Stories For The End Of November

On a sunny but cool Tuesday which closes out November, here are some things going on:

From National Review, will actor and alleged hoaxer Jussie Smollett answer for this actions?

From FrontpageMag, an American jihadi named Elvis gets 16 years in prison for aiding ISIS.  (ISIS had their own "Beatles" and an "Elvis", too.)

From Townhall, a "large portion" of the oil released from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve by President Biden will go to China and India.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Tim Ryan (D-OH), after saying that he's a champion of the poor, supports a large tax break for coastal millionaires.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, the media blackout of the Waukesha, Wisconsin SUV attack is intentional.

From The Federalist, the coronavirus should have always been called the "Xi variant".

From American Thinker, yes, the Department of Justice has a double standard.

From CNS News, can the media cover the "Build Back Better" bill fairly when it gives them government goodies.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, according to a new report, Chinese communists paid the Biden family in part in diamonds for spreading Chinese influence.  (Since diamond is a form of carbon, you could call the alleged payment a "carbon emission".  The story comes via LifeZette.)

From Red Voice Media, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) admits considering coronavirus vaccine passports for the state which could be used for other things.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, more on the media not talking very much about the Waukesha SUV attacker.

From Canada Free Press, the U.N. continues to enable lies from the Palestinians.

From CTV News, the Canada Border Services Agency claims to have intercepted hundreds of fake coronavirus test results and vaccination documents.

From TeleSUR, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo denies accusations of corruption.

From TCW Defending Freedom, don't think that Australia-style coronavirus "quarantine camps" can't happen in the U.K.

From Snouts in the Trough, is there a coronavirus "smoking gun"?

From the (U.K.) Independent, child abusers in England and Wales could be locked up for life.

From the Daily Mail, an ISIS terrorist who chained up a five-year-old Yazidi girl, which led to her death, is convicted of genocide in a German court.

From Euractiv, German Agriculture Minister-designate Cem Özdemir of the Green Party is a well-known pragmatist, but has no experience in farming.

From ReMix, according to an opinion column, the new German government is not a cause for joy but for concern.

From Gatestone Institute, the agreement to form Germany's new coalition government is a "lowest common denominator" deal.

From EuroNews, Polish women protest against a new proposal to further restrict abortion.  (In the picture, the sign in front of the woman in a dark blue coat says macie krew na rękach, which means "you [plural] have blood on the hands".  The sign in the back with a red lightning bolt says ni jednej więcej, which means "not one more".  The top line in the sign held by the man in the light blue coat says pamiętacie, which means "you [plural] remember".  The bottom line says "Ceaucescu", the last name of the Romanian communist dictator.  I can't make out what the sign's middle line says.  And yes, that is a sign with the English word "stop" way in the back.)

From About Hungary, according to Cabinet Chief Antal Rogán, the Hungarian government rejects LGBTQ propaganda aimed at children.

From The Moscow Times, according to Belarusian President Lukaszenko, Crimea is Russian, and he will visit the peninsula with Russian President Putin.

From Radio Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev launches the 19th edition of the Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign.

From the Greek City Times, the Greek government challenges former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras make proposals about the coronavirus pandemic instead of merely offering criticism.

From Balkan Insight, the European Court of Human Rights rejects a complaint by a Romanian billionaire against a journalist who wrote about his debts to the state.

From Free West Media, Austria's mandatory coronavirus vaccine law could impose heavy fines on the unvaccinated and possibly even prison sentences.

From The North Africa Post, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese proposes that Libya postpones its elections from December to next January.

From Palestinian Media Watch, on Palestinian TV, martyrdom is venerated for adults and children alike.

From The New Arab, human rights groups allege that a new coronavirus law signed by Egyptian President Abdel El-Sisi could be an attempt to restrict civil liberties.

From Deadline, a former Egyptian soccer player delivers a homophobic rant while appearing on a Qatari sports network.

From the Middle East Monitor, Coptic pupils in the Egyptian governorate of Minya are beaten by teachers and forced to remove jewelry bearing the cross.

From Iran International, the Iranian media is cautious when commenting about the country's nuclear talks.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Supreme Court rules that the country's military lands can only be used for defense purposes.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, the old city of Herat, Afghanistan could not be registered with UNESCO due to the destruction of old buildings.

