Some Stuff For Saturday

It's Saturday, and the stuff keeps going on:

From The Local ES, something that you might call "voter suppression".

From The Daily Caller, it looks like Profa has been harassing the Berkeley College Republicans.

From Zero Hedge, an undercover look at Profa.  (Yes, I call them "Profa", because their opposition to free speech for those who disagree with them is not anti-fascism, but fascism itself.)

From Defend Europa, the Swedish branch of Profa has been active, too.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a look at the Pioneer Museum in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

From Twitchy, in response to the resignation of now-former HHS Secretary Tom Price, journalists have been "twerking in the end zone".  (Please leave that to football players.)

From the Express, the knives come out in Britain.

From the Daily Mail, a man gets only 15 months for kidnapping and driving while disqualified.

From Russia Today, police and anti-G7 protesters clash in Turin, Italy.

From National Review, blame the kneeling controversy on the NFL, not on President Trump.

From Townhall, what's the big deal about the Che T-shirt at West Point?

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Shiites will observe Ashura in October.

From ABC News, in a very international incident, Greek police arrest two Moldovans and a Romanian for smuggling in migrants from Iraq, Pakistan and Vietnam.

From CBC News, an Air France jet makes an emergency landing in Canada, after one of its engines blows out.

From the Malay Mail Online, six Egyptian men on trial for "debauchery" will be examined in an uncomfortable place.

From the Leicester Mercury, a man on trial for "disseminating a terrorist publication" thinks that Buckingham Palace would be a good mosque.

From the Hindustan Times, a man from Texas is convicted of terrorism charges.

From Gatestone Institute, "the quiet Islamic conquest of Spain".

From The Wire, the reason for the recent decision to life the ban on driving for Saudi women "has little to do with empowerment".  (The last five links were found at The Religion Of Peace.)

From NewsFix, some weird facts about the Texas State Fair.

And from the New York Post, cops sometimes have to deal with a lot of bull.

A Friday Sasquatch's Dozen UPDATE: And A Few More

Here are twelve things going on out there:

Let's start some info about the West Point communist.

A tree company gets a huge fine for hiring illegal aliens.  (This is something I want to see more of.  Although I have very little sympathy for illegal aliens, I also believe that a large share of the blame for illegal immigration should go to the people who betray their fellow Americans by hiring illegals, which induces more people to immigrate illegally.)

From one of his old speechwriters, you don't know Nixon.

Viewers of Tom Cruise's new movie American Made will not get to see Bill Clinton get a lap dance.  (He was governor of Arkansas at the time in which the story is set.)

My reaction to this statement is "thanks for the warning".

The NFL continues to shoot itself in the foot, if not the knee.

The upcoming Supreme Court term could be one "for the ages".

Before three Israeli border guards were killed, they were harassed by leftists.

Muslims in Switzerland, please preach in one of their four official languages.

In Indonesia, there's another Muslims-only laundromat.

Where are the peaceful Muslims?  In some places, under legal repression.

And last but not least, President Trump touts his tax plan.

UPDATE:  My original post ended, but the things going on didn't, so here's some more stuff:

HHS Secretary Tom Price resigns.

A would be ISIS fighter from Canada gets 9 years.

The original anthem kneeler donated to a charity that honors a cop killer.

How to spot a member of MS-13?  Look at his sneakers.

One Saudi man doesn't like his country's decision to allow women to drive.

And to finish, the allegedly anti-immigrant AfD is sending immigrants to the German Bundestag.

Thursday Links

Some things going on out there:

From the Daily Mail, China tells Muslims to hand in their Korans and prayer mats.

From The Old Continent, why the E.U. is doomed.

From Sputnik International, Catalonia calls the E.U. for help.

From the Express, the Spanish government is doing all it can to stop Catalonians from conducting a referendum on independence.

From WestMonster, France will double the amount of detention time needed to remove failed asylum seekers.  Si vous lisez français, lisez plus ici.

From the National Catholic Register, Cardinal Müller discusses Amoris Laetitia.

From The Daily Caller, the Norks claim that they did not torture American student Otto Warmbier to death.

From Philly(dot)com, although ICE have arrested more people, deportations are down.

From Reuters, Tunisian authorities have prevented more than 550 people from invading migrating to Europe so far this month.

From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda says that good relationships between neighboring nations can only be built on truth.

From New Europe, the biggest obstacle for recently re-elected German Chancellor Angela Merkel to forming a coalition is immigration.

