Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, punishing South Korea makes no sense.

From FrontpageMag, the U.K. issues a poster telling migrants "do not rape kids".

From Townhall, what will happen to the illegal alien who groped high school girls when he soon leaves prison?

From The Washington Free Beacon, Washington, D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George (D) runs on energy affordability, but her plan to "make polluters pay" could make energy more expensive.

From the Washington Examiner, why did three Republican Senators back a Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate who supports late-term abortions?

From The Federalist, "solidly MAGA" congresscritter Harriet Hageman (R-WY) looks like she will soon be a Senator.

From American Thinker, the U.K. goes "all in for Islam" and forgets Christianity.

From NewsBusters, the media's double standard about calling people "Nazis" and "communists".

From Canada Free Press, the "land back" movement in the Canadian province of British Columbia is now at full speed.

From TeleSUR, a landslide kills at least 13 people at an open-pit gold mine in the Colombian department of Nariño.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K.'s "inflation tax" making its people poorer?

From EuroNews, a Romanian F-16 fighter jet destroys an explosive-laden maritime drone near a natural gas project in the Black Sea.

From ReMix, a Tunisian migrant is arrested after allegedly killing his Polish wife in Colleferro, Italy.  (If you read Italian, read the story at il Fatto Quotidiano.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo authorities unearth the remains of 23 wartime victims from three mass graves.  (One reason given for the bombing of Serbia in 1999 was mass graves of Kosovo Albanians.  Some have been found.)

From The North Africa Post, how AI can threaten election integrity in Morocco.

From The New Arab, 2,700 years of burial, ritual, and tomb reuse in ancient Egypt.

From Sky News, more on the aforementioned "don't rape" warnings for migrants in the U.K.

From Gatestone Institute, the preferred leaders of the Palestinians are Hamas or a convicted Fatah terrorist.

From The Daily Signal, according to a "source", the FBI has raided a home belonging to former congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal).

From The American Conservative, it's time to apologize to the Ukrainian people.

From The Western Journal, women in Ceuta, Spain are desperate to flee due to sexual abuse by some of the invaders.

From BizPac Review, podcaster Joe Rogan has a "brutal" prediction for what happens if socialists get their way.

From the Daily Caller, the FBI seizes the aforementioned Eric Swalwell's electronic devices at San Francisco International Airport.

From the New York Post, In-N-Out burger plans to open a new location in Ontario, California that will have "Double-Double" drive-through lanes.

From ABC News, a woman who allegedly pledged loyalty to ISIS is arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on the New York State Capitol building in Albany.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to enact a temporary emergency fuel waiver that will increase the supply of gasoline and thus reduce its price.

From Newsmax, the U.S. Navy quietly escorts oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

And from the Genesius Times, the U.K.'s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decide to return to being oppressed in a British royal palace.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) can't even pretend to moderate his stances toward the center.

From FrontpageMag, we need "social merit, not social justice".

From Townhall, is Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) really targeting businesses and property owners that have helped ICE?

From The Washington Free Beacon, left-wing commentator Hasan Piker's brother is practically a rocket scientist.

From the Washington Examiner, NASA calls off its mission to rescue the Swift space telescope.

From The Federalist, the "NeverTrumpers", who attacked then-candidate Trump in 2016 are now targeting Vice President Vance.

From American Thinker, senatorial candidate Alexander Vindman (D-FL) learns that carpetbagging doesn't work.  (In my opinion, he should have realized that only former Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has been allowed to do that sort of thing.)

From NewsBusters, a former aid to Dr. Anthony Fauci pleads guilty to coronavirus coverup charges.

From the Daily Mail, Portugal bans full-face coverings.

From The Jerusalem Post, a suspect indicted over an alleged plot to carry out an act of terrorism near a night club in Beersheba, Israel admits "wanting to blow up" dancers.

From Gatestone Institute, why fusion is the answer to America's challenge over AI.

From The American Conservative, here comes the permanent Democratic majority.

From BizPac Review, a caller on C-SPAN rants about former President Biden.

From the Daily Caller, sitting congresscritters are losing their primaries not seen in over 50 years.

From the New York Post, a burglar spends the night in a Macy's store in Chicago.

From Breitbart, a German security export warns of a "civil war" from illegal migrants and left-wingers who resist their deportation.

From Newsmax, a corruption investigation reaches Ukrainian President Zelensky's inner circle.

And from SFGate, a bystander rescues a man who fell 120 feet from an overlook in Glacier National Park.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, President Trump "pivots" from Asia.

From FrontpageMag, the revolution inside American schools.

