A Returning Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

On a sunny but very cold Sunday, during which I returned home, here are 12 things going on:

From Jewish News Syndicate, Iran's government promises to keep on enriching uranium.

From The Jerusalem Post, a teacher in San Diego, California is fired after uploading a video claiming that "Israelis steal kidney, livers, and eyes".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, after a Syrian man beats a train conductor to death in Germany, a German broadcaster blames it on U.S. President Trump.  (If you read German, read the story at Apollo News.)

From Arutz Sheva, a Muslim community group puts down a £235,000 deposit to buy a synagogue in East London.

From Gatestone Institute, why some of Trump's "allies" in the Muslim world fear losing Iran more than they fear Iran itself.

From The American Conservative, getting North Korea to give up its nuclear program is unrealistic.

From TCW Defending Freedom, is U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer too deluded to see that multiculturalism feeds the "politics of grievance" that he claims to despise?

From Snouts in the Trough, is U.K. Secretary of State for Justice David Lammy a lying liar?

From Townhall, the U.S. Secret Service seizes three illegal card skimming devices in Alabama.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the late Senator Harry Reid (D-NV).

From American Thinker, if you want to know what the U.S. would look like if Trump had not won the 2024 election, just look at Spain.  (To parody a certain song, the pain in Spain is mainly in your brain.)

And from SFGate, Super Bowl fans are seen walking along a highway in order to reach Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California due to road closures.

Saturday Stuff

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

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats fearing ICE showing up at the polls that their voters include illegal aliens.

From Townhall, does congresscritter Maxine Waters (D-Cal) really think that President Trump will be bothered by her latest tantrum?

From The Washington Free Beacon, does the U.S. need a new START treaty?

From American Thinker, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) dishonest take on the Koran and immigration.

From NewsBusters, is The Washington Post in its final days?

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. will not become part of a globalist utopia, but could become part of a European caliphate under Islamic rule.

From Snouts in the Trough, enough already!

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a "Greek" fare dodger kills a ticket inspector on a German express train.  (If you read German, read the story at Jouwatch.)

From The Jerusalem Post, Kurds in Syria no longer have autonomy.

From Gatestone Institute, the danger of re-empowering the murderous Iranian regime.

From The American Conservative, the suicidal empathy of the U.K.'s energy policy.

From BizPac Review, country singer Natasha Owens drops a hot anthem on rock singer Bruce Springsteen.

From the Daily Caller, the FCC is reportedly investigating the ABC program The View for an alleged "equal opportunities" violation.

And from the New York Post, Vice President Vance and boxer/actor Jake Paul enjoy the U.S. women's hockey team 5-0 victory over Finnish team.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, although Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, he is not obligated to subsidize its losses.

From FrontpageMag, the media keeps lying about Israel.

From Townhall, the left finds a away to attack President Trump for lowering drug prices.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Palestinian Authority plans to pay terrorists and their families $315 million in 2026.

From The Federalist, Democrats hate anyone who doesn't share their love for crime and fraud, even others on the left.

From American Thinker, Trump's biggest concerns about negotiating with Iran are not about its desire to acquire nuclear weapons.

From NewsBusters, the elite media continue to go Sergeant Schultz about crimes committed by illegal aliens.

From Canada Free Press, Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov misunderstands how the SAFE Act would work.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino Lopez expresses his support for debate on the Amnesty for Democratic Coexistence bill being considered by the country's National Assembly.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the late Jeffrey Epstein is a convenient distraction from the Muslim Asian grooming gangs in the U.K.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer trusted former parliamentcritter Peter Mandelson.  (The post is a video that shows Starmer as a Dalek.)

From EuroNews, the E.U. proposes new sanctions on Russian oil sales and a full ban on maritime services.

From ReMix, Belarus expands its oil drilling with eight new wells, while Russia reports large increases in its reserves of oil, gas and gold.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo's Foreign Ministry condemns the arrest by Serbian police of Kosovo Albanian Mitehat Llozhani in connection with war crimes during Kosovo's war in 1998 and 1999.

From The North Africa Post, an international consortium composed of American, Spanish and German firms signs an agreement to invest $4.5 billion in a project to produce ammonia in Morocco.

From The New Arab, U.N.-backed experts warn that famine is spreading in the Sudanese region of Darfur.

From The Jerusalem Post, U.N. Special Rapporteur Jessica Albanese is reportedly slated to speak at the Al Jazeera Forum Conference in Doha, Qatar, along with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Trump's "friends" set him up with jihadists who are faking tolerance.

From The Daily Signal, according to Republican congresscritters, Trump is delivering on his promise of "law and order".

From The American Conservative, who is London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham?

From The Western Journal, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) "warmth of collectivism" results in piles of snow and trash.

From BizPac Review, CNN panelist Scott Jennings stumps his fellow panelists on the concept of supply and demand.

From the Daily Caller, Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler announces that the agency has suspended 111,620 borrowers over alleged fraud.