From the Hindustan Times, India imposes new travel restrictions due to the omicron coronavirus variant.

From Yeni Şafak, in the Turkish province of Bolu, strong winds cause a minaret to lean.

From The Stream, "how the corrupt media creates fake news".

From The Daily Signal, what the firings which could result from the federal employee coronavirus vaccine mandate could mean.

From The American Conservative, if you listened to only the mainstream media, you'd think that SUVs kill people.

From The Daily Wire, a video allegedly shows the aforementioned Jussie Smollett practicing a "dry run" for his hoaxed hate crime.

From CNN, China attributes its improved economy to an increase in its coal supply.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the Daily Caller, a group within the Democratic Socialist of America calls for the expulsion of congresscritter Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) over votes seen as being too supportive of Israel.

From the New York Post, an alleged victim of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein testifies at the trial of his alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

From Breitbart, Smolett's lawyer claims that he really was a victim of a hate crime.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, former President Trump continues to gain support among Hispanic Americans.

And from TechSideline, Virginia Tech hires Brent Pry as its new head football coach.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, as the omicron coronavirus variant rises, our fears should not.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's plans for a U.S. consulate to the Palestinians in Jerusalem is a gift to terrorists who want to kill Jews.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, leftist thugs should be given all the due process that they can handle.

From The Washington Free Beacon, doctors warn that new proposed medical school guidelines could have some detrimental results.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden's "Build Back Better" bill would give amnesty to about 6.5 million illegal aliens.

From The Federalist, the largest children's hospital in Wisconsin struggles to treat victims of the Waukesha Christmas parade attack due to coronavirus vaccine mandates.

From American Thinker, new technology uncovers voters fraud.

From CNS News, Biden is "not at the moment" considering new coronavirus mandates.

From LifeZette, drugs keep coming into the U.S. at the "Biden border".

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, as Biden bans travel from South Africa due to the omicron variant, illegal aliens are allowed into the U.S. across the southern border.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, The New York Times throws cold water on the "infrastructure" bill.

From Canada Free Press, right-wing commentator Glenn Beck drags former President Obama out of hiding.

From Global News, the first case of the omicron variant in Canada lands at the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport.

From TeleSUR, Barbados becomes a republic and installs its first president.

From TCW Defending Freedom, there's no cure in sight for the current plague.....of lies.

From the Evening Standard, France offers to resumes talks about migrants crossing the English Channel if the U.K. gets "serious".

From the Daily Mail, police in Liverpool, England investigate whether the killing of a woman originally from Iran was done for "cultural reasons".

From the Irish Examiner, 11 positive coronavirus tests in Ireland are being reexamined to determine if any indicate the omicron variant is present.

From The Brussels Times, according to microbiologist Emmanuel André, the Covid Safe Ticket did not increase the coronavirus vaccination rate in Belgium, but resulted in more infections.

From Dutch News, a Dutch-led consortium starts trials of floating flexible solar panels.

From Free West Media, Sweden's Ombudsman is drowning in complaints about the government's intended mandatory coronavirus health pass.

From Hungary Today, a cerval captured in the Bükk Hills of northern Hungary dies from the coronavirus.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)

From ReMix, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko allegedly made millions from his illegal migrant scheme.

From Sputnik International, the Russian government promises to respond to the expulsion of 27 of its diplomats from the U.S.

From The Sofia Globe, according to a poll, the business climate in Bulgaria got worse again in November.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek government has no plans for another coronavirus lockdown due to the omicron variant.

From Balkan Insight, after a weekend of protests, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is urged to not sign a property expropriation law.

From Malta Today, despite government spending, the island of Malta still has no contingency infrastructure for storms.

From Italy24News, Italy's rules and prohibitions in travel during the Christmas and New Year season.

From RFI, France extends its coronavirus regulations on foreign investment for one year.

From EuroNews, Spain becomes the latest European country to detect a case of the omicron coronavirus variant.

