Here are two humorous videos for your viewing pleasure. The first is an advertisement I remember watching a few decades ago, in which a Hewlett Packard salesman brags that HP copiers can do everything except "mow the lawn". The company's engineers, after some trial and error, are able to correct this oversight.
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Stories For The End Of September
On a sunny and cool Thursday which is the last day of September, here are some things going on:
From National Review, a group of Republican Senators led by Mitt Romney (UT) writes a letter opposing "harmful marriage penalties" in the Democrat "reconciliation" bill. (The "Romney" label, which I created when he ran for president in 2012, continues to be relevant.)
From FrontpageMag, how is everyone enjoying being governed by the "anti-Trump"?
From Townhall, the Democrats choose their "secret weapon" for the 2022 midterm elections.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Laredo, Texas Mayor Pete Saenz (D) has had enough of President Biden's border policies.
From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, Virginia parents should have the right to tell schools what to teach their kids.
From The Federalist, the Del Rio, Texas madness proves that Biden can stop the border crisis whenever he wants to.
From American Thinker, as left-wing policies disrupt global supply chains and cause shortages, prepare for capitalism to get the blame.
From CNS News, Senator Mike Manchin (D-WV) wants the Hyde Amendment put into the "reconciliation" bill.
From LifeZette, military generals through their commander-in-chief under the bus.
From NewsBusters, journalist Andrea Mitchell demands that Biden tells moderate Democrats to "get in line".
From Canada Free Press, voting my mail is "safe", mainly for Democrats.
From CTV News, Canada observes its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
From TeleSUR, 12 migrants from Venezuela heading to Chile have died this year.
From TCW Defending Freedom, families need more grandparents and less state.
From the (U.K.) Independent, 58 percent of GP appointments in England during August were face-to-face.
From EuroNews, a former Nazi concentration camp secretary, now 96 years old, is found after absconding on the day her trial was supposed to begin.
From Free West Media, according to a report, children of immigrants in Sweden commit more crimes than their parents.
From Hungary Today, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin inaugurate a gas pipeline between their two countries. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Delmagyar.)
From ReMix, a record number of illegal migrants are caught at the Hungarian border.
From The Moscow Times, Russian authorities charge journalist Roman Dobrokhotov with illegally crossing the border into Ukraine.
From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian party whose name translates to "there is such a people" proposes a program that includes 18 anti-crisis measures.
From the Greek City Times, UNESCO calls on the U.K. to return the Parthenon marble sculptures to Greece.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbia and Kosovo reach an agreement to facilitate movement across their mutual border.
From Balkan Insight, the bodies of seven ethnic Albanian war victims found in a mass grave in Serbia are repatriated to Kosovo.
From Euractiv, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is given a one-year sentence for illegal campaign financing, but is unlikely to actually go to jail.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man goes on trial in Valence, France for allegedly raping and torturing a group of lesbians, one being his sister. (If you read French, read the story at Les Observateurs, which is a Swiss site.)
From The North Africa Post, Algeria's weakening ability to export oil and gas casts a shadow on its social peace.
From The Jerusalem Post, in separate incidents, three Palestinians take on the IDF and lose.
From The New Arab, more on those three incidents.
From Iran International, on orders from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi bans the importation of appliances from South Korea.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani province of Punjab reports 223 new cases of dengue.
From Pajhwok Afghan News, women's rights activist Mehbouba Siraj urges the international community Afghan women as their situation deteriorates.
From the Daily Mail, Taliban terrorists break up a protest calling for girls to be allowed to attend school. (What is this "right to peaceably assemble" you speak of?)
From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians regard terrorists as "heroes".
From The Stream, it's time to take a stand as coronavirus vaccine mandates target Americans of faith.
From Space War, the U.S. government claims to have "no hostile intent" toward North Korea.
From The Daily Signal, according to Australian citizen Evan Mulholland, his government's strategy of zero coronavirus cases means zero freedom.
From The American Conservative, navigating through New York City's coronavirus mandates.
From The Western Journal, 11 American states have populations less than the number of new illegal aliens entering the U.S. in fiscal year 2021.
From BizPac Review, Democrats block a Republican bill that would require coronavirus tests for migrants being released into the U.S. (For healthy law-abiding U.S. citizens, coronavirus tests and mandated vaccines. For illegal aliens, neither.)
From The Daily Wire, the CDC gets "blistered" for issuing vaccine guidance to "pregnant people".
From the Daily Caller, George Orwell and the hypocritical "woke".
From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), the Democrats might lose their House majority in 2022.
From Newsmax, former President Trump finds "unlimited money" for unvetted Afghans being "snuck" into a Continuing Resolution proposed by Democrats.
And from the New York Post, Californians fight wildfires with goats.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Wednesday Wanderings
On a cool and sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, trillions of dollars in malarkey.
From FrontpageMag, why President Biden's ratings are sinking.
From Townhall, media outlets that peddled a phony story about the Border Patrol are forced to correct their fake news.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Democrat congresscritters propose a $100 billion tax that targets the poor.
From the Washington Examiner, Biden gets caught in a lie about Afghanistan.
From The Federalist, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) confirms that covidianism is a cult.