From Breitbart London, the people of Zürich, Switzerland have voted to decrease the amount of benefits given to failed asylum seekers.

From Flanders News, in a truly international incident, a Belgian fighting in Syria has been held in Iraq, and has been questioned by American forces.

From CNBC, Hugh Hefner leaves this mortal coil.

From National Review, Hefner's legacy was one of "despair".

From The Express Tribune, Pakistanis attack members of a team trying to combat Dengue fever.

From The Canadian Jewish News, French Jews flee to Quebec.

From FirstPost, Bangla Deshi police arrest Rohingya meth smugglers.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump waives the Jones Act to help Puerto Rico.

From Fox News, the Justice Department sues a Colorado corporation for not hiring Americans.

And from Sports Illustrated, how Virginia Tech replaced their legendary football coach.

Maryland Sues EPA Over Pollution From Other States

The state of Maryland is suing the EPA for failing to act on pollution coming from power plants in five upwind states.  The complaint was filed by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh (D), and was announced by Governor Larry Hogan (R).  According to the Maryland Department of the Environment, about 70 percent of the ozone in Maryland comes from outside the state.  The suit seeks to have 36 power generating units in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia install and use the same pollution controls that are used in power plants in Maryland.

Read more at The Baltimore Sun, The Hill, The News & Observer and Fox 45.

Moore Defeats Strange In Alabama

Former Alabama state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore has defeated temporary incumbent Senator Luther Strange in the GOP primary runoff portion of the special election for U.S. Senator.  Moore will face Democrat Doug Jones in the general election on December 12.  With about 60% of the votes counted, Moore leads Strange by a margin of about 54.3 percent to 45.7 percent.  The special election is being conducted to replace former Senator and current Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Read more at The New York Times, Politico, AL(dot)com and The Atlantic.

The Alabama GOP Primary And Other News

Today, Republicans in Alabama choose their party's candidate in the special election for Senator, either temporary incumbent Luther Strange or former judge Roy Moore.  So if you're an Alabama pachyderm in good standing, go out and vote.  (It should be noted that the elephant is the symbol of both the GOP and the University of Alabama.  In this case, I'm referring to the former.)

Read more at Politico, The Atlantic, USA Today, The Washington Post and AL(dot)com.

In other news:

We expect workers to do their jobs, not share their politics.  (Written by a retired cop.)

Well, what do you know!  We're now concerned about private emails.

Here's a potential cellmate for the recently-sentenced Anthony Weiner.

The New York Times op-ed on communist China gets humorously hammered.

The Cowboys took a knee before last night's game with the Cardinals, before rather than during the National Anthem.  The fans still didn't approve.

The London acid attacker is seen on video, "calmly walking away".

Another explosion occurs on the London Underground, caused by a cell phone charger.

In Calais, they're baaaaaack.

A Syrian man convicted of posing with dead bodies gets to stay in Sweden.

Hundreds of young asylum seekers go missing in Switzerland.

To the E.U., some separatists are more equal than others.

The ISIS "ambassador to Germany" goes on trial.

Who's being divisive?

Brexit has made the U.K. happier.

And to finish, here's a new way to welcome aliens.

Weiner Goes To Jail And Other News

First up, from the New York Post, "It's hard time for Anthony Weiner", 21 months, to be precise.  Was the pun intended, NYP?

From Defend Europa, if you're visiting Austria this coming October or later, please leave your burqa behind.

From The Guardian, the U.K. will not require E.U. citizens to be fingerprinted or to carry ID cards.

From the Express, Merkel and Macron plot to keep the U.K. tied to the E.U.  (via WestMonster)

From Breitbart's Big Government, 25 of Senate candidate Roy Moore's endorsements from conservatives.

From National Review, "Alabama's curious special election".

From Assyrian International News Agency, the potential Kurdish independence presents a dilemma for other Iraqi minorities.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Shiites in Leicester, U.K. remember their prophet's grandson.

From The Daily Caller, one Green Bay Packer reminds his teammates about respecting the flag.

From FrontpageMag, the left's double standard on free speech and getting fired.

From Fox News Insider, the fans weigh in.

From PoliZette, one former NFL player tells us who the flag and national anthem represent.

From Fox News, Mexico City has reopened only one percent of its schools after the recent earthquake.

From Townhall, deport the "nightmares".

And from Twitchy, Michael Moore gets mocked for his Tweet supporting the knee-takers.

