Senate.

From The Western Journal, female Democrat Senators pecking at Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth ignore a Marine Corps study of women in combat.  (Their treatment of Hegseth reminds me of the women in this scene from The Music Man.)

From BizPac Review, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre concludes her stint as the "nation's top DEI liar".

From The Daily Wire, Trump's team types his promise to "make American strong again".

From the Daily Caller, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy (D) changes her mind about leaving emergency shelters open for illegal aliens after a large drug bust.

From the New York Post, what's causing women under 50 to get cancer 82 percent more than men of the same age group.

From Newsmax, Trump nominates Pulte Capital CEO Bill Pulte to be director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

And from Breitbart, announcer and former baseball player Bob Uecker goes to the broadcast booth in the sky.

Wednesday Whatnot

As the sunny buy cold weather continues on a Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi promises to end the weaponization of the Justice Department.

From FrontpageMag, America's regulatory tyranny.

From Townhall, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) "absolutely wrecks" his Democratic colleagues during Bondi's confirmation hearing.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israel and Hamas reportedly reach a deal to release hostages following President-elect Trump's promise to rain "hell" on the terror group.

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of State nominee Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) warns that China is the U.S.'s "most potent and dangerous adversary".

From The Federalist, former General Counsel Jack Smith's report proves that the media has been lying about the "insurrection" of January 6th, 2021.

From American Thinker, Trump should make an example of President Nicolás Maduro, who just threatened to invade Puerto Rico.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) goes "full hood" on fellow congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC) during a House hearing.

From NewsBusters, the aforementioned Jack Smith's final report about Trump gets 22 times the media air time as Special Counsel Davis Weiss's final report about First Son Hunter Biden.

From Canada Free Press, another Democrat wants to steal money from American taxpayers and give it to illegal aliens.

From TeleSUR, the Haitian government appoints a new secretary of public security.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the latest in stupidity from the U.K.'s Labour Party is a proposal to tax tourists who visit London.

From EuroNews, the E.U. considers lifting its oil, gas, transport and banking sanctions on Syria.

From ReMix, according to a leaked internal memo, German police officers involved with the party AfD will be removed from federal police service.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freitheit.)

From Polskie Radio, 573 trains in Poland are delayed due to climate change.

From Radio Prague, remembering the life of Eva Kubíková-Bullock, who survived a Nazi massacre of children in Lidice, Czechoslovakia.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks and foreigners hike up the Kľak peak in Slovakia's Malá Fatra mountain range - with an iron and an ironing board.

From Daily News Hungary, if you're in Budapest, Hungary today, don't bother trying to get a ride in a taxi.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Világgazdaság.)

From Hungary Today, the Zsolnay porcelain exhibition opens at the ResoArt Villa in Budapest with over 60 more works.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian E.U. affairs minister János Bóka, Hungary has made some "historic decisions" during its E.U. presidency.

From Russia Today, Russia and Ukraine conduct their first POW swap of this year.

From Sputnik International, a look at the Greater Eurasian Partnership proposed by Russian President Putin in 2015.

From The Moscow Times, damage to a fiberoptic cable slows the internet for almost four million people in Russia.

From Romania-Insider, a new investigation is launched against former Romanian President Ion Iliescu and former Prime Minister Petre Roman over a violent crackdown against protesters in 1990.

From Novinite, two freight trains collide near Sofia, Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian caretaker government draft amendments to the country's Foreigners Act.

From Radio Bulgaria, the parties United Left and There Is Such A People sign an agreement outline the priorities of the new Bulgarian government.

From Balkan Insight, the Greek parliament cuts off state funds for the "far-right" Spartans party.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria expels at least 31,404 migrants into Niger in violation of international conventions.

From The New Arab, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announces the aforementioned ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

From the Daily Mail, Sweden announces tough new requirements for gaining citizenship.

From Arutz Sheva, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif claims that Israel planted explosives in a centrifuge platform.  (Since Israel planted explosive in pagers, doing the same to a centrifuge doesn't seem very far-fetched.)