From American Thinker, the left is conducting a three-pronged assault on America.
From CNS News, the Taliban tell the U.S. to stop flying its drones over Afghanistan. (If anyone knows the Pashto equivalent of "go fly a kite", please state it in a comment.)
From LifeZette, the states need to fight Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandates.
From NewsBusters, football coaches are warned against yelling at black players or face the race card on ESPN.
From Canada Free Press, Biden should be impeached, but the aftermath of his impeachment would be uncertain.
From Global News, according to the Canadian Medical Association, "extraordinary measures" are needed to fight the coronavirus in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejects attacks on "undocumented" Venezuelan migrants in Chile.
From TCW Defending Freedom, although Chancellor Angela Merkel is on her way out, the British should beware that the Germans are still angry over Brexit.
From Snouts in the Trough, to "aspirate" or not to "aspirate", that is the question.
From the Evening Standard, a woman who shouted at U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer claims that she's "not a heckler".
From the Irish Examiner, the Irish Electric Vehicle Owners' Association warns that removing tax relief could make each electric car €4,000 more expensive.
From The Brussels Times, electric bicycles are becoming more popular in Brussels, Belgium and the commune of Wallonia. (Belgium is divided into three communes, Wallonia, Flanders and the capital city of Brussels.)
From Dutch News, Dutch refugee centers run out of space.
From EuroNews, German party leaders make some headway in talks to form a coalition government.
From ReMix, U.S. newsman Tucker Carlson interviews Polish President Andrzej Duda.
From Hungary Today, how the recent German elections could affect Hungary. (If you read German, read the story at Ungarn Heute.)
From Sputnik International, American fugitive Edward Snowden hails the news that Canada has granted asylum to a Sri Lankan family that hid him in Hong Kong.
From Euractiv, the story of Romania's "best digital village", the commune of Ciugud.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria gives its census-takers another week to do their job.
From Ekathimerini, the Greek region of Attica removes bilingual signs in which the name of the Greek god Ares is translated as "Mars" in English. (In ancient times, the Greek god Ares was identified with the Roman god Mars.)
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the latest Gallop poll about Bulgarian elections is led by the party GERB-SDS.
From Balkan Insight, police and protesters maintain an uneasy standoff at the border between Serbia and Kosovo.
From The Slovenia Times, Slovenia suspends the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.
From Malta Today, the company Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin urges the Maltese government to take back hospitals and power stations from foreign ownership.
From Italy24News, Italy defeats the English masters cricket team for the second time ever.
From Free West Media, Italian truck drivers block highways to protest mandatory coronavirus vaccination.
Form The North Africa Post, Morocco and Mauritania are set to bolster their economic ties.
From the Libyan Express, 48 members of the Libyan House of Representatives make a statement denying that Russia interfered in Libya.
From Turkish Minute, several university students are evicted from their dormitories and deprived of their scholarships for attending an LGBTI parade in Eskişehir, Turkey.
From The Times Of Israel, five people are killed and almost 50 others are injured in a collision between a bus, a van, and several cars near Hurfeish, Israel.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan meet in Cairo to discuss some dam things and other matters.
From The New Arab, the appointment of Tunisia's first female Prime Minister produces a mixed reaction.
From IranWire, TV censorship in Iran gets weirder.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani government denies providing the Taliban with military support.
From The Afghanistan Times, more on the Taliban planning to temporarily use a constitution from the time of King Mohammad Zahir Shah.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian government urges people to spend the upcoming festive season at home with their families.
From New Age, the top Rohingya leader in Bangladesh is shot and killed in his office.
From the Daily Mirror, according Sri Lanka's chief epidemiologist, young people are a major contributor to virus transmission.
From Crux, dozens of people are killed in attacks by Islamists in northern Nigeria.
From The Straits Times, according to Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore welcomes deeper U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia will allow fully vaccinated people to attend sports and recreational events starting on October 1st.
From Vietnam Plus, Da Nang, Vietnam will relax some of its coronavirus restrictions starting tomorrow.
From Gatestone Institute, a new word is suggested, to indicate those in the administration who choose power and profit over patriotism.
From The Stream, a columnist at the Times of London alleges that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen.
From The Daily Signal, no, there is no such thing as "zero-cost" government spending.
From Space War, North Korea claims to have tested a hypersonic missile.
From The American Conservative, "the most dangerous man in America".
From BizPac Review, a Whole Foods grocery store gets walloped for its woke banner.
From The Western Journal, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has enough of media double standards when they go after her children.
From The Daily Wire, federal analysis shows that the Democrat tax bill will indeed raise taxes on the middle class.
From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, the Democrat $3.5 trillion legislation has a disapproval rating of over 50 percent in three key swing districts.
From the New York Post, New York's Mr. Bill pleads with Kyrie Irving of the New York Nets to get vaccinated.
From Breitbart, the Border Patrol makes a record number of apprehensions in fiscal year 2021. (This, of course, does not include the "gotaways" whom they didn't apprehend.)
From Newsmax, according to a survey, most Americans disapprove companies firing employees for not getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Tuesday Things
On a somewhat rainy Tuesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, we're in the age of left-wing misinformation.