From Euractiv, the E.U. allocates €320 million for research on soil health to promote carbon farming.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the E.U. commissioner who launched the "Freedom with the Hijab" campaign wants to ban Christian names and references to Christmas.  (If you read French read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From The North Africa Post, Libya withdraws its bid for a seat on the African Union's Peace and Security Council and instead will support Morocco's bid.

From Turkish Minute, police in the Turkish province of Eskişehir arrest seven people for alleged Gülen links.

From The Times Of Israel, new U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport and goes straight into quarantine at his new home in Jerusalem.

From Egypt Today, the Egyptian government will launch a new initiative for women in December.

From The New Arab, an Egyptian human rights activist is found guilty of insulting the country's election commission in a Tweet.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From IranWire, a historical view of antisemitism and Holocaust denial in Iran.

From The Express Tribune, the province of Sindh asks Pakistan's Supreme Court to allow the regularization of "illegal" buildings.

From The Hans India, roaming pigs and their stench cause a nuisance in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

From New Age, students in Dhaka, Bangladesh protest for road safety, reduced bus fares, and other things.

From the Daily Mirror, power outages occur in several parts of Sri Lanka.

Form The Straits Times, Singapore and Malaysia plan to expand their Vaccinated Travel Lane.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry will con    duct clinical trials of locally-produced vaccines for nasopharyngeal cancer and cholera.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc begins his official visit to Russia.

From Gatestone Institute, who are the terrorist "Grey Wolves"?

From The Stream, fomenting a race war is unchristian, and other things that should be obvious.

From The Daily Signal, "social and emotional learning" is a new way for teachers to indoctrinate children.

From Sino Daily, according to Lithuanian legislator Matas Maldeikis, there is "wide support" for his country's policy toward Taiwan.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. is more divided and uncivil than ever.

From BizPac Review, Jack Dorsey resigns as the CEO of Twitter, after which, according to right-wing commentator Candace Owens, things will get worse.

From the Tri-City Herald, someone in my state lost a boy, but he reportedly has been found.  (via Newsbreak)

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Rashida "impeach the [bleepity-bleep]" Tlaib (D-MI) smiles as she talks about releasing every convict in federal prison.

From The Daily Wire, a federal judge in Missouri blocks President Biden's coronavirus vaccination mandate for health workers.

From the Daily Caller, one simple fact explains Biden's "disastrous" polling numbers.

From the New York Post, the committee to investigate the Capitol riot will vote on whether to hold former Department of Justice official Jefferey Clark in contempt.

From Breitbart, the White House cancels a Biden speech 15 minutes before its planned start.

From Newsmax, everyone in New York City is encouraged to wear a mask indoors due to concerns about the omicron coronavirus variant.

And from The Babylon Bee, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey resigns in embarrassment after realizing that he helped elect Joe Biden president.

Sunday Stuff

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

From National Review, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, travel bans can only "delay" the spread of the new coronavirus variant.

From Townhall, Fauci calls attacks on him by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-TX) "criticizing science".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the book The Deep Places by Ross Douthat.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Maxine Waters (D-Cal) calls congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga) a "crazy woman".

From American Thinker, the media ignore the "utter weirdness" of President Biden staying at the home of a billionaire on the island of Nantucket for Thanksgiving.

From Red Voice Media, a "brazen" robbery on a busy street in San Francisco.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, Republicans "school" ABC on the "build back better" bill.

From Canada Free Press, scare-mongering from Dr. Fauci and the WHO on the omicron coronavirus variant.  (That's not The Who, but the WHO.)

From TeleSUR, a magnitude-7.5 earthquake strikes in northern Peru.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the unvaccinated are banned from visiting the house in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis.

From Snouts in the Trough, have the media been infected by a "new strain of hysteria"?

From Free West Media, according to a German doctor, the vaccinated are the "biggest virus spreaders".

From EuroNews, opposition leader Petr Fiala is appointed the new prime minister of the Czech Republic.

Form The North Africa Post, Morocco suspends inbound flights due to the omicron coronavirus variant.

From The New Arab, the Italian coast guard rescues about 250 migrants off the coast of the region of Calabria.

From Asharq Al-Aswat, sectarian abuse and the displacement of minorities by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Palestinian Authority official tells the son of a dead terrorist to "grow up and kill Jews".