From Townhall, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) is proud to have opposed school choice.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a judge who dismissed antisemitism cases was an anti-Israel activist and a campaign aide for then-presidential candidate George McGovern.

From the Washington Examiner, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unlocks federal funds for parents battling addiction to keep their children out of foster care.

From The Federalist, Cambridge University professor Jason Arday won't be the last person killed by DEI.

From American Thinker, it's time to finish the job with Iran.

From NewsBusters, a tale of two rates of inflation and media spinmeisters.

From Canada Free Press, for a visit to a mosque high school students in Palo Alto, California are given Korans and the girls given hijabs.  (What is this "separation of church and state" you speak of?)

From TeleSUR, President Lula da Silva defends Brazil's right to explore for oil in the "Equatorial Margin" region.

From Snouts in the Trough, no, mate, it's not "global boiling"!

From EuroNews, pillars of an ancient Roman bridge are seen in the Tiber River in Italy due to a drought in western Europe.

From ReMix, a Palestinian migrant is convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on a bus in Toulouse, France.  (If you read French, read the story at La Dépêche.)

From Balkan Insight, critics question the Albanian government's plan to reduce the number of municipalities in the country from 61 to 46.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan company OCP Group resumes shipping fertilizer to the U.S. after President Trump temporarily lifts duties.

From The New Arab, a Syrian court sentences detainee Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of former president Bashar al-Assad, to death for multiple murders.

From the Daily Mail, the Council of Canterbury-Bankstown, part of Sydney, Australia, rejects an application to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from Australia's largest mosque.

From Fox News, an immigrant in Minnesota who once received an "outstanding refugee" award is charged with Medicaid fraud tied to sex trafficking.

From Gatestone Institute, China is trying to take over the Arctic.

From The Daily Signal, Virginia's coronavirus vaccine folly.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. war on Iran is sinking Chilean President José Antonio Kast.

From The Western Journal, in Georgia, ICE arrests a twice-deported illegal alien from Mexico previously convicted of drug trafficking with 126 kilos of methamphetamine.

From BizPac Review, a prosecutor backed by left-wing billionaire George Soros helps an illegal alien found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity to flee the U.S.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Randy Fine (R-FL) appears to look inside someone's mailbox while canvassing, which can be a federal crime.

From the New York Post, an Australian tungsten mine, which has often been productive during times of war, reopens.

From Breitbart, the companies Meta and TikTok agree to increase their censorship supposed disinformation about the migrant invasion of Ceuta, Spain.

From Newsmax, oil tycoon Harold Hamm is set to take over as the chairman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

And from TMZ, ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard goes to the music studio in the sky.  (via Page Six)

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, colleges trade physical books for digital texts.

From FrontpageMag, a man shouts "Allahu Akbar" while trying to stab to policemen in Toulouse, France, but his motive is "unclear".  (If you read French, read the story at Actu 17.)

From Townhall, you'll never guess where a missing print by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, allegedly stolen from a gallery in Milwaukee, was found.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed says that wealthy people should "pay their fair share", but apparently uses a "loophole" to decease his own tax obligation.

From the Washington Examiner, two reasons why President Trump's supporters expect White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's replacement will be female.

From The Federalist, the nightmare endured by Baby Gabriel and his surrogate mother proves that "her body, her choice" was always a lie.

From American Thinker, governments don't like people gathering without their permission.

From NewsBusters, NPR host Steve Inskeep grants a "softball" interview to congresscritter and presidential hopeful Ro Khanna (D-Cal).

From Canada Free Press, the Allison Inquiry is the truth that will set Canada free in September.

From TeleSUR, the earthquake in Colombia leaves thousands of children out of school.

From EuroNews, Ukraine has hit seven out of the ten largest Wildberries warehouses in Russia.

From Free West Media, Berlin ditches German opera for "Afro-futuristic" musical theater.

From ReMix, woman flee from Ceuta, Spain after 15 alleged rapes and a sexual assault against a 10-year-old girl are recorded.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Mundo and a related story at Cuatro.)

From Balkan Insight, if you want transgender treatment in Albania, you'll have to pay for it yourself.

From The North Africa Post, Agadir, Morocco is named as one of the top 10 best destinations for travel in September by the German portal HolidayCheck.

From The New Arab, the African Union rejects foreign interference in Sudan's civil war.

From the Daily Mail, more on the alleged sexual offenses in Ceuta.

From Gatestone Institute, is the Mecca Agreement, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, a threat to regional stability?

From The Daily Signal, lessons learned from the invasion of Ceuta, two weeks later.

From The American Conservative, how Anthropic became the black sheep of the AI industry.