Sunday Links

It's another Sunday, which means another round of National Anthem Disrespecting Football League games, with their kneeling players.  (I almost typed "kneeling prayers", which would be appropriate for religious services.)  Here are some things going on, in and away from football stadiums:

From Townhall, for the National Anthem, the Pittsburgh Steelers decide to stay in the locker room.

From WTAE, one of them didn't.

From the Boston Herald, fans tell the New England Patriots to "stand up!"

From The Washington Free Beacon, one former House Speaker has a hard time pronouncing the name of the first noted Anthem protester.  (If the second President Bush's mispronunciations are fair game, then so are those of this Speaker.  The story comes via Twitchy.)

From Breitbart Video, Karl Rove gives his $0.02.

From the Tennessean, a gunman kills one and wounds six at a church near Nashville.  (via The Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, Hurricane Maria might not be done with us.

From The Jerusalem Post, an op-ed entitled "Sad Realities".

From Spacewar, Iraqi Kurds are set to vote on independence, despite warnings from Iraq, Iran and Turkey.

From Deutsche Welle, it looks like vier mehr Jahren für Frau Merkel.  (via The Daily Caller).

From the Sunday Express, Chancellor Merkel faces a backlash.

From the Daily Mail, a "far-right" party takes seats in the Bundestag.

From Fox News, one more end-of-the-world prediction comes and goes, but now it's been postponed.

From The Guardian, Senate candidate Roy Moore (R-AL) garners the endorsement of a British politician.  Call out the foreign collusion investigators!  (via Breitbart London)

From The Daily Caller (not via, but from them, this time), President Trump's travel ban is about to expire.

From The Star, a laundromat in Malaysia is open to Muslims only.  (via TROP)

From News(dot)com(dot)au, a proposed law in Indonesia could affect tourists.

From Hurriyet Daily News, a Syrian opposition activist and her daughter are found dead in their home in Istanbul.

From Gatestone Institute, the self-inflicted "great white death".

From The Telegraph, due to migration through Spain, more illegal immigrants are caught at a British port.

From the Evening Standard, a 15-year-old boy is held as a suspect in an acid attack.

And from BizPac Review, Judge Jeanine lets the NFL have it.

Squirrel Gets A Touchdown

For your lighthearted enjoyment:  During today's football game between Kent State and Louisville, an unofficial touchdown was scored by a four-legged guest.  The TV announcers, of course, make the most of the little guy's run.



Looks like Rocky scored at TD, even without Bullwinkle blocking for him.

Refugees And Other News

When it comes to refugees these days, it seems that the left, generally speaking, is all for letting them in, while the right, on the other hand, advises caution.  "Make sure we vet them thoroughly, so that we don't let in any terrorists", our side seems to say.  But a look at history shows a very different set of attitudes coming from the two sides of the aisle.  FrontpageMag relates the story of a refugee from Vietnam named Janet Nguyen, now a member of the California Senate:

The Nguyen family became part of the “boat people” exodus and made their way to Thailand. California governor Jerry Brown spearheaded an effort by high-profile Democrats to keep the refugees – even orphans – out of the United States. 

Brown tried to block flights of refugees into Travis Air Force Base and said it was “a little strange” to bring in refugees when one million Californians were out of work. Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman of New York likewise pitted the refugees against her constituents. Rep Don Riegle of Michigan sought to bar funds for the refugees. Rep. Joshua Eilberg of Pennsylvania, chairman of a subcommittee on immigration, accused the Ford administration of acting “with unnecessary haste” in evacuation of the orphans. 

Sen. Joe Biden tried to slow down the refugee bill in the Senate, complaining that he needed more information. Senator George McGovern said 90 percent of the Vietnamese refugees “would be better off going back to their own land,” and sponsored an amendment to return them. For Janet Nguyen’s family, there was no going back.

As you can tell, these Democratic legislators, generally people of the left, weren't so quick to welcome refugees when they wore so-called yellow skin instead of brown, and were more likely to practice Buddhism than Islam.  They obviously had no problem with the communism from which these refugees had fled.  As for how Senator Nguyen was treated when her statements about the recently deceased Tom Hayden were out of step with those of her colleagues, read the full story.

A few other items:

I once wrote that the two life forms which love mankind more than we could ever deserve are each the backward spelling of the other.  Here's some corroboration relating to one of them.

In the Alabama Republican primary election for U.S. Senator, the candidate endorsed by President Trump is still trailing in the polls.