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians in October 2021.

From The Stream, do left-wing provocateurs have blood on their hands?

From BizPac Review, another migrant caravan approaches the U.S. amid the omicron variants.

From The Western Journal, according to the South African doctor who identified the omicron variant, its symptoms are "unusual but mild".

From The Daily Wire, according to a poll, Americans have less support for gun control, but the partisan gap on gun control wides.

From the Daily Caller, ahead of receiving U.S. citizenship, NBA player Enes Kanter chooses a new last name.

From Breitbart, according to Lithuanian parliamentcritter Dovilė Šakalienė, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko is using migrants as a "siege" weapon to save his own skin.

From Newsmax, Israeli President Isaac Herzog celebrates Hanukkah at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, West Bank.

And from the New York Post, during a fight between the Ottawa Senators and the Los Angeles Kings, Brendan Lemieux (LAK) goes Mike Tyson on Brady Tkachuk (OS).

Saturday Stories

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

From National Review, criminals loot two stores in California on Black Friday.

From Townhall, could the new "omicron" coronavirus variant have been named after a different Greek letter?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Detroit businessman launches a campaign to unseat Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) due to her economic policies.

From the Washington Examiner, five laws passed by Californians which have come back to bite them.

From American Thinker, trying to make sense of the omicron coronavirus variant.

From Red Voice Media, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) declares an emergency due to the omicron variant, even though no cases of it have been found in the U.S.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, the new movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife avoids wokeness and "wildly" over-performs at the box office.

From Canada Free Press, "an appeal to heaven".

From TeleSUR, Cubans observe the 150th anniversary of the execution of eight medical students by the Spanish colonial government.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. parliament is dead, but doesn't yet know it.

From Snouts in the Trough, is evidence starting to mount up about alleged post-vaccine heart attacks?

From Free West Media, Czech President Miloš Zeman tests positive for the coronavirus and is hospitalized even after being jabbed three times.

From EuroNews, Germany, Italy and the U.K. report cases of the omicron variant.

From ReMix, the drowning of 31 migrants in the English Channel shows the immorality of the E.U.'s open door immigration policy.  (I've come to believe that one of the legitimate non-racist reasons for opposing illegal immigration is the danger to the illegal migrants themselves.  The article refers to the English Channel by its French name La Manche.)

From The North Africa Post, according to Morocco's permanent representative to the U.N., Algeria's hostility toward Morocco is an attempt to hide its own internal problems.

From The New Arab, Arab countries impose travel bans on African countries due to the omicron coronavirus variant.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration should not give away U.S. leverage over Iran.

From The Stream, a step for Christians when asked about evolution.

From The American Conservative, on the road in a "mechanical jacobin".

From the Conservative Brief, after criticizing then-President Trump for his coronavirus travel ban, President Biden issues a coronavirus travel ban.

From The Western Journal, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark) calls for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, unless certain conditions are met.

From BizPac Review, Biden takes questions about the omicron coronavirus variant and his travel ban on African countries.

From The Daily Wire, the politics of using cars as weapons.

From the Daily Caller, five U.S. congresscritters meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, despite warnings from communist China.

From the New York Post, a man is arrested at the Port Authority bus station in New York City while allegedly in possession of an automatic rifle, ammunition, drugs and a knife.

From Breitbart, in response to the omicron variant, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson reintroduces mask requirements.

From WPVI-TV, Philadelphia has its deadliest year since 1990.  (via Newsmax)

From Newsmax, Florida now has the lowest new coronavirus rate in the U.S.

And from the Genesius Times, travel bans on African countries aren't racist anymore.

The Buchanan Swinging Bridge

On the way back from Virginia earlier today, I stopped in the town of Buchanan to see its swinging bridge, which extends over the James River.  The bridge was originally built in 1851, burned in 1864 by Confederate troops trying to prevent Union troops from crossing the river, rebuilt after the Civil War, washed out in a flood in 1877, replaced by a covered bridge after the flood, replaced by a steel bridge in 1897, and finally rebuilt in its present form in 1938.  The south end of it connects to a modern road bridge, on which U.S. Route 11 passes.  This first picture shows the entire length of the bridge from its western side, with a few tall stalks of grass in the foreground.