From FrontpageMag, the Biden administration blocks the rescue of Christians from Afghanistan, just as the Obama administration did with Christians in Syria.
From Townhall, a Marine who called for accountability about Afghanistan is thrown into the brig.
From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) finds that the stimulus bill hasn't helped reopen schools in his district.
From the Washington Examiner, the Democrats start caving.
From The Federalist, sports fans aren't the only people wishing President Biden to get [bleep]ed.
From American Thinker, the drug cartels are "delighted" with Biden's border mess in Del Rio, Texas.
From CNS News, congresscritter Troy Nehls (R-TX) asks us to visualize $4.7 trillion.
From NewsBusters, this year's five most censored scandals involving Hunter Biden.
From Canada Free Press, will this year's flu nudge the coronavirus off the government and media "scare charts"?
From CBC News, 33 of the 39 miners trapped in the Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada have been rescued.
From TeleSUR, Haiti indefinitely postpones its presidential election.
Form TCW Defending Freedom, who would want to be a truck driver in the U.K.?
From the Express, if Scotland were to separate from the rest of the U.K., Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon would ban English and set up a hard border with England.
From the (Irish) Independent, the city council of Galway, Ireland approves a temporary bicycle lane on a prominent road. (My 1997 trip to Ireland included a visit to Galway.)
From VRT NWS, a partially constructed explosive device is found at the home of a Palestinian man in Roeselare, Belgium.
From the NL Times, a drug network is busted in Breda, Netherlands.
From Deutsche Welle, live updates about Germany's recent election.
From EuroNews, German parties are under pressure to start talks for forming a coalition government.
From the CPH Post, a news round-up, including Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticizing the global asylum system at the U.N. General Assembly.
From Free West Media, Sweden decides to scrap its plans for a coronavirus vaccine passport.
From Polskie Radio, the Polish government asks President Andrzej Duda to extend the special measures at the Belarusian border.
From Radio Prague, the Prague zoo celebrates its 90th anniversary.
From The Slovak Spectator, according to Prime Minister Eduard Heger, Slovakia's curfew should apply only in certain districts, and only if there's a national emergency.
From Daily News Hungary, a man in Salgótarján, Hungary is charged with human trafficking, chaining, rape, and slavery. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Telex.)
From ReMix, Hungary signs a 15-year deal with the Russian company Gazprom.
From Russia Today, a man in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia beats up a dermatologist who complimented his wife's skin. (My spellchecker has no problem with "Nizhnevartovsk". As a bonus, here's another RT article written by an immigrant to the U.S. from South Africa, who unlike refugees from Afghanistan and migrants at our southern border, has gone through extensive vetting, medical and otherwise, as part of our legal immigration program, but still has not received U.S. citizenship.)
From Romania-Insider, Romania reports a record daily increase in new coronavirus cases.
From Novinite, the Bulgarian company Bulgargaz wants a price increase for its gas.
From the Greek Reporter, a magnitude-5.3 aftershock hits the Greek island of Crete after yesterday's magnitude-5.8 earthquake.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Montenegrin parliamentary president Aleksa Bečić meets with E.U. official Oliver Varhelyi.
From Balkan Insight, "key" workers are told to get vaccinated against the coronavirus in some countries in southeastern Europe.
From Euractiv, according to an opinion column, the E.U.'s equalization of blame fuels Serbian aggression against Kosovo.
From Total Croatia News, pictures showing arts and cuisine at the Podravina Festival in Koprivnica, Croatia.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia is set to receive €4.8 million from the E.U.'s Brexit adjustment fund.
From The Malta Independent, a migrant worker in Malta is allegedly dumped on the side of a road after falling at a construction site.
From SwissInfo, Swiss parliamentcritters will need a mask or a coronavirus certificate in order to enter the building in which they work.
From France24, survivors of the terror attack in Paris in November 2015 will start testifying at the trial of the alleged perpetrators.
From El País, stories from the victims of the volcanic eruption on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands.
From The Portugal News, "sweeping" changes are promised for Lisbon, Portugal.
From Morocco World News, Morocco calls France's decision to halve the number of visas granted to Moroccans "unjustified".
From The North Africa Post, western leaders will boycott the Francophonie summit in Tunisia, reportedly due to measures imposed by President Kais Saied.
From Hürriyet Daily News, President Erdoğan (Turkey) and Putin (Russia) will meet for talks on the Syrian region of Idlib.
From Rûdaw, Iraqi troops send an ISIS terrorist to his virgins.
From Armenpress, Armenia holds its "Thunder-2021" military exercises.
From In-Cyprus, seven people in Lanarca, Cyprus insists that they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus after test results show a low amount of antibodies.
From The Syrian Observer, a Syrian opposition group urges the U.S. to pressure President Bashir al-Assad to accept a political transition.
From The961, another victim of the Beirut Port explosion dies, 13 months after the blast.
From Arutz Sheva, AS wishes everyone a Chag Sameach.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt issues new regulations for tourist visas.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia sets next January as the deadline for selling its second telecom license.
From the Saudi Gazette, Dana Ali Mohsen become the first female Saudi volleyball coach to participate in the European Volleyball Federation Program.