The Dutch defense ministry implements tighter controls for non-Defense personnel at Volkel Air Force Base after a convicted jihadist was arrested there a few months ago.

In Newcastle, U.K., four male defendants are convicted of sex offenses against young females.

Also in the U.K., children at Christian schools were unknowingly fed halal meat.

Fewer rape cases in Sweden are being solved.

Greece orders the deportation of two Syrian refugees.

According to an internal report, German Chancellor Angela Merkel should not have opened Germany's borders to refugees.  It should have been a parliamentary decision.  (Sounds like how DACA was established, without any action from Congress.)

Senator McCain will not vote for the latest version of "repeal and replace".

And to finish, farmers in Maine are growing some "weird" vegetables.

Links For The Last Day Of Summer

This year's Fall Equinox occurs tomorrow.  Today, here are some things going on out there:

From the New York Post, pictures from Puerto Rico showing damage from Hurricane Maria.

From PoliZette, a famous leak victim blames the Jews.

From the Express, Hungary blames George Soros.

From Sputnik International, there are enough refugees in Europe to make their own country.

From Russia Today, only 3% of the migrants reaching Europe since 2015 have been sent home.

From Sky News, a friend of the London Bridge terrorist goes to jail for making ISIS videos.  (via Breitbart London)

From SwissInfo, in Switzerland, three people are indicted for making al-Qaeda videos.

From FaithZette, a Rosh Hoshanna message comes from "an unusual source".

From Deutsche Welle, Greenpeace pirates activists board a German ship hauling diesel cars.

From Twitchy, good riddance, you terrorist hag.  (To call her a "bitch" would be unfair to female dogs.)

From the Geller Report, in Germany, "refugees" assault women at a church festival.

From Assyrian National News Agency, the tumultuous history between the Assyrians and the Kurds.

From The Daily Caller, former Press Secretary Sean Spicer will not apologize for being Press Secretary.

From Bloomberg, U.S. household wealth rises to a new record.

From the Global Times, China cracks down on "anti-Islam" words on social media.

From Gatestone Institute, "delusions without borders".

From Townhall, President Trump tells foreign banks to choose between the U.S. or the Norks.

From National Review, blaming election losses on foreigners is nothing new.

From California Political Review, California AG Xavier Becerra keeps losing big cases.  (H/T luchadora)

From Fox News, former prosecutors can't say if nursing home deaths in Florida involved crimes.

And from Mashable, Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the physics of racetracks.

Another Earthquake In Mexico, And Other Stories

Today, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck central Mexico, including Mexico City.  The epicenter was near Raboso in the state of Puebla.  Two people have been reported killed.  Less than two weeks ago, a magnitude 8.1 quake struck southern Mexico.

Read more at BGR, CNN, ABC News and The New York Times.

In other news:

From the Express, a bomb was discovered inside a cell phone at India's Mangalore Airport.

From France24, a German NGO demands that Italy return their boat, which was allegedly used to smuggle migrants into Italy.  (If you ask me, if you participate in human trafficking, the confiscation of your boat, or whatever vehicle you used, should be the least of your worries.)

From the New York Post, President Trump unloads on "Rocket Man" (and I don't mean the Elton John song) at the U.N.

From National Review, more on the president's speech.

From the Daily Mail, a Russian military helicopter, allegedly by accident, fires missiles at bystanders.

From the Independent, there are now over 2 million Japanese people at least 90 years old.

From Breitbart's Big Journalism, CNN wants Sean Spicer blacklisted.

From the Washington Examiner, two Democratic congressmen are arrested after sitting in the street outside the Trump Tower in Manhattan.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a TV preacher libels the late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

From the Metro, a customer at a British bank, disgruntled for having to wait too long, sets himself on fire.

From the Evening Standard, thugs try to smash a jewelry store window and fail.

From the International Business Times, in India, four Muslim youths allegedly rape a Hindu girl, try to convert her to Islam, and force her to eat meat.

From FrontpageMag, "Black Lives Matter occupies St. Louis".

From Townhall, the latest in PC stupidity.

From Conservative Review, a look at the Alabama Senate primary election.

From the Boston Globe, it looks like déjà vu all over again for residents of the Virgin Islands.

From The Sun, a German U-boat from WWI has been found in the North Sea.  (H/T GulfDogs for the Tweet)

From NBC New York, authorities have seized an amount of fentanyl that could kill 32 million people.

From Variety, the Israeli film Foxtrot wins eight Ophir awards and will represent Israel in the Oscars.