A Traveling Sasquatch's Black Friday Links

Now that I've arrived back home on Black Friday from a brief visit to Virginia to celebrate Thanksgiving with some family members, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Biden administration imposes a travel ban on eight African countries after a new "omicron" variant of the coronavirus breaks out.

From FrontpageMag, it's time to tell the truth about black racism and crime in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

From Townhall, more on the "omicron" coronavirus variant and double standards about travel bans ordered by presidents.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the history of women and alcohol.

From the Washington Examiner, Republicans point out a number of times when Attorney General Merrick Garland politicized the Justice Department.

From The Federalist, the Los Angeles Unified School District teaches its students that Thanksgiving is evil.

From American Thinker, media chickens come home to roost in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, according to liberals, the word "looting" is racist.  (If you ask me, anyone who is more bothered by the term "looting" than by actual looting is part of the problem.  The story comes via LifeZette.)

From NewsBusters, CNN orders Americans to not blame President Biden for inflation.

From Canada Free Press, Biden makes a hypocritical Thanksgiving speech.

From The Conservative Woman, U.K. health watchdogs respond to dangers of childhood coronavirus vaccination with deafening silence.

From Gatestone Institute, is French rightwing journalist Éric Zemmour an anti-Semite?

From The Stream, watch out for "the invasion of the fact-checkers".

From The Daily Signal, more about the lies about the Rittenhouse case.

From The American Conservative, "how to destroy a democracy".

From The Daily Wire, the World Health Organization meets to discuss the new coronavirus variant spreading in Africa.

From the Daily Caller, at the NFL football game between the Cowboys and the Raiders, a women's hockey game breaks out.

From Breitbart, a Lithuanian parliament critter calls communism a "plague".

From Newsmax, hundreds of migrants from Haiti and Central America assemble to form a new caravan in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

And from the New York Post, the lion might sleep tonight, but during the daytime, he played tug of war with a safari SUV.

Happy Thanksgiving

To all who read this blog, happy Thanksgiving.  Be sure to eat lots of turkey and/or whatever you like to consume as you give thanks for whatever you have.  In the meantime, please allow me to serve up a small platter of links.

From National Review, why Thanksgiving matters.

From FrontpageMag, for all we eat today, we should "thank private property".

From Townhall, the suspected driver in the Waukesha, Wisconsin massacre looks like a menace to society.

From the Washington Examiner, two electric companies in southern California might turn the power off due to an increased risk of fire.

From The Federalist, no, the Pilgrims did not bring "genocide and violence" to America.

From American Thinker, five Democrat Senators oppose President Biden's nominee Saule Omarova for comptroller of the currency.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, Thanksgiving includes "thanks" and "giving", and thus is "a holiday for us deplorables".  (via LifeZette)

From Red Voice Media, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) hilariously roasts Biden and the D.C. "dipsticks".  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, a book exposes President FDR's attempt to mess with Thanksgiving.

From Gatestone Institute, supply chains and border security.

From The Stream, on this year's Thanksgiving, thanking our military.

From The American Conservative, "our national Sabbath".

From The Daily Wire, the Salvation Army wants white donors to apologize for their alleged racism.

From the Daily Caller, is the presidential pardoning of turkeys constitutional?

From Breitbart, gas prices this Thanksgiving are up $1.20 per gallon from a year ago.

From Newsmax, supply chain problems won't stop American military personnel from celebrating Thanksgiving.

And from the New York Post, while visiting the Massachusetts island of Nantucket, President Biden's approval hits a single - and unpleasant - digit.

OK, if you've read everything, please feel free to resume stuffing yourselves.

A Few Things From A Traveling Sasquatch

I've come down here to Virginia to meet with some family members for Thanksgiving, and thus spent much of the day driving.  Now that I've arrived in my undisclosed location, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is right about attorney Lin Wood, of whom Kyle Rittenhouse was a client.

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats don't want to defeat China, but to replicate its system here.

From Townhall, the three men in Georgia who killed Ahmaud Arbery are all convicted of murder and other charges.

From The Washington Free Beacon, everything the media said about Rittenhouse was wrong.