From Gatestone Institute, jihad should be kept out of the West.

From Radio Free Asia, insurgents in Myanmar claims to have launched rockets at the ruling junta's facilities in the town of Loikaw.

From The Stream, will artificial intelligence regard humans as termites?

From The Daily Signal, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) wants a new chaplain for the House of Representatives.

From The American Conservative, Trump should revive the military attitudes of General/President Andrew Jackson.

From The Western Journal, more on the aforementioned clash between congresscritters Crockett and Mace.

From BizPac Review, Biden gaslights Americans one last time in his farewell letter.

From The Daily Wire, California's sanctuary laws night prevent ICE from taking custody of an illegal alien who was arrested with a blowtorch in the Los Angeles area.

From the Daily Caller, National Security Advisor nominee Mike Waltz hints at "consequences" for the former intelligence officials who signed the letter which wrongly called the Hunter Biden laptop story "Russian disinformation".

From the New York Post, according to a report by Republican congresscritters, the federal government wastes $7 billion on office space even though half of its employees work from home.

From Breitbart, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) calls out the New Yorker for its for its attack on Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.

From Newsmax, the aforementioned Pam Bondi promises that the Department of Justice won't have an "enemies list".

And from SFGate, if you've got $5 million lying around, you can have a home in La Quinta, California which once belonged to golfer Arnold Palmer, who named it Rancho Relaxo.

Tuesday Things

On a sunny but cold Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why did California cut its spending on fire prevention while keeping a rainy day fund?

From FrontpageMag, the West is committing suicide and doesn't even know it.

From Townhall, during his confirmation hearing, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth defends himself against Democratic Senators who don't like his stance on women in combat.

From The Washington Free Beacon, as a lame duck, President Biden solidifies his anti-drilling and anti-mining legacy.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats display their "stupidity" at Senate hearings.

From The Federalist, the aforementioned Pete Hegseth shows why he's qualified to be secretary of defense.

From American Thinker, the issue of the Panama Canal is really about China.

From MRCTV, actress and Black Lives Matter supporter Julia Roberts tells looters to "F.U." when some of them come for her neighborhood.

From NewsBusters, according to a survey, the vast majority of Americans don't trust TV reporters to be honest and ethical.

From Canada Free Press, in Canada, Tweedledee will replace Tweedledum.  (My spellchecker objects to "Tweedledee", but has no problem with "Tweedledum".  If anyone can figure that one out, please explain in a comment.)

From CBC News, former British Columbia provincial Premier Christy Clark and Innovation Minister Jean François-Philippe Champagne decide against running to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party.

From Global News, the Canadian province of Quebec is ready to deploy 300 more border officers if more people try to enter the U.S. illegally from Canada.

From CTV News, the Canadian province of Saskatchewan plans to enhance its border security.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela asks the Netherlands, France and Italy to reduce the number of diplomats at their respective embassies.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the facts about immigration that the U.K. government tries to conceal.

From the Express, the resignation of U.K. Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq is a "giant blow" to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From The Standard, the Princess of Wales reveals that her cancer is in remission.

From the (U.K.) Independent, more on the resignation of the aforementioned Tulip Siddiq, who is a niece of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

From the Irish Independent, the parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and the Regional Independent group reach an agreement to form a new government for Ireland.  (This source now includes the word "Irish" in its name".)

From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish actress Jenn McGuirk, who lives in Los Angeles, the Irish in the area are "helping each other out".

From the NL Times, about 825,000 kilos of discarded lead-acid batteries were found during inspections of the Dutch port of Rotterdam this past October.

From Dutch News, when in the Netherlands, leave the badgers alone.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at De Gelderlander.)

From VRT NWS, Belgian trade unions intend to keep the pressure on government pension plan negotiators, and might call a national strike in February.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian political parties spent a record €15 million on digital ads in 2024.

From Deutsche Welle, the 1990 storming of the headquarters of the East German Stasi.

