Monday, October 12, 2026

Stories For Columbus Day

On a warm and cloudy Monday on the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in the Bahamas, this year's federal holiday falling on today's date, here are some things going on:

From National Review, my governor has an unfinished bridge to sell you.

From FrontpageMag, celebrating Christopher Columbus - and hating him.

From Townhall, the criminal illegal alien recently shot by ICE was known for terrorizing the New York City apartment building where he lived.

From The Washington Free Beacon, gubernatorial candidate David Crowley (D-Wis) once backed a left-wing group that sought to build housing "for our sex offenders".  (How are these "our" sex offenders, Kemosabe?)

From the Washington Examiner, federal agents search the home of congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min).

From The Federalist, even female bosses can't stand the office environments created by feminism.

From American Thinker, the Cornell seven case is not just about sex, drugs, and accusations, but also about the disappearance of responsibility and due process.

From NewsBusters, CNN hosts clutch their pearls over the aforementioned search of Ilhan Omar's home.

From Canada Free Press, will this year include Canada's last recognizable Thanksgiving?  (Canada's Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday of October, which is today.)

From CTV News, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to people in the province of Alberta in a Thanksgiving message.

From Global News, early voting starts for a referendum in Alberta.

From CBC News, people are confused about the wording of questions in the Alberta referendum.

From the Express, Prime Minister Andy Burnham provokes Brexiteer anger by ramping up efforts to drag the U.K. closer to the E.U.

From The Standard, according to newly released figures, London is losing a pub every two weeks.

From the Independent, the aforementioned Andy Burnham vows that the U.K. will keep the Falkland Islands despite "sabre-rattling" from Argentina.

From TeleSUR, farmer organizations in Guatemala plan to hold demonstrations.

From Snouts in the Trough, are the "school" riots in France "Le Grand Gaslighting"?

From EuroNews, Citroën puts out an electric version of its 2CV.

From Free West Media, the digital revolution should be written off as a huge mistake.

From ReMix, 63.4 percent of welfare recipients in Germany have a migration background, which will cost German taxpayers about €21.1 billion this year.

From Balkan Insight, Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina elect a new grand mufti.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's Bank Al-Maghrib completes its first tests of a digital dirham.

From The New Arab, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani visits Benghazi, Libya and meets with Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan General Khalifa Haftar.

From the Muddy River News, congresscritter Mary Miller (R-IL) warns that "Islam is inside the gate".

From Organiser, according to a report, al-Qaeda is targeting India using Bangladeshi terror groups to expand its reach.

From IranWire, according to Iranian official Mohseh Rezaei, Iran will target regional digital infrastructure.

From News24, shocking posts by an Islamic center in Melbourne, Australia are exposed amid links to the alleged FlyDubai hijacker.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Houthis in Yemen claim responsibility for the attack on the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia airport.

From Gatestone Institute, the gains in the Middle East that must not be squandered.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, the hidden cost of socialism is the innovation that it prevents from being created.

From The American Conservative, open borders do not provide funding for schools.

From The Western Journal, a bar complaint is filed against New York state Attorney General Letitia James (D) due to her comments about the aforementioned Cornell seven.

From BizPac Review, Italy's proposed ban on face coverings in schools ignites a fight over assimilation, and an expert warns that the U.S. could be next.

From the Daily Wire, why Trump administration officials are calling the investigation of the twice-aforementioned Ilhan Omar "World War Eleven".

From the Daily Caller, former Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has been visiting a kindergarten in Shanghai, China for decades.

From the New York Post, a thief tries to steal tools from vans and escape on a skateboard, but crashes and gets busted.

From Breitbart, Democrats congresscritters recognize "Indigenous Peoples' Day".

From Newsmax, President Trump (U.S.) defends his diesel deal with President Putin (Russia).  (Does this mean that Trump has now colluded with Russia?)

And from The Babylon Bee, despite overwhelming evidence, a fringe conspiracy theorist believes that senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) is not insane.

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Rainday Links

On a cool and rainy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, the Daughters of the American Revolution disbands a chapter for trying to keep fake women out.

From Townhall, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), all 93 years of him, files for re-election in 2028.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Mary Kay Ash and her cosmetics empire.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump announces an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine.

