Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, what if autonomous combat drones already exist?

From FrontpageMag, actor Bill Bob Thornton triggers The View by refusing to push politics.

From Townhall, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman (D) wants to ban outdoor barbeques on "Red Flag Warning" days.

From the Washington Examiner, the unheeded warnings from then-Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb).

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court allows mail-order abortion to continue for the time being, thus endangering women and babies.

From American Thinker, Jordanian King Abdullah II knows that there's a growing threat inside his country.

From NewsBusters, the ABC show Good Morning America spends 14 minutes on Disney Upfront, but say nothing about Disney Cruise workers being arrest for alleged child [bleep].

From Canada Free Press, the climate change scare scenario faces setbacks.

From TeleSUR, Honduran President Nasry Asfura designates Hamas and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organizations.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the enormous cost of "cheap" intermittent renewable energy.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s Labour Party puts on a Muppet Show.

From EuroNews, a physician in the Italian archaeological site of Pompeii is identified thanks to his instruments.

From ReMix, according to a Ukrainian sniper, drones are replacing snipers because they are "more efficient and cheaper".  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Mandiner.)

From Balkan Insight, experts record the use of "punitive" force by police in Serbia against anti-government protesters.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco opens more budget credits in order to shield its gas and electricity prices from shocks in the Middle East.

From The New Arab, two teenage sisters in Gaza win an environmental prize for developing a method of making bricks from rubble.

From the Daily Mail, the Taliban formally recognizes child marriage and specific guidelines for "virgin girls".

From Gatestone Institute, "the quiet suicide of socialized corporations" in Germany and Japan.

From The Daily Signal, what Chinese President Xi said to U.S. President Trump about Christians imprisoned in China.

From The American Conservative, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) is basically unserious about war and peace.

From The Western Journal, a Marine veteran with a concealed carry permit stops a gunman's shooting spree.

From the Daily Caller, driverless cars can't deal with cul-de-sacs in Atlanta.

From the New York Post, the chain store Target's "upgraded" shopping carts have become pains in the you-know-where for both shoppers and workers.

From Breitbart, congresscritters Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) and Frederica Wilson (D-FL) have not voted in more than a month.

From Newsmax, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is reportedly reviewing the decisions and spending made under his predecessor Kristi Noem.

And from BizPac Review, a policeman in Chattanooga, Tennessee is caught on video rescuing a woman and her two children from a burning apartment.

A Few Things For Thursday

Now that I'm back (again) from running around on a cool and cloudy Thursday, here are a few things going on:

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian leaders still won't recognize any Israeli right to exist.

From The American Conservative, yikes, the young people are not reading The New York Times.

From TCW Defending Freedom, elections in Scotland hide the reality that the Scottish National Party is a spent force.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. parliamentcritter Wes Streeting (Labour) hasn't a hope in [bleep] of becoming prime minister.  (SitT calls him "son of Mandelson".)

From ReMix, Berlin faces a shortage of burial space for Muslims.  (If you read German, read the story at rbb24.)

From National Review, the sexual barbarism from Hamas on October 7th, 2023.

From FrontpageMag, why did the U.K.'s Reform party do so well in the recent local elections?

From Townhall, what independent journalist Nick Shirley saw in Cuba.

From The Washington Free Beacon, columnist Nicolas Kristof of The New York Times had a father who fought for Romania on the Nazi side during World War II.  (Or as a certain congresscritter might put it, during World War 11.)

From The Federalist, former Vice President Harris floats packing the Supreme Court and getting rid of the Electoral College.

From American Thinker, what role did the University of North Carolina play with the coronavirus?

And from SFGate, an Orange County, California judge bans ads from the charity Kars4Kids after finding that it violated state advertising and competition laws.

A Sasquatch's Wednesday Dozen

Now that I'm back from running around on a mild and cloudy Wednesday, here are 12 things going on:

From the Daily Mail, Saudi Arabia and the UAE reportedly strike back at Iran.