And from the YouTube user Cigar Wrappers, the Illegal Immigrant Song.

A Sasquatch's Dozen - Including A Hillary Double Feature

Twelve items I've recently run across, including two on HRC:

According to a NYT editor, Hillary Clinton (D-NY) would have had a better chance of winning the presidential election, if she had acted more like Angela Merkel.

An interview with the former First Lady/Senator/Secretary of State.  (intermediate source)

Most European Union citizens don't care very much about Brexit.

More Turks want to go to Germany.

The eye doctor accused of bribing Senator Menendez (D-NJ) with flights allegedly sought to block access of flight records.

A French university cancels lectures after invaders migrants set up camp on campus.

In St. Louis, "Black Bloc" rioters appear to go after media.

Some "weird" election advertising rules are being challenged - in New Zealand.

A glass wall goes up around the Eiffel Tower.

The second suspect in the Parsons Green bombing is a migrant from Syria.

In Nigeria, two female suicide bombers kill 15 people waiting for food.

And to finish, someone flushed their Euros down the porcelain receptacle.

Sunday Links

As another week gets started, here's what else has been going on:

From The Guardian, investing in Cyprus can get you an E.U. passport.

From the Sunday Express, laws to prevent terrorists from getting chemicals are "too lax".

From Russia Today, terrorists seek to target railroads and food.

From Westmonster, according to MEP Nigel Farage, U.K. leaders haven't grasped the scale of the jihadi threat that their country faces.

From Sky News, a home owned by an elderly couple, who had been awarded MBE's for their work with refugee children, was searched following the arrest of a suspect in the Parsons Green bombing.  (via Fahrenheit 211, which was linked by The Religion Of Peace)

From Gatestone Institute, how much more abuse of children will the U.K. permit?

From American Thinker, Hillary Clinton is America's Miss Havisham.

From The Daily Caller, a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs disagrees with President Trump's ban on transgenders serving in the military.

From Fox News, in St. Louis, rioters gonna riot.

From AP News, four Americans were attacked with acid in Marseilles, France.  (via Townhall)

From the Daily Mail, more on the Marseilles acid attack.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Afghanistan will arm 20,000 civilians to fight against ISIS.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Obamacare premiums will rise again in 2018.  (via HotAir)

From Benar News, Philippine troops rescue a priest who had been held captive for four months.

From Fox8, a man is killed when his vehicle hits a dead horse.

From Radio Poland, the German foreign minister says "nein" to Poland's demand for reparations.

From Space War, to shoot down or not shoot down Nork missiles?

And from the New York Post, the president Retweets an edited video of him hitting a golf ball, which then hits his opponent.

London And Other Places In The News

More stuff going on in London and elsewhere:

Police arrest a man and search a residence in connection with yesterday's Underground bombing.  (intermediate source)

The IED used in yesterday's bombing contained a chemical favored by ISIS.

A London Underground station is evacuated.

An IED explodes outside a cafe in Salford, England.

In Romania, they're heeeeeere.

In Greece, they're baaaaaack.

Did you hear about the Polish guy who figured out the truth?

In a truly international incident, German police arrest a truck driver from Turkey, whose truck was stuffed with mostly Iraqi migrants, near the border with Poland.

A look at how Islam treats women.  (via TROP)

The NFL appears to be getting a clue.

In Pennsylvania, he who lived by the gun dies by the gun.

And to finish with some economic history, Black Monday in Ohio's Steel Valley.

UPDATE:  In a further development, the London Bridge has been evacuated.

Bomb Explodes On London Underground Train

This morning in London, a bomb went off on an Underground train near Parsons Green station.  The bomb, described as "crude", was inside a plastic bucket, and reportedly included a timer.  The blast reportedly sent a fireball through the carriage where the bomb had been placed.  Whoever planted the bomb is still at large, and is suspected to be armed with knives and possibly a second bomb.  At least 22 people are reported injured, some from the blast and some from the resulting panic.

Read more at the Independent, the Daily Mail, the Express, BBC News and The New York Times.

UPDATE:  29 people are now reported as injured, and ISIS has claimed responsibility.

Manning Is Hired, Morell Resigns [UPDATE: Manning Not Hired]

Chelsea Manning, the convicted leaker of classified information formerly known as Bradley Manning, has been invited to be a visiting Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.  In response, former acting CIA director Mike Morell has resigned his position of Senior Fellow at that school.  Manning had served seven years of a 35-year sentence before it was commuted by then-President Obama.