From The New Arab, two people are killed and 18 others injured when two bombs explode in Jarabulus, Syria.
From Khaama Press, according to their justice minister, the Taliban plan to implement a constitution that was ratified 57 years ago.
From The Hans India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches 35 special crop varieties to address climate change and malnutrition.
From The Week, a Muslim actor portraying the Hindu deity Lord Ram is threatened with death and excommunication.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh is likely to extend its special mass coronavirus vaccination program.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka eases its coronavirus restrictions for visiting travelers.
From Raajje, over 100,000 visitors arrive in the Maldive Islands for the fourth month of this year.
From the Latin Times, an Israeli Muslim is charged with murdering his mother for converting to Orthodox Christianity.
From The Jakarta Post, according to an opinion column, Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission needs to go after bigger fish than former House Speaker Azis Syamsuddin.
From Free Malaysia Today, seven museums in Malaysia will reopen, but will admit visitors only by appointment.
From The Mainichi, Typhoon Mindulle heads toward Japan.
From Gatestone Institute, in reporting on the congressional vote about funding Israel's Iron Dome defense system, The New York Times pits "principle" against "powerful" rabbis.
From The Stream, if the U.S. were taken over by Nazis, who would hide a Jew?
From Axios, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) opposes the renomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
From Space War, China shows off its new jets and drones at the Zhuhai air show.
From The American Conservative, fighting against the anti-culture for 40 years.
From The Daily Signal, according to research done by Facebook, Instagram is harmful to its users.
From The Western Journal, White House press secretary Jen Psaki embarrasses herself and President Biden.
From BizPac Review, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admits some migrants crossing into the U.S. are carrying the coronavirus.
From The Daily Wire, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will neither confirm nor deny that thousands of Americans are still in Afghanistan.
From the Daily Caller, CentCom Commander General Kenneth McKenzie undercuts some of Biden's claims while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
From the New York Post, the ACLU apologizes for changing a quote from the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
From Breitbart, Arizona Republican Party chair Dr. Kelli Ward calls for a "full canvas" of the 2020 presidential election for all 50 states.
From Newsmax, General Mark Milley says that he recommended keeping 2,500 American troops in Afghanistan.
And from BBC News, police in Bootle, England shoot and kill a strange white guy.
Monday, September 27, 2021
Monday Mania
On a sunny and pleasant Monday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, the man who shot President Reagan in 1981 is given unconditional release from mental health supervision.
From FrontpageMag, at U.S. military installations, Afghans are acting like Afghans.
From Townhall, Republican governors respond to White House press secretary Jen Psaki's dismissal of their party's efforts on the border crisis.
From The Washington Free Beacon, according to left-wing environmentalists, President Biden must create new taxes and eliminate natural gas to meet his climate change pledge.
From the Washington Examiner, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas explains why the Biden administration won't build a border wall.
From The Federalist, Indiana parents sue Governor Eric Holcomb (R) over coronavirus rules imposed on their children.
From American Thinker, the plans of Biden and the Democrats are collapsing.
From CNS News, Mayorkas refuses to call the surge of Haitian migrants crossing the southern border a "flood".
From LifeZette, Democrats should change their party's name.
From NewsBusters, according to right-wing commentator Brent Bozell, even the left-wing media realizes that the "wheels are coming off" for Biden.
From Canada Free Press, what if some blue states really aren't blue?
From CTV News, an operation starts to rescue 39 miners trapped underground in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
From TeleSUR, about 20,000 Haitian migrants intending to reach the U.S. are stranded in Necocli, Colombia.
From TCW Defending Freedom, what the MSM won't tell you about Saturday's anti-vaccine mandate protest in London.
From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. taxpayers will save the world from climate change.
From the (U.K.) Independent, how and when will the U.K.'s fuel crisis end?
From Free West Media, the German Bundestag shifts leftward, but leftists don't get a majority.
From EuroNews, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party will be the key players in forming a coalition government for Germany.
From About Hungary, Pope Francis gives a private audience to Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdő.
From The Moscow Times, a Siberian polar bear who wandered too far south is now at the Moscow zoo.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announces that he is running for a second term.
From the Greek City Times, Greece and France will sign a mutual defense pact and a frigate deal.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to President Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia will not allow itself and its citizens to be humiliated.
From Balkan Insight, according to experts, the border dispute between Serbia and Kosovo is "driven by internal politics".
From Euractiv, the Swiss approve same-sex marriage, but not a tax increase on capital income.
From ReMix, President Emmanuel Macron and the liberal French government allocate €1 billion for health care for illegal aliens.
From The North Africa Post, does the Algerian government have enough money to buy social peace?
From The Jerusalem Post, speaking at the U.N., Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett points out that hating his country doesn't make you "woke".
From the Sudan Tribune, according to Sudanese officials, oil is again flowing to Port Sudan.
From The New Arab, when in Egypt, don't mess with state-owned land, even if you think it's abandoned.
From Iran International, the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran are at loggerheads over a monitoring deal.
From Pakistan Today, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan should not be blamed for the outcome of the war in Afghanistan.