From Breitbart, according to a survey, 8 out of every 10 Germans are dissatisfied with their government's efforts to deal with immigration.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a survey by the Henry Jackson Society, 574 candidates in the U.K.'s recent local elections were elected because of Gaza-related or Muslim issues.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Trump can stare down Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet this week.

From The Daily Signal, a mother in Columbus, Ohio calls out a collaboration between an ice cream parlor and abortion organizations.

From The American Conservative, Trump might be losing support from evangelical Christians.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ban on foreign speakers will only reinforce activist Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally, scheduled for this coming Saturday in London.

From Snouts in the Trough, does one need to be a parliamentcritter in order to become the U.K.'s prime minister?

From National Review, according to a CIA whistleblower, Dr. Anthony Fauci's "cover-up" of the lab leak origins of the coronavirus was "intentional".

From FrontpageMag, why won't former President Obama go away?

From Townhall, a Georgian national who led the "Maniac Murder Cult" gets 15 years in prison for plotting to have someone hand out candy laced with poison to Jewish children.

And from The Federalist, the advance of the PRIME Act could deal a defeat to the nanny state in its war on food.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, the city that is best in the world for withstanding an aerial bombardment.

From FrontpageMag, Pope Leo XIV will condemn terror attacks, but will not identify their perpetrators.

From Townhall, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) tries to appeal the Virginia Supreme Court's ruling on the recent redistricting attempt, and messes up big time.  (Or you could call it "messing up bigly".)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) makes a faceplant.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats try a bait-and-switch move with an independent senatorial candidate in Nebraska.

From The Federalist, taxpayers forced to pay reparations should be given reparations.

From American Thinker, college grads rightly fear AI, and so should commencement speakers.

From NewsBusters, the Saturday Night Live version of Justice Brett Kavanaugh claims that the Supreme Court will allow President Trump to ignore the Constitution.

From Canada Free Press, Russian President Putin exposes Trump's China reset, causing former U.S. President Obama, left-wing billionaire George Soros's network and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to panic.

From TeleSUR, air pollution in Tegucigalpa, Honduras reaches harmful levels.

From TCW Defending Freedom, arrogance by the U.K.'s Reform party hands Wales to Plaid Cymru.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Starmer and the unmentionables.

From EuroNews, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the E.U. might propose a ban on social media for children this summer.

From ReMix, Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris warns that about 550,000 migrants are in Libya trying to reach Europe.  (If you read Greek, read the story at ERT News.)

From Balkan Insight, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court rejects "misleading" claims that the rights of defendants in a war crimes court based in The Hague, Netherlands were violated.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco launches a digital system to modernize the governance of maritime fisheries.

From The New Arab, Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces launch an operation in the provinces of Najaf and Karbala after reports of an alleged "secret Israeli base".

From Jewish News Syndicate, French authorities arrest a Tunisian man for allegedly planning a terror attack on a museum and on French Jews.

From The Jerusalem Post, a 300-page report lays out evidence of sexual violence by Hamas during its attack on October 7th, 2023.

From Arutz Sheva, how France has capitulated to Islam.

From Gatestone Institute, Sweden drops the term "Islamophobia" and votes for free speech.

From The Daily Signal, why Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt (R) is on the rise.

From Radio Free Asia, beware of China twisting U.S. President Trump's words during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

From The American Conservative, the case for Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a presidential candidate for 2028 is overstated.

From The Western Journal, more on the aforementioned appeal of the Virginia Supreme Court's ruling on the redistricting attempt.

From BizPac Review, Trump talks up Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, who missed an event at the White House.

From the Daily Caller, the Trump administration boycotts a U.N. migration summit.

From Breitbart, Energy Secretary Doug Burgum points out that California is the only state dependent on oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Newsmax, the Department of Justice and PayPal reach a settlement over the latter's race-based DEI initiative.

And from the New York Post, in a campaign ad, the aforementioned Spencer Pratt uses the force.

Monday Mania

On a cool and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how Russia inadvertently caused NATO to expand.

From FrontpageMag, how Islam is colonizing Christianity.