Read more at the Boston Globe, the Independent, the Washington Examiner, Fox News and The Daily Caller.

UPDATE:  Harvard has withdrawn its offer to Manning, as reported by The Two-Way.

Bomb Threats In Moscow, And Other Stories

From Russia Today, over 10,000 people have been evacuated from Metro and railroad stations, universities, and shopping centers due to a number of almost simultaneous bomb threats.  Twenty places have been affected.  Police and bomb-sniffing dogs have gone out to examine the buildings.

UPDATE:  The bomb threats are not limited to Moscow.  A total of 190 sites in 17 cities in Russia have been evacuated.

In other news:

From Turkish Minute, Germany has rejected over 5,000 asylum applications from Turks.

From The Local SE, the Swedish government is divided over Afghan asylum seekers.

From the Daily Mail, an Afghan on trail for killing a German medical student also allegedly raped a girl in Afghanistan and offered sexual services in a gay bar.

From the NL Times, a man from the Dutch village of Bavel is accused of raping young girls.

From Westmonster, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gives a speech, indicating that he wants more integration and open borders.

From the Express, British MEP Nigel Farage reacts to Juncker's speech with "Thank God we're leaving!"

From FrontpageMag, beating and censoring toward a new America.

From National Review, "Call it climate McCarthyism."

From Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabian textbooks disparage non-Muslims, Sufis and Shiites.  (via Christian Today and The Religion Of Peace)

From Townhall, remember the Muslim hate crime hoaxes.

From Arutz Sheva and the "are you serious?" department, H.R. McMaster reportedly denies that Hezbollah is a terror group.  (H/T Gadi Adelman for the Tweet)

From Variety, Vietnam War veterans Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Senator John Kerry (D-MA) share their experiences for Ken Burns.

From LifeNews, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is slammed for calling a pro-life group a "hate group".

From The Daily Caller, a Texas councilman trying to apologize for racism makes a very poor choice of words.

From Decider, ESPN reprimands Jemele Hill for calling President Trump a "white supremacist".

And appropriately enough, from ESPN, a football player and his fiancée tie the knot on the field.

Twelve For The Twelfth

Today is 9/12, or as I like to call it, invoking my Polish heritage, Jan Sobieski Day.  For more information, go to the blog archive and look up my post from a year ago today.  With that, here are 12 things in the news, or if you will, a Sasquatch's Dozen by another name:

In Paris, protesters use stones, cops use tear gas.

Almost 3,000 Iraqi Assyrian Christians have been repatriated to Nineveh.

Warning to future lefties:  There's a new Trump.

Here's one more reason why I have no sympathy for illegal aliens.

Justin Trudeau is a feminist - NOT.

A teenage Pakistani couple is honor-killed by electric shocks.

Some parts of Osama bin Laden's stash will not be made public.

"Leftism is not liberalism."

In Italy, the Mafia take advantage of migrants.

A Syrian refugee gropes women.

Islamists find recruits in German prisons.

And to finish, Apple promises better "cervix".

Remembering 9/11 And Dealing With Hurricane Irma

Sixteen years ago today, Islamic terrorists hijacked four American airplanes and flew them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.  Today, Hurricane Irma continues to strike the southeastern United States.  Even so, the weather where I live is mild and sunny, just as it was 16 years ago on this date.  Here are some stories relating to these two events:

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump pays tribute to the victims of 9/11.

From The Daily Wire, five things we should have learned from 9/11.

From CNN, the ten children of a firefighter who died on 9/11 continue his legacy.

From the Daily Mail, images from the 9/11 attacks.

From Townhall, will someone in the future try to take down 9/11 memorials?

From FrontpageMag, "Everything I needed to know about Islam I learned on 9/11."

From HotAir, Ed Morrissey remembers 9/11.

From The Bloviating Zeppelin, "the difficult truth of 9/11".

From The Daily Caller, six million Floridians have no electricity.

From The Post and Courier, dozens of flights have been cancelled at the Charleston, SC airport.

From HealthZette, "how to stay safe".

From WTSP, Florida residents rescue manatees.  (via CBS News)

From Fox News, heed the police warning and don't loot.

And from Twitchy, some people who did not heed the police warning are provided with a new hurricane shelter.

Hurricane Irma Strikes Florida

Here are some reports coming out as Hurricane Irma strikes Florida:

From CNN, Irma hits the Florida Keys.