From The Western Journal, nuns in New York City fight against being forced to participate in assisted suicide.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Ilhan Omar's (D-Min) operations director has an interesting take on the admitted killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

From the Daily Caller, how can the Republicans defeat the left-wing populists?

From the New York Post, basketball player LeBron James plays golf and comes very close to hitting a hole-in-one.

From Breitbart, hundreds of illegal migrants who invaded Ceuta demand asylum benefits from the Spanish government.

From Newsmax, a pro-life group supports congresscritter Ralph Norman (R-SC) in the primary to replace the recently departed Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

And from The Babylon Bee, a powerball lottery winner blows his entire jackpot on a single burrito.

Rainday Links

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

From FrontpageMag, the only reason why the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who has pleaded guilty, has fans is because he is guilty.

From Townhall, why leftists mock the Bible.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the connections between the House of Windsor and the Kennedy family.

From the Washington Examiner, Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) urges Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to "call in".

From American Thinker, the one billionaire whom the radical left lionizes rather than vilifies.

From NewsBusters, comedian Chelsea Handler speaks as if Roe v. Wade is still in effect.

From Snouts in the Trough, are Europeans being gaslit yet again about "global boiling"?

From Arutz Sheva, intra-Muslim carnage is far more extensive than the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs.

From Gatestone Institute, European leaders need to be deradicalized.

From The American Conservative, what the defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan means.

From the Daily Caller, according to emails, a top Food and Drug Administration official asked Dr. Anthony Fauci for a study on the side effects of the coronavirus vaccine.

From the New York Post, a Greek ferry running between Athens and the island of Naxos gives its passengers motion sickness.

From Breitbart, rapper Nicki Minaj endorses congresscritter Byron Donalds (R-FL) to be Florida's next governor.

From Newsmax, according to former congresscritter Pete King (R-NY), while congresscritter AOC (D-NY) is "unqualified" to be president, Republicans must offer intelligent arguments against her.

And from ESPN, former pitcher Tommy John, who played in the Major Leagues for 26 seasons and underwent a type of elbow surgery that was named after him, goes to the baseball stadium in the sky.

Saturday Stuff

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

From Townhall, Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley (D) is about to get shellacked over his record.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the perils of trying to slow down AI.

From the Washington Examiner, the son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeals to President Trump after his visa is revoked.

From American Thinker, former President Obama's long game.

From NewsBusters, CBS is the only network that covered the vandalism against the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

From Snouts in the Trough, why is nobody asking how wildfires in the U.K. are getting started?

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the U.N., an estimated $50 million was paid to free a hostage held by al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Mali.

From the Daily Mail, the horrific price paid by a woman who stripped to protest Iran's morality police.

From PJMedia, why it's important to spell it "Turkey", not "Türkiye".

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government's dangerous strategy is to outlast Trump and return stronger.

From The American Conservative, "woke 1" didn't really go away.

And from Brain Flushings, airports in Texas discover this strange thing known as religious neutrality.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, anyone running for office can't be both a slimeball and lazy.  (Italicized emphasis in the article's title.)

From FrontpageMag, some questions for Muslims running for office.

From Townhall, Senator Socialism (I-VT) gives a weak clapback after being roasted by fellow Senator John Fetterman (D-PA).

From The Washington Free Beacon, Congress takes up legislation that would prohibit foreign adversaries from accessing U.S. national labs run by the Department of Energy.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump secures the release of an American missionary captured by a terrorist group in Niger.

From The Federalist, Trump signs an order intended to help expand American shipbuilding capacity.

From American Thinker, the witches of Salem, Massachusetts have returned, with pro-abortion legislation.

From NewsBusters, CBS covers a victory for the 2nd Amendment only in its streaming service.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney becomes a "snow flake melting in Hades".

From TeleSUR, protests in Peru force President Keiko Fujimori to subsidize fuel for certain transport workers.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s National Health Service is looking for yet another "manager of total bollox".  (My spellchecker has no problem with "bollox", or even with the alternative spelling "bollocks".  Due to one of the pictures, reader discretion is advised.)

From EuroNew, Russia admits having a shortage of gasoline amid its long-range strikes on Ukraine.

From ReMix, Berlin backs off from racially segregating a public pool for six hours.

From Balkan Insight, a wildfire forces about 2,000 people to evacuate Omiš, Croatia.

From The North Africa Post, according to the International Organization for Migration, Algeria has become the leading country of origin for illegal irregular migration into Spain.

From The New Arab, Palestinians are divided over Hamas involvement in upcoming elections.

From Arutz Sheva, a note on the mini-October 7th suffered by a Catholic parish in Rouen, France.