From EuroNews, new French Prime Minister François Bayrou intends to please all sides and avoid a no-confidence vote.

From ReMix, the Italian Army starts testing Lynx armored vehicles made in Hungary.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Combatant Blog.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo's governing party Vetevendosje draws criticism for boycotting televised electoral debates.

From The North Africa Post, the Danish transport company Maersk will discontinue its stopovers at the Spanish port of Algeciras and instead have them at the Moroccan port of Tanger Med.

From The New Arab, the Druze in Syria face hope and uncertainty.

From AMU, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada again calls for strict enforcement of its morality law.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Russian convert to Islam is convicted of spreading jihadist propaganda and other offenses in a court in Strasbourg, France.  (If you read French, read the story at Dernière Nouvelles d'Alsace and FDeSouche.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, a pro-Hezbollah imam is invited to give a benediction at President-elect Trump's inauguration.  (But, but, I thought that Trump was some kind of Islamophobe.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Qatari network Al-Jazeera promotes jihad, radical Islam and terrorism, about which both Israel and Palestine agree.

From Radio Free Asia, authorities in the Chinese region of Xinjiang launch a "Winter Operation" to enhance security ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year.

From The Stream, a review of the movie Brave the Dark.

From The Daily Signal, according to a report, the Republican Party embracing the culture war was instrumental in Trump's victory.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. is to blame for the failure of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, the aforementioned Pete Hegseth's opening statement at his confirmation hearing.

From BizPac Review, TV host Jimmy Kimmel claims that Trump and his "gaggle of [bleep]s" are attacking Los Angeles area firefighters for not be "white enough".

From The Daily Wire, the National Sheriff's Association urges the Senate to quickly confirm former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) as Director of National Intelligence.

From the Daily Caller, META CEO Mark Zuckerberg refuses to name them, but a report finds the people who helped the Biden administration censor users of the platform Facebook.

From the New York Post, Trump plans to create the External Revenue Service.  (I think that he will need congress to actually do that.)

From Newsmax, according to a Gallup poll, most Americans believe that the U.S. lost ground during Biden's time in the White House.

And from Breitbart, if you're fortunate enough to go to one of Trump's inaugural balls, get ready to dance the YMCA with the real live Village People.

Monday Mania

On a cloudy and cold but somewhat milder Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a federal judge in Florida clears the way for the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the 2020 election subversion case he pursued against President-elect Trump.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden will try to destroy as much has he can on his way out.

From Townhall, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis just can't let go of her case against Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the fires in the Los Angeles area became a conflagration.

From the Washington Examiner, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon and the Chief Twit feud to become the "first buddy".

From The Federalist, a Canadian family flees to the U.S. after doctors threaten to "unplug" their son from life support and harvest his organs.

From American Thinker, 10 recommendations for Trump and the new congress in dealing with the Middle East.

From MRCTV, 20 congresscritters made double the average for stock gains in 2024.

From NewsBusters, a CBS host asks former Speaker Gingrich (R-GA) if Trump's intended limits on refugees would keep the next Einstein out of the U.S.

From Canada Free Press, what if the Democrats try to stop Trump from being re-inaugurated?

From TeleSUR, Venezuela reopens its borders with Colombia.  (If closing borders OK when Venezuela does it?)

From TCW Defending Freedom, will the rape grooming gang scandal be U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's nemesis?

From Snouts in the Trough, will the words "what I won't tolerate" expose the real Starmer?

From EuroNews, Switzerland and Serbia both offer to host a meeting between Trump and Russian President Putin.

From ReMix, a violent migrant from Iran has used 27 different identities and has committed numerous crimes in Germany and France, but can't be deported back home.

From Balkan Insight, Croatian President Zoran Milanović wins reelection.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco plans to strengthen its air force with French-made Mirage 2000 fighter jets from the UAE.

From The New Arab, who is Lebanese former judge and Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam?