From Townhall, can't former President Obama get himself a new hobby?

From The Washington Free Beacon, meet senatorial candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) oyster-farming business partner, who owns the island where the farms is based.

From the Washington Examiner, eight Senators (6-D, 2-R) urge President Trump to announce an arms sale to Taiwan before visiting China.

From The Federalist, now that the biopic about singer Michael Jackson has been released, it's time to let go of false allegations.

From American Thinker, either kill the senatorial filibuster, or make the filibusterers talk.

From NewsBusters, Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough calls a new statue of Trump "blasphemous" like the golden calf in the biblical book of Exodus.

From Canada Free Press, the "anti-American axis of evil" comes to Canada.

From TeleSUR, the governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa will remain in Mexico despite a U.S. request for his extradition.

From TCW Defending Freedom, 200,000 migrants pour into the U.K. by boat, and will cost its citizens £65 billion.

From EuroNews, European passengers on the ship hit by the hantavirus will have to spend 42 days in quarantine.

From ReMix, two Polish former justice officials leave Hungary for the U.S. because new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar indicated during his campaign that they would be extradited back to Poland.  (If you read Polish, read related stories at wPolsce and wPolytice.)

From Balkan Insight, the Bulgarian governing party Progressive Bulgaria drafts legislation targeting price hikes and implementing a "fair price" rule.

From The North Africa Post, Marrakech, Morocco celebrates its centuries-old caftan art.

From The New Arab, several Iraqi officials claim that the U.S. shielded an alleged Israeli base in the Najaf desert in southwestern Iraq.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey under President Erdoğan sponsors terrorism.

From The Daily Signal, the U.S. State Department rejects a declaration on migration by the U.N.'s International Migration Review Forum.

From The American Conservative, the U.K. decides against prosecuting shoplifters.

From The Western Journal, the alleged White House Correspondents Dinner attacker pleads not guilty and asks for two officials to be disqualified from his trial.

From BizPac Review, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) will face a legal review for allegedly blabbing classified information on TV.

From the Daily Caller, a Norwegian neo-Nazi may have been in contact with the man who shot then-candidate Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

From the New York Post, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a motorcycle hits another vehicle and ends up hanging from a traffic light support.  (Evel Knievel would be proud.)

From Breitbart, for the first time in two year, the opening of the Eurovision Song Contest is free of Palestinian flags and pro-Hamas protesters.

From Newsmax, the families of two Americans imprisoned in China urge Trump to seek their release when he visits there.

And from The Babylon Bee, the state of New York offers to accommodate people infected with the hantavirus in nursing homes.

Stories For Mothers Day

On a warm and sunny Sunday, when you're celebrating the woman who had the business end of bringing you into the world, here are some things going on:

From National Review, imagine if President Trump were doing what Democrats in Virginia were doing.

From FrontpageMag, when your "black congressional district" is represented by a white congresscritter.

From Townhall, Trump unveils a new strategy to combat terrorism.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about "the unfinished story of the American Revolution".

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) tells the Democratic National Committee to "release the autopsy" of then-Vice President Harris's failed 2024 presidential campaign.

From American Thinker, "the West needs more mothers", and fathers in the same home.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Scott Jennings gets a liberal panelist to make his argument on redistricting.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flails and digs up two old fossils.

From Snouts in the Trough, are police in Bournemouth, England "unable" to give a description of an alleged rapist?

From Palestinian Media Watch, how the Palestinian Authority brainwashes children into admiring murderous terrorists.

From Gatestone Institute, the "no" from Saudi Arabia.

From The American Conservative, how the language used by police robs crime and punishment of their morality.

From the Daily Caller, a girl who really isn't wins three jumping events in a post-season track meet in California.

From the New York Post, gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R-OH) sounds the alarm on Medicaid fraud.

From Breitbart, according to Kurdistan Regional Government Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, a deal with Iran could create a worldwide economic boom.

And from Newsmax, Trump goes to Beijing.

Saturday Links

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

From FrontpageMag, the U.K.'s Labour Party, used as an inspiration by the U.S. Democrats, gets wiped out in local elections.