From American Thinker, former President Obama's Death Star is hopeless.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Audie Cornish faults Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for not joining the Fort Hood shooter's firing squad.

From EuroNews, a man is arrested for allegedly planning to attack Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

From Free West Media, when so-called anti-fascism attacks democracy.

From The Straits Times, the Houthis in Yemen warn everyone to stay away from airports in Saudi Arabia.

From Gatestone Institute, Europe is not only missing the AI train, but is now banning the tools.

From The American Conservative, China has some "gray-zone options" against Taiwan.

From the Daily Wire, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) likens his past criticism of Obama to second-guessing a parent.

From Breitbart, Hurricane Isaias leaves almost 396,000 people without power in Alabama and Florida.

From Newsmax, Catholic League communications director Michael McDonald discusses a documentary about Americans whose religious freedoms have allegedly been violated.  (Mr. McDonald should not be confused with the musician with the same name.)

And from the New York Post and possibly the "Darwin Award nominee" department, a Siberian tiger who killed an idiot visitor who entered his enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England will not be euthanized.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Saturday Links For 10/10

On a mild and mostly cloudy Saturday falling on the tenth day of the tenth month, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, senatorial candidate Ken Paxton (R-TX) slams his rival James Talarico's (D-TX) two-week disappearance.

From The Washington Free Beacon, six plausible theories for the aforementioned James Talarico's absence.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a U.N. whistleblower, Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay is "complicit in the Uyghur genocide".

From American Thinker, why data from Venus undermines the consensus on global warming from greenhouse gases.

From NewsBusters, staff writer David Brooks of The Atlantic blasts both Democratic and Republican senatorial candidates.

From Gatestone Institute, some facts which the media and many politicians don't want to admit.

From The American Conservative, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee should resign.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Glenn Beck reveals a strategy for denying the Fort Hood shooter "martyr" status.

From the Daily Wire, the FlyDubai hijacker planned a 9/11 attack on an Israeli airport.

From the Daily Caller, what it will take to keep an American presence on the moon.

From the New York Post, thieves steal about 30,000 bottles of wine worth an estimated $5.8 million from a winery in the Italian region of Tuscany, described as Italy's largest wine theft ever.

From Breitbart, former Vice President Harris's husband reportedly doesn't want her to run for president again.

From Newsmax, speaking at a rally in Syracuse, New York, President Trump rips New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) and promises to help gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman (R-NY).

And from SFGate, the biggest concert held in Berkeley, California is still being heard from 36 years later.

Friday, October 9, 2026

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemns the Pentagon's decision to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

From FrontpageMag, anti-Israel Jews learn that the left hates even anti-Israel Jews.

From Townhall, the person offered the job of White House press secretary has been announced.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Harvard University celebrates its anti-Israel Nobel Peace Prize winner.

From the Washington Examiner, the Republican gubernatorial nominee for my state is not seeking President Trump's support.  (Both chambers of Maryland's state legislature are dominated by Democrats.  Seven of our eight congresscritters and both of our Senators are Democrats.  Democrat presidential candidates have carried Maryland for decades.  But somehow we manage to occasionally elect Republican governors such as Bob Ehrlich and Larry Hogan.)

From The Federalist, in France and the U.K., multiculturalism is bringing about authoritarianism.

From American Thinker, the movement started by Trump must continue after he leaves office.

From NewsBusters, more on the new White House press secretary.

From Canada Free Press, "an unanswered question" about Canada and the WEF.

From TeleSUR, a magnitude-7.2 earthquake strikes Panama.

From Snouts in the Trough, how many economists are needed in order to destroy and economy?

From EuroNews, the U.K.'s former Prince Andrew receives £302,000 as compensation for surrendering his lease at the Royal Lodge.

From ReMix, Germany suspends naturalizing descendants of alleged Nazi victims, most of them Chinese citizens, due to suspected fraud.

From Balkan Insight, Montenegrin police arrest the two co-founders of a pro-Russia Telegram channel.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, the NGO Human Rights Watch decries the Tunisian government's failure to supply adequate amounts of water and electricity.

From The New Arab, commuters in Cairo, Egypt wonder if its new monorail is worth it.