From the Washington Examiner, the committee to investigate the Capitol riot reportedly makes a false accusation against a witness who worked for Rudy Giuliani, at the time an attorney for President Trump.

From The Federalist, the Waukesha, Wisconsin mass killing suspect is the latest violent criminal unchecked by a soft-on-crime district attorney.

From American Thinker, ice in the Arctic is not behaving as climate believers think that it should.

From CNS News, Energy Secretary Jennifer Grantholm is unable to say how much oil the U.S. consumes every day.

From LifeZette, Republicans are confident about 2022.

From NewsBusters, CBS commentators wonder why people aren't praising President Biden and the Democrats for helping them.

From Canada Free Press, the American Heart Association Journal publishes information from the U.K. that coronavirus vaccines have negative effects.

From TCW Defending Freedom, questions which the U.K. media should be asking Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

From Free West Media, German clinics get up to €9,500 for each coronavirus case.

From EuroNews, at least 31 migrants die as their boat sinks near Calais, France.

From Euractiv, three German parties reach a deal on a "traffic light" coalition government.

From ReMix, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, the E.U. is under "unprecedented" migration pressure.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Israel sign a historic memorandum of understanding on defense.

From The New Arab, a Libyan military commission meets in Tunisia to discuss the departure of mercenaries from Libya.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a "House of Integration" in Bonn, Germany becomes a Salafist meeting place.  (If you read German, read the story at Humanistischer Pressedienst.)

From Gatestone Institute, the migrant crisis in Europe shows U.S. President Biden's weakness.

From The Stream, the huge difference between Dr. King and the BLM movement.

From HistoryNet, an iron mask worn by a Roman cavalryman is discovered in Turkey.

From The American Conservative, the Taliban tries to rebrand itself.

From RedState, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) finds the perfect piece of leverage against Biden.

From The Western Journal, the Biden administration continues to push bail reform despite the Waukesha Christmas Parade massacre.

From BizPac Review, in his response to Rittenhouse meeting Trump, filmmaker and former actor Rom Reiner shows that he still deserves the term "meathead".

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) unloads on the aforementioned lawyer Lin Wood for how he treated Rittenhouse.

From the Daily Caller, some "random thoughts" on the 400th anniversary of Thanksgiving.

From Breitbart, Santa Cruz County, California mandates masks indoors, even for private residences.

From Newsmax, abortions in the U.S. may be slowly increasing after decades of decline.

And from the New York Post, a cryptocurrency-trading hamster named Mr. Goxx, who lived somewhere in Germany and once outdid Warren Buffett, has gone to rodent heaven.

Tuesday Links

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

From National Review, voting in New York City's municipal elections is not just for citizens any more.

From FrontpageMag, five people are dead and 40 others are injured in Waukesha, Wisconsin due to leftist incitement.

From Townhall, we're going to talk about the coronavirus death numbers under President Biden's watch, aren't we?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Department of Education wants to roll back an effort to collect data on sex crimes by teachers.

From the Washington Examiner, the National Republican Senatorial Committee targets Thanksgiving travelers with ads about inflation at gas pumps.

From The Federalist, watching the nation's "top scientists" lie about the coronavirus and get away with it.

From American Thinker, why do left-wingers believe obvious lies about the Kyle Rittenhouse case?

From CNS News, former President Trump "slams" Biden's move to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, according to retired Marine Colonel Andrew Milburn, the current leadership at the Pentagon are Biden puppets.  (via LifeZette)

From Red Voice Media, Trump shows his love for America in an 80-second video clip.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, journalists downplay inflation under Biden.

From Canada Free Press, former President Obama gives America a 2021 Thanksgiving gift.

From CBC News, rail traffic in the Canadian province of British Columbia will resume tomorrow.

From Honest Reporting Canada, a report on CBC News ignores Israeli casualties of a terror attack in Jerusalem by Hamas.  (I thus both cite and criticize CBC News in the same post.)

From TeleSUR, workers march to La Paz, Bolivia to defend President Luis Arce.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the U.K.'s Conservative Party is doomed.

From Snouts in the Trough, the author of SitT wants you to watch his videos.