From the New York Post, Irma starts to assault Florida.

From The Daily Caller, Irma has destroyed parts of Cuba.

From Local 10 News, a construction crane collapses in Miami.

From the Los Angeles Times, Fort Myers is in Irma's path, and other updates.

From Fox News, "what you should know".

And from the Independent, it won't do any good to shoot the hurricane.

Here Comes Irma And Other Stories

Hurricane Irma is now moving from Cuba toward Florida, which is starting to feel her power.  Here are some things going on relating to the hurricane and otherwise:

From Fox News, Florida Governor Rick Scott says, "This is your last chance to make a good decision."

From the New York Post, surfers party on in Miami's South Beach.  (The line between this blog's "badass" and "stupid people" labels can be pretty thin, but if you mess with a hurricane as big as Irma, I think you deserve the latter.)

From The Daily Caller, Hurricane Irma is pulling water from shorelines.

From WPTV, in Palm Beach County, Florida, animals are tethered to trees as Irma approaches.  (Another qualifier for the "stupid people" label.)

From the Los Angeles Times, President Trump Tweets about the hurricane.

From the Independent, some Floridians urge the president to open Mar-a-Lago as a shelter.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats tell a Christian baker, "Bake the cake!"

From BizPac Review, the Klingons on Star Trek Discovery are modeled on Trump supporters.

From Breitbart London, firefighters in Malmö, Sweden are forced to let a building burn.

From Breitbart's Big Government, Commerce Secretary Wilber Ross criticizes business leaders who quit the president's advisory panels.

From The Guardian, a Catholic Priest in Nigeria is shot by a "hoodlum" posing a worshiper.  (This Guardian is a Nigerian website, not to be confused with the British outlet having the same name.)

From the Daily Mail, a day after a Fox News host is fired, his son commits suicide.

From Variety, the documentary China Hustle takes a swipe at Chinese investment firms.

From Canada Free Press, Canada tells illegal aliens in America, "Don't come here."

From Vlad Tepes, Denmark, you were warned back in 2011.  (I don't normally link to blogs, but the video in Vlad's post appears to be very pertinent.)

And from RedState, there's a very large baby looking over the border wall.

Friday Links

As the first weekend of National Anthem Disrespecting Football League play gets underway, here are some other things going on:

From Assyrian National News Agency, a Turkish court orders the release of an opposition party spokesman.

From Breitbart's Big Government, a Cardinal allegedly "bears false witness".

From The Daily Caller, America's fight against ISIS could affect Syria's internal borders.

From the New York Post, the House sends President Trump the aid bill for victims of Hurricane Harvey.

From Fox News, Houston, we have a problem - with mosquitoes.

From Gatestone Institute, some information about the Edinburgh University student accused of a hate crime, and his accuser.

From the Dhaka Tribune, half of the population of Bangla Desh is illiterate.

From FrontpageMag, Twitter censors criticism of Islam.

From National Review, "Trump just doesn't get it."

From Townhall, Senator Bob Menendez, on trial for corruption, pulls out the race card.

From the Daily Mail, a British Muslim convert goes to jail for having a fake Spanish ID.

From Sputnik International, "a military and diplomatic source" claims that an American plane was used to evacuate ISIS leaders from Deir ez-Zor, Syria.

From LifeNews, a 13-year-old rape survivor in India gives birth although she was given permission to have an abortion.

From the Express, Poland demands reparations from Germany.

From Russia Today, U.K. MEP Nigel Farage speaks in Berlin.

From Reuters, Hungarian PM Orban will fight the E.U. ruling on his country taking migrants.

From the Greek Reporter, in August, over 3,000 migrants entered Greece from Turkey.

From CNS News, Hurricane Irma will devastate the southeastern United States.

From The Hollywood Reporter, a suspended news anchor goes back to work.

And from Twitchy, a champion kickboxer gets schooled about depression.

A Sasquatch's Dozen For A Rainy Day

As the rain returns to the vicinity of chez grand-pied, here are 12 other things going on:

A woman is found half-naked in London after being raped.

Two men are arrested after explosive materials are discovered in a suburb of Paris.

Even Democrats once understood that lawlessness is not compassion.

Hurricane Irma hits the Caribbean.

With Irma approaching, British tourists get out.

In Sudanese camps, there's no freedom of religion for Christian children.  (H/T TROP)

The PA honors the murderer of three Israelis.

The country with the largest jihad exportation per capita is farther north than you might think.