From NDTV, a party leader in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir calls a terrorist leader a "martyr".

From Gatestone Institute, confronting the lie of the alleged "genocide" in Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, the truth, the media, and a visit to Israel.

From The American Conservative, is U.K. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch reviving an old class war?

From The Western Journal, an illegal alien is arrested for allegedly exposing himself while canvassing for a Democrat congressional candidate in Pennsylvania.

From BizPac Review, CNN is shocked - shocked - that ICE agents are told to arrest illegal aliens.

From the Daily Wire, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) shows support for an criminal illegal alien as anti-ICE rioters attack police officers.

From the Daily Caller, the Department of Homeland Security redacts its deportation data.

From the New York Post, the highest-earning college degree in the U.S. is math at Duke University.

From Breitbart, Hollywood celebrities denounce the aforementioned plan to televise the execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

From Newsmax, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, China represents the greatest economic and military threat to the U.S.

And from ESPN, former NFL player and coach Mike Ditka goes to the gridiron in the sky.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, the alarming drone plot, possibly by Iran, in the U.K.

From FrontpageMag, a U.K. cabinet member admits that most Muslim migrants are willing to rape.

From Townhall, look whom The Boston Globe wants to blame for the incident at Cornell.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a survey, U.S. college students prefer socialism to capitalism.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump decides against attacking Iran before the midterm elections.

From The Federalist, media hypocrites go Sergeant Schultz on then-Special Counsel Jack Smith's attack on freedom of the press.

From American Thinker, a Lindsay Clancy copycat crime might be even worse.

From NewsBusters, the success of people like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos and the Chief Twit should be celebrated.

From Canada Free Press, Prime Minister Mark Carney is taking Canada and the West for a ride.

From TeleSUR, Peru's Ministry of Culture recovers 342 pieces of the country's cultural heritage.

From Snouts in the Trough, "because they hate".

From EuroNews, the E.U. presses Russia for more information on the suspected plague case in Siberia.

From ReMix, a woman raped next to a statue of Karl Marx in Germany says that her attackers spoke Persian.

From Balkan Insight, the Bosnian state court indicts a Catholic priest for allegedly glorifying a Bosnian Croat war criminal.

From The North Africa Post, a subsidiary of the Moroccan company OCP Group will be involved in developing Senegal's national gas pipeline network.

From The New Arab, Syria denies that it will send any troops to Yemen.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran fuels the group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, thus preventing the disarming of terrorists.

From The Daily Signal, federal and state authorities in Louisiana a network of Hamas financiers allegedly committing Medicaid fraud.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. should bring its forces home from around the world.

From The Western Journal, one of the men accused in the aforementioned incident at Cornell files a court petition to remove New York state Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case.

From Fox News, an armed man tries to enter a federal courthouse in Nashville and thus makes his last mistake.

From BizPac Review, the aforementioned Chief Twit and others go to the White House to receive the U.S.'s greatest scientific honor.

From the Daily Wire, a purity test breaks New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From the Daily Caller, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches an investigation into vaccine injuries.

From the New York Post, Buc-ee's is no longer America's favorite convenience store.

From Breitbart, a pastor stands up against a former city council member who hailed Satan during the opening prayer at a meeting of the Ottumwa, Iowa city council.

From Newsmax, a former researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI claims to be 90 percent certain that China has planted spies in both companies.

And from Page Six, while performing in Paris, Canadian singer Celine Dion falls but keeps on going without missing a beat.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

A Sasquatch's Wednesday Dozen

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

From Reuters, Iran reportedly gives $200 million to Hezbollah to help people displaced people in Lebanon.

From The New Region, Syrian security forces arrest an ISIS commander.

From Punch, the Nigerian army repels an attack by ISWAP terrorists in the state of Borno.

From the New York Post, families of 9/11 victims plan to pack a New York City court which will hear arguments on whether the Saudi Arabian government can avoid a civil trial.

From the Sindh Courier, the forced conversion of non-Muslim girls in Pakistan.

From NDTV, a migrant worker from Sri Lanka faces the death penalty in Saudi Arabia over a post on Facebook.