From the New York Post, country singer Drew Baldridge would like to make some music with Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Kobie Turner.

From Breitbart, a banner hung over U.S. route 75 in Dallas exposes China's use of birth tourism.

And from Newsmax, Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen goes to the gridiron in the sky.

Return To Freedom Park

Today I went back to Freedom Park, a short drive away from my undisclosed location, to get some exercise.  As I did during my first visit, I walked past this cemetery.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, Border Czar Tom Homan announces that the Trump administration is pulling 700 federal agents out of Minnesota due to cooperation by local officials.

From FrontpageMag, the illegal invasion of the U.S. hits its lowest level since 1970.

From Townhall, antisemitic incidents greatly increase in Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) New York City.

From The Washington Free Beacon, my governor claims that the KKK ran his great-grandfather out of South Carolina, but church records tell a different story.

From the Washington Examiner, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touts the keto diet as a cure for schizophrenia.

From The Federalist, Congress could solve the problem of entitlement fraud overnight, but won't.

From American Thinker, climate change zealots scramble to explain why polar bears are fatter and healthier than ever.

From NewsBusters, the White House Briefing Room has a new seating chart.

From Canada Free Press, a left-wing protester calls a black ICE officer a "house-[N-word]".

From TeleSUR, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promotes a "non-military confrontation" strategy for dealing with criminals.

From TCW Defending Freedom, when Islamists say that they're at war with the West, why don't we believe them?

From Snouts in the Trough, is kowtowing to China U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's latest betrayal?  (The post has yesterday's date but is labeled a "Wednesday blog", so I'll let the date slide.)

From EuroNews, E.U. countries loan Ukraine another €90 billion.

From ReMix, a Hungarian court sentences a German transgender ProFa thug to eight years in prison for his involvement with an extremist network called the Hammer Gang.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From Balkan Insight, police in Durres, Albania arrest 20 people in connection with an operation to traffic hazardous waste to Thailand.

From The North Africa Post, Spain's highest criminal court rejects a request from Algeria to extradite former Senator Abdelkader Djedia.

From The New Arab, what we know about the killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

From The Jerusalem Post, Saudi media ramp up their rhetoric against Israel.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Syrian journalist Mustafa al-Miqdad claims that some Gazans send their children into harm's way hoping that they will be injured by the IDF and then collect compensation from the Palestinian authority.

From Sky News, Islamist gunmen kill at least 170 people in Woro, Nigeria.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, European leftists want to replace the native working class with migrants.

From Gatestone Institute, the Pakistani terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed launches its first-ever women's wing.

From The Daily Signal, actress Billie Eilush's declaration that "no one is illegal on stolen land" shows the incongruity of the left's victimhood worldview.

From The American Conservative, the Epstein files could bury the aforementioned Keir Starmer.

From The Western Journal, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) ran as a "moderate" and promised "affordability", but left-wingers immediately proposed a radical tax-first agenda.

From BizPac Review, an Australian political activist sets up a GiveSendGo account for travel to the U.S. and squat on the aforementioned Billie Eilish's mansion.

From the Daily Caller, prolific online left-winger Will Stancil gets mugged by reality.

From the New York Post, the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani endorses New York Governor Kathy Hochul's (D) bid for reelection.

From Breitbart, an opinion against all gun control.

From Newsmax, The Washington Post cuts its staff by one third.

And from The Babylon Bee, a bill to require voter ID is suspiciously defeated in the Senate by vote of 7 million to 53.

More Of Fort Monroe

Last July, I visited Fort Monroe National Monument in Hampton, Virginia.  Today I returned, to see some parts of the fort that I did not see back then.  The area I visited in July was surrounded by a moat, while the places I saw today were outside the moat.  I parked the Bigfootmobile near the visitor center and walked to Continental Park, which includes this gazebo.

Walter Reed's Birthplace

Today I set out from my undisclosed location and found the birthplace of U.S. Army surgeon  Dr. Walter Reed, after whom the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is named.  It's located at the intersection of Gloucester County (Virginia) routes 614 and 616.  In front of the house where he was born is this informational display.

A Few Sunday Links From A Traveling Sasquatch

Today I traveled southward to my latest undisclosed location in eastern Virginia.  Despite the cold weather and a snowstorm last night, driving the interstates was very easy.  Highways like I-95 can inconveniently turn into parking lots, but I had no such trouble this time.  In any event, on a sunny but very cold Sunday at the start of February, here are s few things going on:

From Gatestone Institute, the attack on the principle of national sovereignty.

From The Daily Signal, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. population will start to decrease by 2030.

From The American Conservative, there are huge risks in attacking Iran.

From the Daily Caller and the "what could go wrong?" department, Long Beach, California mayoral candidate Rogelio Martinez (D) invites 15 gang leaders to join him in protesting against ICE.

From the New York Post, self-appointed fraud detective Nick Shirley goes from Minnesota to California.

From Breitbart, left-wingers start supporting the 2nd Amendment.