From the Express, Conservative U.K. parliamentcritters demand that Prime Minister Boris Johnson shake up his team.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish chief medical officer Dr. Tony Holohan is not expected to recommend further coronavirus restrictions.

From VRT NWS, Belgium reports a sudden increase in the number of people getting their first coronavirus vaccine shot.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands will again require social distancing starting tomorrow.  (I've come to believe that "social distancing" is a leftist concept because it includes the word "social".  On the other hand, I would strongly recommend what I call "socialist distancing", as in staying as far away from socialists as humanly possible.)

From Deutsche Welle, some German states consider tougher coronavirus rules.

From Euractiv, Germany considers more coronavirus measures and mandatory vaccinations as its number of cases increases.

From the CPH Post, Denmark's war on the coronavirus includes increased vaccination capacity.

From Polskie Radio, two Danish commentators praise Poland for warding off an effort by migrants to illegally enter the E.U.  (If you read Polish, read the story at TVP.)

From Radio Prague, the Czech government considers mandating coronavirus vaccinations for seniors and workers in high-risk professions.

From The Slovak Spectator, members of the four parties which make up Slovakia's coalition government agree on a coronavirus lockdown, but the details aren't yet known.

From Daily News Hungary, according to prime ministerial chief of staff Gergely Gulyás, Hungary has enough coronavirus vaccine.

From ReMix, according to Hungarian official Balázs Orbán, the E.U. needs an Australia-style immigration system.

From Russia Today, a woman in Vyborg, Russia who survived World War II operates on herself because doctors wouldn't.

From Romania-Insider, according to Liberal Party leader Floris Cîţu, a coalition with the Social Democratic Party is "a compromise".

From Novinite, a passenger bus crashes and catches fire new Bosnek, Bulgaria, leaving at least 56 people dead.

From EuroNews, more on the bus crash in Bulgaria.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece becomes a safe haven for Afghan women who worked in the country's government before the Taliban takeover.

From Balkan Insight, the Council of Europe calls on Montenegro to step up its efforts against money laundering.

From The Malta Independent, according to Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri, 2,055 illegal irregular migrants have been relocated from Malta to other E.U. countries since 2010.

From ANSA, the region of Marche becomes the first part of Italy to allow assisted suicide.

From SwissInfo, according to the Swiss Observatory for Asylum and Foreigners Laws, Switzerland's naturalization process is strict and inconsistent.  (During my first visit to Switzerland in 1996, our tour guide was a naturalized Swiss citizen.  He recalled in some detail about the process that he went through.)

From El País, the volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma makes a new delta, causing authorities to confine residents in the town of Tazacorte.

From Free West Media, Spain's Basque Country drops its coronavirus health pass requirement.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese government is reportedly considering requiring certificates and mandatory coronavirus tests for entry into bars, clubs, and large events.

From Morocco World News, an Algerian hacks the website of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises.

From the Libyan Express, the period for registering to run for president of Libya closes.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey will hold its elections in 2023 as scheduled.

From Rûdaw, security forces in Sulaimani, Iraq use tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse student protesters.

From Armenpress, according to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, there is no need to declare martial law in Armenia.

From In-Cyprus, coronavirus measures in Cyprus to be decided on tomorrow are expected to last until Christmas.

From The Syrian Observer, according to the site SY-24, decisions by authorities in eastern Syria to postpone school time has forced girls to quit school.

From The961, according to Foreign Minsters Abdullan Bou Habib (Lebanon) and Sergey Lavrov (Russia), the Russian company Rosneft is planning a large project in the port of Beirut, Lebanon.

From Arutz Sheva, a U.N. resolution introduced by Israel is supported by over 140 countries.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian university students are required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to take their exams.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed goes to northern Ethiopia to lead the country's army.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia seeks the immediate release of U.S. embassy staff in Yemen held by Houthi rebels.

From The New Arab, according to the U.N., the war in Yemen will have killed about 377,000 people by the end of this year.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency meets with Iranian officials in an effort to gain more access to Iran's nuclear sites.

From Dawn, contrary to media reports, Pakistan has not released any members of the banned group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan from prison.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan is again recognized as the world's "least happy" country.