From Gatestone Institute, the West is confronted with two versions of Islam.

From The American Conservative, an age of austerity is on the way.

From The Federalist, two hyped-up things that really don't matter in the accusations against the "Cornell 7".

From American Thinker, take crime statistics with a bit of NaCl.

From FrontpageMag, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) is a "white coat supremacist".

And from the Genesius Times, after hiding for several weeks, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) reemerges as black woman Jamie Talarica to boost his/her Senate bid.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Tuesday Tidings

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

From National Review, the world's on fire with drones, the plague and ailing autocrats.

From FrontpageMag, under police protection, more Islamic illegal migrants arrive in the U.K.

From Townhall, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed's (D-Mich) attack on capitalism backfires spectacularly.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a former employee, senatorial candidate Hallie Shoffner (D-Ark) employed three illegal aliens on her farm.

From the Washington Examiner, how the U.S. can defeat Iran's strategy of exhaustion.

From The Federalist, even the accuser's story about the Cornell 7 doesn't look good for her.

From American Thinker, should we again "believe all women"?  (Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Anita Broadrick are women, aren't they?)

From NewsBusters, Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum rips the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed over his connections to leftist billionaire George Soros.

From Canada Free Press, college football coach Lane Kiffin's tongue-in-cheek advertisements are a serious problem.

From TeleSUR, in Brazil's runoff presidential election, President Lula da Silva seeks support from people who did not vote in the first round.

From Snouts in the Trough, the next illegal migrant arrival is more important that you if you're a U.K. citizen.

From EuroNews, Russian authorities claim that a lab researcher who died last week did not have the plague, but have quarantined almost 200 people who had contact with her.

From ReMix, a former German intelligence chief is arrested for allegedly spying for another country.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian opposition parliamentcritters criticize Prime Minister Rumen Radev's government over its response to a drone attack on two foreign vessels in the Black Sea.

From The North Africa Post, archaeologists in Morocco discover the oldest defensive structure in North Africa outside of the Nile Valley.

From The New Arab, why Morocco's first female prime minister can't fix its flawed democracy by herself.

From The Times Of India, the Houthis in Yemen claim to have targeted an Aramco refinery and an airport as the Mecca defense pact is activated.

From The Japan Times, Yemeni government forces drive the Houthis out of a coastal area around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

From NDTV, India moves 150 Bangladeshi illegal aliens from the territory of Jammu and Kashmir to the state of West Bengal as part of their deportation process.

From Gatestone Institute, ballot box jihad could be a non-violent way of conquering the West.

From The Daily Signal, the pro-life advocacy group March for Life announces its theme for its 2027 march, which will be "the truth is pro-life".

From The American Conservative, French politician Marine Le Pen outclasses her country's mainstream on foreign policy.

From The Western Journal, President Trump okays the execution by firing squad of the Fort Hood shooter.

From BizPac Review and the "believe it or not" department, a CNN fact-checker defends Trump.

From the Daily Wire, a man who claimed to be a woman reveals the sick reason why he killed a real woman.

From the Daily Caller, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) declares a "state of emergency" as over 100 cases of the measles are reported.

From the New York Post, a boat smuggling 14 illegal aliens is intercepted by federal agents off the coast of Newport Harbor, California.

From Breitbart, according to CEO Andrew Cathy, Chick-fil-A will keep using humans to take orders at its drive-thru lanes instead of AI.

From Newsmax, nearly a dozen Republicans are considering running for president in 2028.

And from The Babylon Bee, archaeologists think that they find evidence of the Nephilim, but it's just a giant yard skeleton.

Monday, October 5, 2026

Monday Links

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

From National Review, a plague researcher in Russia suddenly gets sick and dies.

From FrontpageMag, according to some on the left, fitness is now fascist.

From Townhall, the failure of socialism can be seen right here in the U.S.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) wrote an opinion column for The Guardian in 2010 calling U.K. democracy superior to that of the U.S.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice charges 16 illegal aliens with voting illegally.

From The Federalist, under then-President Biden, the White House drove Department of Justice targeting of parents who protested Critical Racist Theory and coronavirus mandates.

From American Thinker, killing babies and killing grandmothers are two sides of the of the socialist coin.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Jake Tapper lectures on the "cocoon of tribalism".