From Newsmax, the aforementioned snowstorm and cold weather causes flights to be canceled and iguanas to fall from trees.

From FrontpageMag, a judge appointed by Mr. Bill orders the government to release an illegal alien "while throwing a tantrum in paper form".

From Townhall, First Lady Trump versus former First Lady Clinton.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about China stealing U.S. technology, which puts some of the blame on the U.S.

From American Thinker, left-wing censors complain about censorship.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Abby Phillip is corrected on her own show about the about charge against recently arrested former CNN host Don Lemon.

And from TCW Defending Freedom, at a synagogue in the London neighborhood of Belgravia, two Israelis taken hostage and released by Hamas recount their ordeal.

Saturday Links For The End Of January

As the sunny but very cold weather continues on a Saturday falling on the last day of January, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a detransitioner is awarded $2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit, the first successful suit brought by a detransitioner.

From FrontpageMag, former CNN host Don Lemon and the abundance of "independent journalists".

From Townhall, a judge refuses to stop immigration officials from deporting illegal aliens in Minnesota.

From The Washington Free Beacon, NPR interviews the son of a former Iranian foreign minister who served under then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, while omitting that detail.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump endorses Texas state senatorial candidate Leigh Wamsganss (R), who is currently the COO of Patriot Mobile.

From The Federalist, the 10 greatest quotes from Justice Samuel Alito to mark his 20 years on the Supreme Court.

From American Thinker, what to the residents of New York City get for the high taxes that they pay?

From NewsBusters, as snowstorms and cold weather blow in, the media don't say much about global warming.

From TCW Defending Freedom, according to U.K. and U.S. security chiefs, handing the Chagos Islands, which include a U.S. military base, over to Mauritius would be a "historic mistake".

From Gatestone Institute, a call for U.S. President Trump to not leave Iran's regime in place.

From The American Conservative, attacking Iran could result in a "Shiite jihad".

And from TMZ, actor Demond Wilson Jr., of Sanford and Son and The New Odd Couple, goes to the soundstage in the sky.  (via The Hollywood Reporter)

Friday Phenomena

As the sunny but very cold weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the government can do better than President Trump's eponymous Trump Accounts.

From FrontpageMag, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raises money for the rioters in Minneapolis.

From Townhall, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasts Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) when she asks if Trump will follow the Geneva Convention when dealing with drug traffickers.

From The Washington Free Beacon, emails show that the late Jeffrey Epstein showered former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler with gifts.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice plans to release 3.5 million pages of material related to Epstein, including about 2,000 videos.

From The Federalist, the truth about what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is even scarier than the conspiracy theories.

From American Thinker, former CNN host Don Lemon has finally been arrested for allegedly disrupting a church service in Minneapolis, but it's not yet time to count chickens.

From Newsmax, MS NOW compares the U.S. to Russia, China and Turkey after Lemon's arrest.

From Canada Free Press, still more on Lemon's arrest.

From TeleSUR, Colombia resumes taking deportation flights from the U.S.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's 20-year war on the U.K.'s military veterans.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.S. President Trump's "diplomatic genius".

From EuroNews, Denmark plans to deport non-Danish citizens who commit crimes resulting in a year or more in prison.

From Free West Media, the U.K. bans Dutch right-wing commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek from entering.

From ReMix, Polish President Karol Nawrocki pushes for nuclear energy instead of liquefied natural gas to replace coal.  (If you read Polish, read the story at the Polish version of Business Insider.)

From Balkan Insight, a former Montenegrin presidential adviser allegedly threatens a government lawyer with the release sexually explicit material.

From The North Africa Post, the British mining company Aterial plc finds copper and silver in Morocco.

From The New Arab, the Syrian Democrats Forces agrees to integrate into the Syrian army.

From Gatestone Institute, is the West committing suicidal empathy?

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla) could be expelled if congresscritter Greg Steube (R-Fla) has his way.

From The American Conservative, will Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) run as an anti-Trumper in 2028?

From The Western Journal, the pastor of the church whose service was allegedly disrupted by the aforementioned Don Lemon speaks out.

From BizPac Review, the Los Angeles Metro reroutes buses having ads for First Lady Melania Trump's movie Melania in order to deter left-wing vandals.

From the Daily Caller, according to Malaysian Minister for Religious Affairs Zulkifli Hasan, working too hard can turn people gay.

From the New York Post, emails show that the Chief Twit was scheduled to visit the aforementioned Jeffrey Epstein's island, but whether he actually visited the place is unconfirmed.

From Breitbart, according to Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, if the right shows up to the aforementioned movie Melania, it will be "a massive middle finger to the Hollywood left".

From Newsmax, a federal judge refuses to order pretrial release for the man who allegedly placed pipe bombs at the Republican and Democratic party headquarters on January 5th, 2021.

And from KSAT, Bexar County, Texas Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez is indicted for allegedly handcuffing a defense attorney in her courtroom.  (She should not be confused with "the fastest mouse in all Mexico".)