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian man allegedly vandalizes the German Ministry of the Interior building in Berlin, is detained, and is quickly released.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From Gatestone Institute, some people just keep on blaming the Jews, even for the California fires.

From Radio Free Asia, a human rights group urges Thailand to not deport 48 Uyghur refugees back to China.

From The Stream, an "average Joe" visits Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

From The Daily Signal, former North Dakota Governor (R) and Secretary of the Interior nominee Doug Burgum is the energy expert whom the department needs.

From The American Conservative, will we have a new Monroe Doctrine or a federalized "five eyes"?

From The Western Journal, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) used Fire Department money for a bunch of other things.

From BizPac Review, former and future First Lady Melania Trump teases a Fox News interview that she doesn't always agree with her husband.

From The Daily Wire, at least 24 people are reported dead in the aforementioned Los Angeles are fires, with still others missing.

From the Daily Caller, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman promises to "throw the entire book" at looters who take advantage of the fires.

From the New York Post, U.S. Olympic athlete Gary Hall Jr. will receive replacement medals from the IOC for those he lost in the Los Angeles area fires.

From Breitbart, actress Justine Bateman calls Prince Harry and Meghan Markle "disaster tourists" for making a photo op while visiting victims of the fires.

From Newsmax, West Virginia's shift to the right could sharpen under new Governor Jim Justice (R).

And from The Babylon Bee, California police arrest an arsonist for allegedly using a gas blowtorch to start a fire instead of an electric one.

A Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

As the clear but cold weather continues on a Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From National Review, according to former NATO commander James Stavridis, President-elect Trump's idea of the U.S. buying Greenland is "not a crazy idea".

From FrontpageMag, the Biden administration shifts millions in aid from Israel and Egypt to Hezbollah.

From Townhall, what Trump's first day back in office might look like.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about how the left views the CIA.

From KTLA, police detain two people for breaking curfew at Vice President Harris's home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood.  (via the Washington Examiner)

From American Thinker, does the California government know that oceans are water?

From NewsBusters, when the media reacted to the budget cuts proposed under then-Speaker Gingrich (R-GA).

From Iran International, Iran's culture minister is concerned about young Iranians becoming interested in K-pop.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Islamic Human Rights Commission calls for town halls and educational centers in the U.K. to boycott Holocaust Memorial Day.

From Gatestone Institute, who really prevented the Palestinian people from having a state?

From The American Conservative, President Nicolás Maduro's third term spells doom for Venezuela.

And from The Stream, "we're not home yet".

Saturday Stuff

On a clear but cold Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Greenland premier Múte Egede indicates a willingness to talk to President-elect Trump.

From FrontpageMag, the political witch hunt against Trump ends with a whimper.

From Townhall, Witch Hunter Special Counsel Jack Smith resigns.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Hawaii Democrats file litigation against oil and gas companies for allegedly causing climate change, but "mysteriously" omit one whose executives donated to their campaigns.

From the Washington Examiner, former Vice President Pence reveals what he said to Trump at President Carter's funeral.

From The Federalist, CNN senior editor Fuzz Hogan testifies to defend an allegedly defamatory report about a naval veteran.

From American Thinker, why Europe should not admit most of the migrants.

From NewsBusters, how would the media respond to the fires in California if Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) were Republicans?

From TCW Defending Freedom, be dauntless when you're facing assault.

From Snouts in the Trough, are there any mistakes that U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer won't make?  (The article has yesterday's date, but it's the second of two published on that date, so I'll let the date slide.)

From AMU, Iran constructs 75 kilometers of wall along its border with Afghanistan.

From Gatestone Institute, don't be fooled by Iran's negotiations over its nuclear program.  (It appears that Iran may be seeking a hudna, a type of temporary truce.  For some info on hudna, go here, here and here.)

From The Stream, "seven reasons why altars are over thrones".

From The Daily Signal, the platform Facebook embraces free speech.

And from The American Conservative, American soccer star Christian Pulisic lifts his team AC Milan to win the Italian Supercoppa.