From Gatestone Institute, the world's energy superpower is not China but the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, a look at senatorial candidate James Talarico's (D-TX) record in the Texas state legislature.

From The American Conservative, according to a panel of foreign policy experts, Trump's policies on Latin America won't stop drug trafficking.

From The Western Journal, the man on trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson pleads guilty.

From BizPac Review, Lieutenant Governor and senatorial candidate Peggy Flanagan (D-Min) claims that there are "no native voices" in the Senate, thus dissing Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA).

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, Kansas is now doing something that the whole country should do.

From the New York Post, a man is reunited with a muscle car that was stolen from him in 1993.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, the British have a more negative view of immigration than they did during the Brexit referendum.

From Newsmax, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announces felony charges for the woman who allegedly vandalized the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.  (An uncle of mine fought in WWII, so I regard the memorial as his.)

And from Fox News, the GSA finds that some technology labeled "Made in USA" really isn't.

A Few Things For Thursday

On a very warm and partly sunny Thursday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, the ins and outs of President Trump's decoy ruse in Ankara, Turkey.

From FrontpageMag, U.N. statistics show that rumors of a famine in Gaza have been greatly exaggerated.

From Townhall, congressional candidate Randy Villegas (D-Cal) wants to expand the Supreme Court.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a DEI fellowship created by Sponsors for Educational Opportunity promised to recruit "underserved" legal talent, but accepted some very privileged students.

From the Washington Examiner, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) snubs both congresscritter AOC (D-NY) and Senator Socialism (I-VT) in his first campaign ad.

From The Federalist, leaving her job as White House press secretary to raise her children makes Karoline Leavitt an even better role model.

From American Thinker, what would America look like had Vice President Harris won the 2024 election?

From NewsBusters, former Hardball host Chris Matthews calls the Democratic Socialists of America "crazy".

From IranWire, two Iranian student activists are sentenced to five years each for their participation in protests during January.

From the Daily Mail, the Sultan of Brunei strips his daughter-in-law of her royal titles for alleged "unbecoming behavior".

From The Jewish Chronicle, the U.K. must confront the Iranian government's efforts against dissidents living in the U.K.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas has a secret weapon to continue its rule in Gaza.

From The American Conservative, The New York Times supports gun rights for people who check the right boxes.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Brandon Gill (R-TX) admits that his fellow Americans are getting squeezed, and blames mass migration.

From the Daily Caller, a Chinese Communist Party intelligence official buys a historic building near the White House Complex.  (How many Americans have been allowed to buy property in Beijing?)

And from the New York Post, waking up a sleeping polar bear is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

Goose Creek Bridge And The Battle Of Upperville

Today I resumed my exploration of northern Virginia by visiting Goose Creek Bridge Historic Park, just off U.S. route 50.  On June 23rd, 1863 during the Civil War, the battle of Upperville was fought around a bridge over Goose Creek, about three miles east of Upperville, Virginia.  Today, there's a small park around the bridge that is run by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.  The park includes an area from which to view the bridge - and a modern power line.

A Few Items For Wednesday

Now that I'm back from running around, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, a former Southern Poverty Law Center finance officer is arrested for alleged fraud for payments to informants inside white supremacist groups.

From FrontpageMag, the group "Priests Against Genocide" ignore the real genocides.

From Townhall, beware of proposals to "tax the rich".

From The Washington Free Beacon, photos show senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) hanging around with Nation Of Islam ministers.

From the Washington Examiner, some possible replacements for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who plans to resign at the end of this month.

From The Federalist, the problem with the Democratic Socialists of America is not socialism, but third-worldism.

From American Thinker, in the last 75 years, England has had a 34,900 percent increase is mosques.  (Has the number of churches increased at all in last 75 years in any Muslim-majority country?  If so, please point it out in a comment.)

From NewsBusters, professors at four universities claim that being nice is a "component of whiteness".  (Does this mean that only white people are supposed to be nice?  That being nice, if you're not white, is "acting white"?  In order to "be less white", everyone should be more of a jerk?)

From Snouts in the Trough, if you think that "race replacement" is a conspiracy theory, think again.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Hamas steps up its torture of Gazan civilians.

From the Daily Mail, a woman testifies against the two Afghan migrants who allegedly raped her in a park in London.

From AMU, over 130 Hazara and Shiite students at universities in the Afghan provinces of Balkh and Herat are denied access to dormitories.

From Gatestone Institute, a conversation with French author Alexandre del Valle about "neo-Ottomans" and British author Bat Ye'or.

From The American Conservative, what President Trump should do to beat Iran.

And from SFGate, an ice cream store in Walnut Creek, California outcompetes nearby frozen treat businesses.