The Rohingya insurgents in Myanmar and Bangla Desh have some notable connections.

As Harvey's waters recede, the apple snail emerges.

"Shut up", said the judge.  (intermediate source)

And to finish, less cowbell!

British Student In Trouble For Mocking ISIS

Edinburgh University in Scotland seems to have taken political correctness to a new low, and vastly stretched the definition of Islamophobia by placing one of their students under investigation for a hate crime for mocking ISIS.  He is accused of putting minority students "at risk and in a state of panic".  His social media posts reportedly include the term "72 virgins".

It appears that Edinburgh U. didn't get the memo from a certain recent American president, who stated, "ISIL is not Islamic."  ("ISIS" and "ISIL" are acronyms referring to the same military organization.)  If ISIS is not Islamic, I would think that someone mocking them would be appreciated.

Read more at The Herald, The Sun, the Mirror, the Daily Mail and the Edinburgh News.

Another Car Attack In Spain

In Huelva, Spain, a car plowed into a crowd of people outside a bar, injuring at least two people.  The incident is believed to be a revenge attack for a fight that allegedly occurred earlier.  But with the recent attack in Barcelona, I'm sure that the possibility of terrorism has crossed people's minds.

Read more at Cetus News, the Mirror, the Daily Star and the Express.

A New Royal Pregnancy And Other Stories

According to various British sources, Princess Kate, a.k.a. Kate Middleton, a.k.a. the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant for the third time.  Prince George (presumably the future George VII) and Princess Charlotte will soon have another sibling.  Their mother is a commoner, and thus the best thing, genetically speaking, to happen to the British royal family in centuries.  Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip (grandparents of Kate's husband Prince William) are third cousins, both being great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, who were first cousins.  Even so, the former WWII truck mechanic and her husband seem quite healthy for a pair of 90-somethings.  (Can President Trump or any of his recent predecessors repair a truck?  Yeah, I thought not.)  Even before Kate joined the family, the long-life gene seems to have already been very strong.

Read more at BBC News, the Express, the Mirror, the Independent and The Guardian.

And in other news:

From the New York Post, gunfire breaks out early in the morning before the J'Ouvert festival in Brooklyn.

From The Daily Caller, those arguing for DACA "put Americans last".

From HotAir, President Trumps kicks the DACA can down the road.

From National Review, a lesson on free speech from James Madison.

From Russia Today, the Polish defense minister accuses European leaders of wanting to "erase" the memory of what Poland suffered through in World War II.

From the Daily Mail, Muslim protesters and police clash in China.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, American warplanes are preventing an ISIS convoy from reaching Iraq.

From CBS Boston, fast food workers rally for higher wages.  (via Breitbart's Big Government)

From Breitbart London, German authorities are tipped off to 330 war criminals posing as asylum seekers.

From the NL Times, anti-Islam protesters are removed from the roof of a Dutch school.

From El País, unemployment rises in Spain.

From Newsweek, ISIS was planning an attack in London a year before the London Bridge attack.

From Arutz Sheva, Chinese authorities remove 1,000 loudspeakers from mosques.

From Legal Insurrection, Israel sends aid to Texas.

From the Los Angeles Times, the west end of the wall.

And from TechSideline, in a Sunday game at FedEx Field, the Virginia Tech football team wins their opener.

Various And Sundry

Some various and sundry (or even sun-dried, because today has been sunny in my area) things going on out there:

Dozens of fake refugees have reportedly entered Germany.

Over 50,000 jihadists posing as migrants now live in Europe.

Chancellor Merkel says that refugees are not a threat.

On the other hand, she wants to keep Turkey out of the E.U.

A fourth suspect in a gang rape in Rimini, Italy has been arrested.

A riot breaks out in a prison in Birmingham, England.

Beware the zombie dog.  (It's really a coyote.)

Leftists want to bring Jim Crow to Princeton.

How DACA came into being.

The United Kingdom won't be giving any "big" payments to the E.U.

J.J. Watt sends in the trucks.

Virginians want their colleges to have safe spaces.

Opinion:  President Trump has helped to create the pseudo alpha male.

"What are the Democrats so afraid of?"

There is hope in Houston.

German explosive experts defuse a 4,000-pound British bomb from WWII.

Burning Man was not supposed to be taken literally.

For her first film, a female director gets a fatwa.

CNN's The Reagan Show shows mostly differences between the Gipper and the Donald.

And last but not least, good riddance.