Music Break

Since I haven't made a musical post since last year, several months ago, it's about time that I put one up.  To start off is Foghat's cover of the Willie Dixon song I Just Want To Make Love To You.  This video, from their 1973 appearance on The Midnight Special, shows that lead singer "Lonesome" Dave Peverett could also play some lead guitar.  The rest of the band are lead and slide guitarist Rod Price, bassist Tony Stevens, and drummer Roger Earl.  All except Price had been members of Savoy Brown.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, President-elect Trump is sentenced to an "unconditional discharge".

From FrontpageMag, the Los Angeles Fire Department is run by three lesbians who all have the same first name.

From Townhall, when asked if it's "appropriate" for Trump to criticize California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) over the fires in his state, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) puts the media in their place.

From The Washington Free Beacon, in trying to block Trump's return to the presidency, President Biden made it inevitable.

From the Washington Examiner, as fires rage in California, its Democrats call for a special legislative session to "Trump-proof" the state.

From The Federalist, California's DEI-obsessed tyrants threw money at everything, except for water and firefighters.

From American Thinker, the persistent cheering at the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson proves that we now live in an idiocracy.

From MRCTV, one of the two "Slender Man" stabbers has her sentenced reduced after she "identifies" as a trans-male.  (At the time of the stabbing, the two perpetrators and the victim were all 12-year-old girls.)

From NewsBusters, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski credit recently the departed President Carter and Zbigniew Brzezinski (her dad) for the fall of the Soviet Union.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is sworn in for his next term.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. has cause for hope - in the Chief Twit.

From Snouts in the Trough, the hypocrisy and lies from the U.K.'s Labour Party are beyond belief.

From EuroNews, an archive on suspected Dutch collaborators with the Nazis during World War II is made public for the first time.

From ReMix, according to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the person interfering with democracies is not the Chief Twit, but George Soros.  (Of course, she did not use the term "Chief Twit", which I use to indicate billionaire Elon Musk.  The term comes from Musk himself.)

From Balkan Insight, students block a major traffic interchange in Belgrade, Serbia in the continuing protest over the disaster at a railway station in Novi Sad.

From The North Africa Post, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy warns that the E.U.'s decision to annul fishery and agricultural deals with Morocco could push it into making deals with the U.S., Russia and China.  (Since Morocco was the first country to officially recognize the newly independent United States, I'd have no problem with making deals with it.)

From The New Arab, during the first round of voting for Lebanon's next president, parliamentcritters Paula Yacoubian and Salim Aoun clash with each other.

From The Times Of Israel, a synagogue in Sydney, Australia is graffitied with swastikas.

From Jewish News Syndicate, 18,000 terrorist attacks were made in Israel in 2024.

From OpIndia, Pakistan International Airlines makes a media post about flights to Paris that contains some unsettling imagery.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, two youths allegedly stab a man for refusing to say "long live Allah".  (If you read French, read the story at Le Figaro and FDeSouche.)

From the Organiser, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan kidnaps 18 Pakistani nuclear scientists.  (The article says "16" in some places and "18" in others.)

From Radio Free Asia, an Uyghur woman in the Chinese region of Xinjiang is sentenced to 17 years in prison for teaching Islam.  (Will CAIR or any similar organization protest in front of the Chinese embassy?  Yeah, I know.  I won't hold my breath.)

From Gatestone Institute, free speech the U.S. against censorship in Europe.

From The Stream, a message to the new congress from one of its millions of new bosses.

From The Daily Signal, President Carter's eulogists were tough on his immediate successor.

From The American Conservative, will former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland be Canada's answer to former U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak?

From The Western Journal, Trump explains his interaction with former President Obama at President Carter's funeral.

From BizPac Review, one of two "Super Scouper" firefighting aircraft sent from Canada to California is grounded when a drone strikes its wing.

From The Daily Wire, Trump promises to release a report about the drones seen flying above New Jersey and other states when he takes office.

From the Daily Caller, Chicago Democrats fight against the city's sanctuary laws.