From India Today, according to the right-wing political party Shiv Sena, Indian Muslims are not ready to accept sabhacritter Asaduddin Owaisi as their leader. (A sabhacritter is the Indian equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter. The term is most definitely mine, not Shiv Sena's.)
From Sahara Reporters, the Taliban prohibit barbers from shaving or trimming men's beards.
From Jewish News Syndicate, the executive director of American Muslims for Palestine calls Israel "a parasite that sucks the blood of America".
From Gatestone Institute, U.S. climate czar John Kerry accepts China's treatment of the Uyghurs to get a climate deal.
From The Stream, Democrat congresscritters show that "it really is all about abortion".
From Timcast, according to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, it's time to stop eating dogs.
From Sino Daily, a British warship become the first one to make a transit of the Taiwan Strait since 2008.
From Terra Daily, U.S. Africom commander General Stephen Townsend visits Algeria and meets with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
From The American Conservative, "the consultancy scam".
From The Daily Signal, five things you should know about the paid family leave program in the $3.5 trillion dollar Democrat legislation.
From Reuters, singer R. Kelly is convicted of racketeering and transporting women and girls across state lines for prostitution.
From The Western Journal, the FBI purchases drones from a Chinese company.
From BizPac Review, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy defends White House press secretary Jen Psaki from an accusation by Fox & Friends co-host Will Cain.
From The Daily Wire, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) directs Florida's secretary of state to investigate Facebook for "alleged election interference".
From the Daily Caller, the Biden administration makes "laughable" arguments to the Supreme Court in a case involving the 2nd Amendment. (The article was written by former congresscritter Bob Barr (R-GA).)
From the New York Post, former President Trump call the U.S. "humiliated" after the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Haitian refugee crisis at the southern border.
From Breitbart, the president of the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve Bank announces his retirement.
From Newsmax, according to a Rasmussen poll, President Biden's disapproval ratings reach a new high.
And from The Babylon Bee, 10 ways to make sure that your kids are terrified of the coronavirus.
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Music Break
I think it's time to roll out another set of songs. First up is You Got The Silver by the Rolling Stones, from their Let It Bleed album, released in 1969. This one is sung by guitarist Keith Richards, who also plays all the guitars. In my opinion, this is Richards's best lead vocal on any RS songs. Fellow guitarist Brian Jones plays the autoharp. As usual, Bill Wyman plays bass and Charlie Watts plays drums. Guest musician Nicky Hopkins plays piano and organ. On the album, both Jones and his replacement Mick Taylor appear, but only on two songs each.
Sunday Stuff
On a Sunday that has lived up to its name, here are some things going on:
From National Review, the gratification of our desires must be limited when the it commodifies human beings.
From Townhall, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) is willing to hire Border Patrol agents falsely accused of whipping migrants.
From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of Jennifer Rubin's book Resistance.
From the Washington Examiner, according to the DHS, more than 12,000 Haitian migrants who entered at Del Rio, Texas have been released into the U.S.
From American Thinker, what should we make of the audit in Arizona of the 2020 election?
From LifeZette, Democrats race hustle on false stories about whips to interrupt Border Patrol operations.
From Red Voice Media, former President Trump reads some findings form the Arizona audit at his rally. (via LifeZette)
From the eponymous site of Wayne Dupree, a "[bleep] Joe Biden" chant breaks out at a food court in Staten Island, New York. (As I've mentioned before, I'd prefer a "Buck Fiden" bumper sticker. The story comes via LifeZette.)
From NewsBusters, President Biden tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the U.S. press are badly behaved.
From Canada Free Press, don't make the armadillos angry.
From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan government and opposition resume their talks in Mexico.
From TCW Defending Freedom, ivy climbs the walls in rural England.
From Free West Media, a French doctor in Tahiti is violently arrested for treating coronavirus patients with ivermectin.
From EuroNews, to ease supply chain issues, the U.K. will issue 10,500 temporary visas to truck drivers.
From The North Africa Post, Morocco presses on with vaccinating children against the coronavirus.
From The New Arab, Gaza will start rebuilding homes destroyed by Israeli bombing.
From The Indian Express, a Muslim cleric and two others are believed responsible for an explosion at an electric goods store in Chausana, Uttar Pradesh, India.
From Gatestone Institute, Iran switches toward a new illusion.
From The Stream, the Arizona audit proves that the 2020 election was corrupt.
From The Daily Signal, President Biden flouts federalism and undermines Florida's law on masks for schoolchildren.
From The Western Journal, a "massive" liberal celebrity now believes that former President Trump was right about former Senator/Secretary of State Clinton and Russia.
From BizPac Review, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs legislation to remove the word "alien" from the texts of California's laws.
From The Daily Wire, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) doesn't want to talk about the "numbers and dollars" in the $3.5 trillion dollar spending bill.
From the New York Post, as Eli Manning's jersey is retired, New York Giants fans boo owner John Mara.
From Breitbart, video shows cartel-connected human smugglers moving migrants into Roma, Texas.
From Newsmax, up to 4,000 migrants, mostly Haitian, move from Colombia to Panama across the treacherous Darien Gap.
And from the Daily Caller, an Ohio State football player appears to quit his team during a game.