From Townhall, a trespasser runs onto a runway at Denver International Airport, thus making his last mistake.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. and Russia are both fighting wars, but only one is a quagmire.

From the Washington Examiner, a crowdfunding effort to buy Spirit Airlines has raised over $337 million in pledged funds.

From The Federalist, Virginia Democrats argued that an election is a single day after forcing a gerrymander vote that lasted 45 days.

From American Thinker, former President Obama needs to move on.

From NewsBusters, NPR interviews a congresscritter who represents a black-majority district - who himself is white.

From TCW Defending Freedom, AI is a bigger threat to the human race than nuclear weapons.  (The author is definitely not ready to welcome our eventual robot overlords or the next cycle of Cylons.)

From Gatestone Institute, never trust the Iranian government, and do not implement any "moratorium".

From The American Conservative, more on the aforementioned local elections in the U.K.

And from SFGate, hundreds of people visit a San Francisco Bay Area farm to eat giant cinnamon rolls.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, the Virginia Supreme Court rejects the Democrat's redistricting plan.

From FrontpageMag, the new illegal alien mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota promises to fight ICE.

From Townhall, the parents of Sheridan Gorman, who was killed allegedly by an illegal alien, fight back against the Democratic party's immigration policies.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Pulitzer-winning photographer for The New York Times sides with Hamas against Israel.

From the Washington Examiner, the CDC sends a team to Spain's Canary Islands to evacuate Americans from a hantavirus-plagued ship.

From The Federalist, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is wrong to call America a "creedal nation".

From American Thinker, how do violent left-wingers delude themselves into thinking that they're good.

From NewsBusters, PBS correspondent Simona Foltyn accuses the IDF of "massacres" while ignoring Hezbollah's crimes.

From TeleSUR, the Chilean government rules out changing its three-ground abortion law.

From TCW Defending Freedom, for the U.K.'s Labour Party, accusing the Green Party of hating Jews is the pot calling the kettle black.

From Snouts in the Trough, turning pubs into mosques.

From EuroNews, the Bulgarian parliament elects former President Rumen Radev as prime minister.

From Free West Media, it seems that world rulers are all divorced from reality.

From ReMix, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski condemns an Israeli soldier for putting a cigarette into the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary.

From Balkan Insight, investors from the Gulf states buy land in Bosnia and Herzegovina that they can't build on.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco donates $5 million to the Gavi Vaccine Alliance.

From The New Arab, the Libyan government launches a crackdown on criminal groups in the oil port city of Zawiya.

From Gatestone Institute, Europe's "Global Alliance" is not peace but amounts to dispossession.

From The Daily Signal, why the left wants high-rise apartments for you and mansions for themselves.

From Radio Free Asia, satellite images show the Philippines expanding their runways and ports on two of the disputed Spratly Islands.  (RFA appears to have returned from its hiatus.)

From The American Conservative, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum races a domestic backlash after two American CIA agents die in a car crash in northern Mexico.

From The Western Journal, the elite monopoly on knowledge is wrecking the U.S., so here is how to raise kids who think for themselves.

From BizPac Review, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy isn't saying that it's aliens....

From the Daily Caller, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) tees up for a possible presidential campaign by insulting several southern states.

From Breitbart, actor Mark Hamill is compelled to apologize after posting a picture wishing that President Trump was dead.  (Perhaps he knows something of the dark side.)

From Newsmax, satellite imagery shows an apparent oil spill near Iran's Kharg Island.

And from the New York Post, two moms celebrate an early Mothers Day with their "miracle babies".

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, trying to track down people infected with the hantavirus.

From FrontpageMag, Hamas is celebrated - in Norway.

From Townhall, what you need to know about the aforementioned hantavirus.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a white disabled woman Multnomah County, Oregon after being denied rent relief by a race-based program.

From the Washington Examiner, Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Vi Lyles announces her resignation.

From The Federalist, what all Americans can learn from the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

From American Thinker, how did pre-Civil War slaveowners protect the institution of slavery?