From the New York Post, three tricks for iPhone users to double its battery life.

From Breitbart, you soon may be able to ride in a flying taxi.

From Newsmax, after being sentenced, Trump promises that he will appeal the verdict in his hush money case.

And from SFGate, the worst disaster related to college football happened in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day in 1900.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, a timeline of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's disqualifying conduct during the current wildfire disaster.

From FrontpageMag, Iranians protest the renaming of a street in Tehran after the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

From Townhall, a twice-deported illegal alien from Mexico is charged with murdering his girlfriend in Utah.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) offshore bird chopper plan will likely cause Californians billions of dollars, on top of their already high electric bills.

From the Washington Examiner, President-elect Trump is preparing 100 executive orders for his upcoming term.

From The Federalist, by claiming that he would have beaten Trump in the 2024 election, President Biden pretty much admits that he was forced out of the race by a coup.

From American Thinker, the U.K. government is horrified at the Chief Twit's language, but has no apparent problem with the gang rape of young girls.

From MRCTV, three months ago, Trump discussed California's forest and water mismanagement with podcaster Joe Rogan.

From NewsBusters, the search engine Google is caught rigging searches about Trump's nominees - again.

From Canada Free Press, the "devil winds" behind the fires in California.

From TeleSUR, the Grand World Anti-Fascist Festival starts in Caracas, Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, will U.K. parliamentcritters Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner remain in Prime Minister Keir Starmer's cabinet, or be thrown under the bus?

From EuroNews, Polish President Andrzej Duda asks his government to not arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the enters Poland to observe the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp.

From ReMix, a Syrian migrant is arrested after allegedly threatening to kill passengers and brandishing a replica AK-47 assault rifle on a train in Dortmund, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Balkan Insight, thousands of Bosnian Serbs, aided by delegations from Serbia, Montenegro and Russia, celebrate the Day of Republika Srpska, even though it is banned.

From The North Africa Post, a delegation from Lagouira, Moroccan Sahara visits Senegal to explore cooperation with Senegalese cities.

From The New Arab, Iraq constructs 400 kilometers of border wall to deter threats from ISIS terrorists, armed groups and drug smugglers based in Syria.  (It seems that border walls are not racist when Arabs build them.  If you read Arabic, read the story at Iraq's News Agency.)

From OpIndia, an Indian writer admits he invented India's first Muslim school teacher as a fictional character.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Czech party leader Tomio Okamura faces three years in jail for a poster expressing opposition to the E.U.'s migration policy.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From BBC News, black former employees at Harrod's department store in London recount racism by its owner Mohamed Al-Fayed.  (He was the father of Dodi Fayed, who had a relationship with Princess Diana after she divorced then-Prince Charles, and died with her in a car crash in Paris.)

From Radio Free Asia, authorities in Da Nang, Vietnam fine a TikTok user the equivalent of $1,200 for criticizing the personal life of Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh.  (Again I ask, what is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Gatestone Institute, the media and the international community go Sergeant Schultz about Palestinian crimes against other Palestinians.

From The Stream, six states call on the Supreme Court to reverse its ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage.

From The Daily Signal, a federal district court in Kentucky decides against Biden's attempt to change Title IX.

From The American Conservative, some arguments for aiding Ukraine against Russia and answers thereto.

From The Western Journal, the aforementioned Mayor Karen Bass was once a congresscritter (D-Cal) and on then-candidate Biden's short list for a vice presidential running mate.

From BizPac Review, Biden addresses victims of the aforementioned California fires by sharing some "good news" from his family, and takes no questions.

From The Daily Wire, former Presidents Obama and Trump are seen chatting at President Carter's funeral, and Vice President Harris glares at them.

From the Daily Caller, more on the fires in California.

From Breitbart, actor Dean Cain calls on Mayor Bass to resign immediately.

From Newsmax, all of his living successors attend President Carter's funeral.

And from the New York Post, when in an airport, please take the "keep off the baggage conveyor belts" signs seriously.