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Saturday Links
On a sunny and comfortable Saturday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, President Biden makes a "shameful" attack on the Border Patrol.
From Townhall, Pope Francis doesn't like to be criticized.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the Taliban promise to end Afghanistan's opium trade.
From the Washington Examiner, three Canadians return home after almost three years in Chinese custody.
From The Federalist, Politico's "scoop" on Hunter Biden's laptop proves the dangers of the "disinformation" police.
From American Thinker, what really motivates those who want us to "follow the science" on climate change.
From LifeZette, Biden gives us a "new big lie".
From the eponymous site of Wayne Dupree, what Democrats and the media are doing to "spin" the Arizona audit is explained in one short Tweet. (via LifeZette)
From NewsBusters, unlike today's TV hosts, Johnny Carson zinged then-Senator Biden (D-Del) in 1987.
From Canada Free Press, Marx-inspired tribalism is a death sentence for young indigenous Canadians.
From TeleSUR, activists demonstrate for LGBTI+ rights in Uruguay.
From TCW Defending Freedom, our leaders have become traitors.
From Free West Media, Spanish and Moroccan authorities prevent sub-Saharan migrants from illegally entering the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
From EuroNews, an ash cloud released by an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands causes an airport to close.
From The North Africa Post, according to the South African Rand Merchant Bank, Morocco is the second best place for investment in Africa.
From YNetNews, U.S. support for an Israel-led boycott of the Durban anniversary conference at the U.N. proves pivotal.
From The New Arab, a Syrian man dies in Lebanon while trying to siphon gasoline.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, the name of a lawyer who advocated for the parents of an Austrian girl who was raped and murdered appears on a death list. (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)
From AP News, the Taliban hangs a dead body in a square in Herat, Afghanistan.
From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration has empowered the Taliban and Iran's mullahs.
From The Stream, is abortion equivalent to not donating your organs?
From The American Conservative, our rites for burying the dead.
From BizPac Review, BLM threatens an "uprising" over New York City Mayor Bill Blasio's "racist" coronavirus vaccine mandate. (Although I'm not a big fan of this organization, I can explain in two words why black Americans might be skeptical of government medical mandates: "Tuskegee Experiment".)
From The Daily Wire, at the University of Notre Dame, Justice Clarence Thomas speaks about the Declaration of Independence.
From the Daily Caller, IDs abandoned by Haitian migrants show that they had refugee status in Chile.
From Breitbart, the "sick and twisted" brothers Andrew and Chris Cuomo.
And from the New York Post, at the Ryder Cup, American golfers Justin Thomas and Daniel Berger partake in an adult beverage.
Friday, September 24, 2021
Friday Fuss
On a sunny and relatively cool Friday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, President Biden is more angry with people who enforce our immigration laws than with those who break them.
From FrontpageMag, "conman-in-chief" Biden foists absurdities on Americans.
From Townhall, the photographer who took photos of a Border Patrol horse unit disproves the "whipping" lie.
From The Washington Free Beacon, environmental groups oppose geothermal energy.
From the Washington Examiner, what if Del Rio, Texas had a wall?
From The Federalist, Biden's border policy is pure horse [bleep].
From American Thinker, some "intriguing" facts about fraud in Russia's recent elections might seem familiar.
From CNS News, according to congresscritter Chip Roy (R-TX), accuses White House press secretary Jen Psaki of "lying" to the American people "on a daily basis".
From LifeZette, Democrats are trying to make their election cheating law.
From NewsBusters, suddenly, scandals involving First Son Hunter Biden are real.
From Canada Free Press, person of interest Brian Laundrie should have been charged in Utah, Wyoming and Florida.
From Global News, Canada is still counting mail-in ballots from its recent election.
From TeleSUR, Guatemalans demand the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras.
From TCW Defending Freedom, why businesses have gone woke.
From Snouts in the Trough, can Africa be made into the world's wealthiest continent?
From the Evening Standard, the 91-year-old woman who received the world's first coronavirus vaccination gets her booster shot.
From the Irish Examiner, homelessness in Ireland rose for the third straight month in Ireland.
From The Brussels Times, Belgium launches a nationwide bicycle plan. (If you read Flemish, read the story at De Standaard.)
From Dutch News, nine men in Eindhoven, Netherlands are arrested for allegedly planning a terror attack.
From Euractiv, Germany's new arable land strategy impresses neither environmentalists nor organic farmers.
From ReMix, the Polish region of Świętokrzystkie gives in to E.U. pressure and repeals its law against spreading LGBT ideology.
From Hungary Today, Hungary's coronavirus restrictions are among the most lenient in Europe.
From Sputnik International, Turkish President Erdoğan expects Russia to change its approach in Syria.
From The Sofia Globe, according to Bulgaria's Education Ministry, the number of Bulgarians who want to study abroad has decreased sharply.
From Ekathimerini, illegal antiquities are seized on the Greek island of Kalymnos.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Montenegrin President Milo Đurkanović, Russia is trying to make Montenegro into a Trojan horse within NATO and the E.U.
From Balkan Insight, Kosovo police deny beating three Serbs near the border with Serbia.
From The Slovenia Times, the coronavirus infection rate in Slovenia keeps decreasing.