From NewsBusters, The Daily Show has an interesting idea about what to put in a time capsule to be opened 250 years from now for America's 500th birthday.

From Canada Free Press, "MAID in Canada" courtesy of Prime Minister Mark "Dark Carnage" Carney.

From TeleSUR, Lima, Peru will host an international documentary film festival.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Irish elite wages a woke war on their fellow Irish people.

From EuroNews, the Swedish government plans to place electronic tags on children at risk of being recruited by criminal gangs.

From ReMix, police in Paris catch a Moroccan migrant rapist in the act.  (If you read French, read the story at FDeSouche and Europe 1.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Herzegovina sets an election date in October amid a push for new voting technology.

From The North Africa Post, Libya opens an investigation after the Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a shipment of she-don't-lie headed for port of Benghazi.

From The New Arab, Israeli forces send the son of Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya to his virgins.

From Jewish News Syndicate, beware the fake AI "rabbis", and Palestinian terrorists throw firebombs at Israeli civilians and flee into a church, thus using Christians as human shields.

From the Daily Mail, the U.K. Green Party leader Zack Polanski denies that Israel has a "right to exist".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, was the man who allegedly murdered a 14-year-old boy in Memmingen, Germany an Islamist?  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an editorial, Jews in New York City show resilience in the face of antisemitism.

From Gatestone Institute, a nuclear-armed Iran is unthinkable.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) is accused of violating federal law by meeting with foreign ambassadors about getting oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions.

From The American Conservative, "one cheer" for President Trump's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany.

From The Western Journal, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a great response when asked about his hope for America's future.

From BizPac Review, former CNN journalist Jim Acosta tells Democrats in Montana that he's finally reporting "real news".

From Breitbart, according to Border Czar Tom Homan, some Cabinet members are lobbying Trump to grant some form of "legal status" to illegal aliens.

From Newsmax, according to Prime Minister Benjamin ‌Netanyahu, Israel's enemies will have no "immunity".

And from the New York Post, in Texas, there's another "Learing Center".

A Bit Of Wednesday Whatnot

On a mild but rainy Wednesday, now that I'm back from wandering around, here are a few things going on:

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the Syrian Interior Ministry, the Syrian government thwarts a Hezbollah-linked plot to kill government officials.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a rejected asylum seeker known to police allegedly kills a 14-year-old boy in Memmingen, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at BR24.)

From the Daily Mail, U.K. Green Party leader Zack Polanski insists that he was traumatized viewing footage of the arrest of the alleged Golders Green attacker.

From Gatestone Institute, Islam's takeover of Europe gets turbocharged.

From The American Conservative, moderate left-wing terrorism.

From TeleSUR, the Brazilian Senate approves the creation of their country's first native people's university.  (When I clicked on TeleSUR yesterday, it gave me a page that said 403 Forbidden.  I must have been some technical difficulties which have since been resolved.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the grass roots are finally rebelling against the sex ideologues.

From Snouts in the Trough, don't tell U.K. climate minister "Mad" Ed Miliband that countries which greatly reduce carbon dioxide emissions also reduce their economic growth.

From National Review, reading George Orwell's book Animal Farm backwards.

From FrontpageMag, the U.S. military blockade costs Iran $400 million per day in lost oil revenue.

From Townhall, a reporter has a meltdown over the FBI raid on the office of Virginia state Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas (D).

From The Washington Free Beacon, Democratic congresscritters and congressional candidates lash out in response to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee endorsing seven candidates in the party's primaries.

From the Washington Examiner, "how Democrats and the left-wing media whitewash political violence", at least when it comes from their side.

From The Federalist, Republican voters don't want former Vice President Pence's version of their party.

From American Thinker, a U.K. activist for slavery "reparations" is herself a descendant of Nigerian slave traders.

From NewsBusters, the truth about AI data centers.

And from SFGate, the actor who portrayed the droid C-3PO in the Star Wars movies speaks before the Castro Theatre's showing of The Empire Strikes Back.