From Canada Free Press, don't expect arsonists to put fires out.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez leads the handover of rebuilt homes in the state of La Guaira.

From Snouts in the Trough, a quiz about police in England and Wales.

From EuroNews, what's driving the student violence in France?

From Free West Media, France has its own Soweto.

From ReMix, masked rioters set fire to the entrance of a high school in Paris.  (If you read French, read the story at BFM.)

From Balkan Insight, the election in Bosnia and Herzegovina see a record low turnout as former Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik's looks triumphant.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan and American armies start planning for the Africa Lion 2027 military exercises.

From The New Arab, can the divided coalition in Yemen turn the tied against the Houthi rebels?

From Gatestone Institute, when "journalists" are really jihadists.

From The Daily Signal, Senate Democrats kill the Stop Insider Trading Act.

From The American Conservative, there's nothing conservative about Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's love of war.

From The Western Journal, the FBI secretly tracked the phone activity of White House Chief of Staff and then-former President Trump's lawyers.

From BizPac Review, Border Czar Tom Homan explains that people in the U.S. illegally are deportable even if they haven't committed other crimes.

From the Daily Wire, former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt finds a new gig.

From the Daily Caller, President Trump taps a slush fund to send checks to 20 million Americans.

From the New York Post, former President Obama plans to campaign in Detroit for the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed.

From Breitbart, right-wing parties secure a majority in the Brazilian Senate.

From Newsmax, the FBI arrests a Chinese woman for allegedly spying on the family of Taiwan's president.

And from NBC News, former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL), who went to prison for covering up allegations of sexual abuse, is no longer with us.

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Sunday Stories

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

From National Review, stupid anti-innovation job saving laws arise in blue cities and states.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, the Democrats are coming after you.  (You're not paranoid if someone really is out to get you.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito's book about originalism.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) teases at running for President in 2028 if a "bunch of goobers" do the same.  (Imagine some future history lesson pointing out that the two presidents named John Kennedy were not related to each other.)

From American Thinker, the blatant double standards in the case of alleged "rape" at Cornell University.

From NewsBusters, Politico publishes a Trump-obsessed analysis of the upcoming election - in Brazil.

From Snouts in the Trough, is SouthWestern Railways another sign that the U.K. is useless, incompetent and broken?

From Organiser, how Islamists have vandalizes pandals from 2017 to 2026.

From The Times Of India, a magazine linked to al-Qaeda calls for more attacks like the attempted FlyDubai hijacking.

From Gatestone Institute, our strategy against the terrorist threat must change with it.

From The American Conservative, lessons from the botch execution in Tennessee of convicted murderer Christa Pike.

And from the New York Post, dogs and even a few cats are blessed at the Malate Church in Manila on the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Saturday Stuff

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

From FrontpageMag, a pilot explains the motive for the attempted attack on a FlyDubai airliner to an Australian media outlet, who were looking for a different answer.

From Townhall, what more can President Trump do in his remaining 28 months in office.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israel has more allies on the ground - and in the sky.

From the Washington Examiner, a federal judge rules that a sheriff in Tulsa County, Oklahoma violated the 4th Amendment by using Flock camera data to learn about a driver's travel history.

From American Thinker, solving the death penalty conundrum without abolishing the death penalty.

From NewsBusters, writer David Brooks of The Atlantic gets two basic facts wrong when commenting on Republican chances in the upcoming midterm elections.

From Gatestone Institute, "they hate America".

From The American Conservative, for the left, Big Tech is the new Big Oil.

From BizPac Review, Trump points out the absurdity of the "Gays for Palestine" movement.

From the Daily Wire, a Marine veteran shot and paralyzed by an illegal alien speaks out as the convicted shooter faces life in prison.

From the New York Post, how a real-life New York City prosecutor landed a role in the crime movie Goodfellas.

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Steve Scalise (R-LA), some Democratic congressional candidates "are crazy".

From Newsmax, Trump calls on Congress to impose mandatory prison sentences on people convicted of defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

And from Gateway Pundit, the NBA hire's WNBA player Caitlin Clark's agent to search for the next WNBA commissioner.