From Malta Today, Maltese families host migrants under a project launched by the charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station.
From Italy24News, sneakers tell the story of multiple sclerosis patients in Milan, Italy.
From RFI, five neo-Nazis are arrested for allegedly planning an attack on a Masonic lodge in France.
From EuroNews, according to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont must "submit to Spanish justice".
From Free West Media, informed consent is impossible with the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine due to an unidentified ingredient.
From The North Africa Post, Libya plans to host an international conference on stability and security next month.
From Turkish Minute, according to judges on the Turkey Tribunal, acts of torture and forced disappearances in Turkey could constitute crimes against humanity.
From The Times Of Israel, speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas demands that Israel returns to its 1967 boundary within a year.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel El-Sisi inspects progress on the construction of the Ring Road around Cairo.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Japan grants the equivalent of 7.5 million birr to support school expansion projects in the Ethiopian regions of Omoria and Afar.
From The New Arab, the U.N. issues a new figure for the number of people killed in Syria's civil war.
From IranWire, according to a report by Amnesty International, scores of deaths in Iranian prisons go "uninvestigated and unreported".
From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the U.N. General Assembly today.
From the Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan's central bank is asked to facilitate mass cash withdrawal.
From ANI, the Indian state of Maharashtra plans to reopen schools for classes 5 though 12.
From New Age, plastic waste continues to choke drains, canals and rivers in Bangladesh.
From the Daily Mirror, a steam-powered train will run between the stations of Colombo Fort and Ambepussa to commemorate Sri Lanka's first train service.
From Bernama, the Malaysian government considers banning transgender people from entering mosques in the country's federal territory.
From The Straits Times, Singapore will allow people to gather in groups of only 2 starting on September 27th.
From the Borneo Post, according to Minister Rina Mohd Harun, Malaysia needs more nursing homes due to a growing aging population.
From Vietnam Plus, Typhoon Dianmu wreaks havoc in many parts of Vietnam.
From Gatestone Institute, Turkey has become NATO's pro-Russia Taliban-friendly ally.
From The Stream, what's next, now that the left has rewritten Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
From The Daily Signal, is President Biden bringing terrorists from Afghanistan to the U.S.?
From Space War, Space Force Chief Master Sergeant Roger Towberman sets forth the path ahead for his service branch.
From The American Conservative, the coronavirus vaccine pass is a slippery slope.
From The Western Journal, Fox News runs a "devastating" list of all Biden's controversies, which is worse than you think.
From BizPac Review, congresscritters Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) get into a shouting match on the Capitol steps.
From The Daily Wire, 88-year-old Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announces that he will again run for reelection.
From AP News, the oldest human footprints in North America are found in New Mexico, in a dry lake bed in White Sands National Park. (via the Daily Caller)
From the Daily Caller, Jewish groups offer tepid responses to allegations by congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) that Israel is an apartheid state.
From the New York Post, migrants are cleared from under the bridge in Del Rio, Texas.
From Politico, Fox News bans former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for three months. (via Breitbart)
From Breitbart, newsman Chris Cuomo admits grabbing a female co-worker in the dupa.
From Newsmax, according to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), it's "disgraceful" that Biden blames mounted Border Patrol agents for the border controversy.
And from the Genesius Times, Biden sends Dr. Fauci to the Amazon jungle to practice his vaccine blow dart technique.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Thursday Links
Now that I'm back home, here are some things going on:
From National Review, President Biden's failure at Del Rio, Texas.
From FrontpageMag, 10 percent of Biden's foreign aid to Afghanistan will go to the Taliban.
From Townhall, former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) offers a solution for Biden's border crisis.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Republican congresscritters try to block U.S. cash from going to Iran.
From the Washington Examiner, why the media tend to ignore black victims of murder.
From The Federalist, how "old friend in high places" plotted the Trump-Russia collision hoax.
From American Thinker, Biden brings back the "catch and release" approach to dealing with illegal immigration.
From CNS News, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, the Border Patrol in Del Rio, Texas will no longer use horses. (I'm thinking that dirt bikes might be a viable alternative.)
From LifeZette, the reason why Biden and the Democrats want open borders is their desire for power.
From NewsBusters, networks ignore climate czar John Kerry's "disgraceful" response to China's treatment of its Uyghurs. (I'm amazed how China can put Muslims into detention camps without being accused of Islamophobia.)
From Canada Free Press, is Brian Laundrie, person of interest in his girlfriend's death, somewhere in the Caribbean?
From CBC News, a customer allegedly gives threats and verbal abuse to restaurant employees seeking proof of vaccination in Rockland, Ontario, Canada.
From TeleSUR, striking cargo carriers in Panama block the Balboa port and the Colon Free Zone.
From TCW Defending Freedom, Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon needs to answer a question.
From the Express, Brexit Britain holds a trump card over post-Merkel Germany.
From the (Irish) Independent, a hockey game breaks out at a funeral in Headford, Ireland.
From VRT NWS, the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper, Belgium starts new research into American soldiers in World War I. (My tour group visited Ieper and the Waregem cemetery, mentioned in the article, in 2005.)
From the NL Times, a Dutch court rules that a father cannot forbid his 12-year-old son from getting a coronavirus vaccination.
From Deutsche Welle, German parties make their pledges on climate change.
From EuroNews, how Chancellor Angela Merkel has shaped Germany and Europe.
From Euractiv, who's next in Germany after Merkel?
From the CPH Post, commuters in Denmark are asked to leave work early due to high winds.
From Free West Media, Norway decides that the coronavirus is no worse than the ordinary flu.
From Polskie Radio, according to Polish official Stanisław Żaryn, Russia intends to stop Poland from becoming energy independent.
From Radio Prague, the ancient "singing linden" in the village of Telecí is voted the Czech Tree of the Year.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia needs a network of hydrogen stations for cars.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian government claims to have been successful in integrating the Roma.
From Russia Today, what was the inspiration for the Perm State University massacre?
From Romania Insider, according to Prime Minister Florin Cîţu, political turmoil will not affect Romania's fiscal policy. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Economica.)
From Novinite, Bulgaria reports 850 new coronavirus cases, but none yet from the mu variant.
From the Greek Reporter, the "Eva" algorithm may have helped stop the spread of the coronavirus in Greece.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina dismisses its chief prosecutor.
From Balkan Insight, the Albanian Parliament goes online to curb the coronavirus, but the opposition cries foul.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia will open its first cannabis museum in the capital city of Zagreb. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Jutarnji List.)
From The Malta Independent, Maltese opposition leader Bernard Grech objects to Prime Minister Adrian Delia's show of force at an Independence Day rally.
From ANSA, a plan for criminal justice reform in Italy gets its final approval.
From SwissInfo, why Swiss agricultural researchers are boycotting the U.N. food systems summit.
From France24, a Paris court upholds the life sentence given to Venezuelan leftist terrorist "Carlos the Jackal" for a grenade attack on a drug store in 1974.
From El País, Spanish King Felipe IV and Queen Letizia visit victims of the volcanic eruption on the island of Palma in the Canary Island.
From The Portugal News, a Portuguese court starts trying a tax fraud case which has 145 defendants.
From ReMix, after the French and German elections, European bureaucrats plan to introduce "repackaged" mandatory migrant quotas.
From Morocco World News, the port in Tangier, Morocco is the best container port in Africa.
From The North Africa Post, Moroccan and American armed forces personnel complete training on disaster response and explosive hazards.
From the Libyan Express, Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar "temporarily" leaves his military post to run in elections scheduled from December 24th.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish defense ministry denies reports that five generals have resigned.
From Rûdaw, gold vendors in Baghdad, Iraq embrace the city's relative security.
From In-Cyprus, a coffee shop in Engomi, Cyprus is fined 16,000 euros for not requesting a SafePass.
From The Syrian Observer, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad discusses cooperation with his counterparts from Cuba and Kazakhstan.
From The961, two Lebanese inventors win gold medals at iCAN 2021.
From Arutz Sheva, Israel Prison Service head Katy Perry refuses to be a "scapegoat" for the escape of six terrorists from the Gilboa prison. (This Katy Perry should not be confused with the American singer of the same name.)
From the Egypt Independent, Saudi Arabia supports efforts to peaceably end the dam crisis between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia takes action against 7,344 people who allegedly violated its residency laws.
From The New Arab, Tunisian President Kais Saied draws outrage by suspending constitutional rule.
From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, an unnamed U.S. official expresses his impatience with Iran's lack of movement toward nuclear talks, and worries about its "plan B".
From Khaama Press, the U.N. Security Council asks the Taliban to form an inclusive government for Afghanistan.
From the Hindustan Times, in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, workers stand up for the "right to sit".
From the Dhaka Tribune, according to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh is shocked at global inaction on the repatriation of Rohingyas.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan doctors urge parents to get their kids vaccinated against the coronavirus while not falling prey to myths and superstitions.
From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan doesn't mean that the war is over.
From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian people's sea-faring ancestors.
From Free Malaysia Today, according to the executive director of Sisters In Islam, NGOs must dispel the idea that human rights is a Western agenda.
From The Mainichi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga goes to the U.S. for a "Quad summit".
From The Stream, Special Counsel John Durham's indictment of lawyer Michael Sussmann tells us a lot more.
From The Daily Signal, what happened when a grad student at Bowling Green protested the school's coronavirus vaccine mandate.
From The American Conservative, according to congresscritter Warren Davidson (R-OH), Congress should not authorize the NDAA until senior military officials are held accountable and replaced. (Davidson is the writer of the article.)
From The Western Journal, President Biden's approval ratings hit another low.
From BizPac Review, The New York Times is pummeled for claiming that gerrymandering is a long-time Republican practice.
From The Daily Wire, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) secures a supply of antibodies for treatment of the coronavirus despite Biden's attempt to block them from the state.
From the Daily Caller, Republican congresscritters introduce a bill to place new reporting requirements on legislation that would affect the national debt.
From Breitbart, the aforementioned NDAA bill contains a provision that would allow military courts to restrain military personnel from possessing or receiving firearms.
And from the New York Times, two gorillas in the Bronx Zoo might deserve the names Bill and Monica.
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