From India Today, India's National Investigation Agency arrests human rights activist Khurram Parvez for having alleged links to a banned Pakistan-based organization.  (What is this "freedom of association" you speak of?)

From the Dhaka Tribune, the company Globe Biotech Limited receives permission from the Bangladesh Medical Research Council to start human trials of its coronavirus vaccine Bangavax.

From the Colombo Page, the trial of 25 men charged in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks is postponed until January 12th, 2022.

From Raajje,  the Maldive Islands reports less than 100 new coronavirus cases in a single day as recoveries from the disease surge.

From Free Malaysia Today, when driving in Malaysia, be sure to have insurance.

From The Mainichi, student survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011 erect their 21st "1,000-year" tsunami warning marker.

From Gatestone Institute, the treatment of tennis player Peng Shuai is only the latest reason reason to move the 2022 Winter Olympics and hold China accountable.  (I still pretty much agree with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who wants our athletes to go over there and kick their butts.)

From The Stream, kids should not be sex objects.

From Space War, U.S. Space Force chief General John W. Raymond talks about economy, security and leadership at the Naval Academy.

From The Daily Signal, 25-year-old write-in candidate Brianna Howard is elected mayor of Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania.

From The American Conservative, the reality of transgender deaths is more complicated than the standard narrative suggests.

From CNN, according to an attorney for his family, missing person Brian Laundrie killed himself.  (via NewsBreak)

From BizPac Review, experts warn against calling looting "looting".

From The Western Journal, no, Mr. President, the U.S. is not leading the world in economic growth coming out of the coronavirus pandemic.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) blames "corporate greed" for rising turkey prices.

From the Daily Caller, due to inflation, the store Dollar Tree is raising its prices for the first time in 35 years.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, only 36 percent of respondents believe that the media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse case was fair.

From Newsmax. according to congresscritter Greg Murphy (R-NC), Biden is involved in a "puppeteer presidency".

From the New York Post, the Florida man who carried Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) lectern during the Capitol riot pleads guilty.

And from The U.S. Sun, you'd never believe where you might have a nipple.  (via the New York Post)

Monday Mania

On a cool partly sunny manic Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, was the alleged mass murderer in Waukesha, Wisconsin a "stoner"?

From FrontpageMag, are the Democrats digging their own political graves?

From Townhall, Virginia Governor-elect Winsome Sears (R) responds to a medical question from a CNN reporter.

From The Washington Free Beacon, as illegal border crossings reach an all-time high, the Department of Homeland Security is concerned about "diversity, equity and inclusion".

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, Kyle Rittenhouse "has every right to sue the media for defamation".

From The Federalist, Rittenhouse and every able-bodied man had a duty to protect Kenosha, Wisconsin from rioters.

From American Thinker, thanks to Rittenhouse, the left suddenly cares about borders and the people who cross them.

From CNS News, President Biden calls transgender people some of the "bravest" Americans he knows.

From LifeZette, the Democrats are deservedly heading over a cliff.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, their reaction to the Rittenhouse verdict shows that the Democratic Party supports domestic abusers.  (via LifeZette)

From Red Voice Media, Colorado decides that it's offensive to call sex offenders "sex offenders".  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, recent gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder (R-Cal) how liberal policies enable "brazen" robberies in San Francisco.

From Canada Free Press, Kenosha rioter Joseph Rosenbaum might have committed "suicide-by-Rittenhouse".

From CTV News, shipments of potatoes from two farms in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island are suspended due to the detection of a fungus known as the potato wart.

From TeleSUR, two North American missionaries kidnapped by a criminal gang in Haiti are released.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how many stupid pills have you swallowed, Mr. Prime Minister?  (The article addresses him as "Bo Jo".  I still say that the British should call him "Boris the Spider".)

From Snouts in the Trough, some discussion on coronavirus vaccines.

From the (U.K.) Independent, former U.K. House of Commons Conservative party whip Mark Harper urges Prime Minister Johnson to withdraw some of his plans.

From Euractiv, according to an expert, carbon farming is ideal to boost yields in Poland.  (Jeżeli czytasz po polsku, I mean, if you read Polish, read the story at the Polish section of Euractiv.)

From ReMix, will the new government in the Czech Republic abandon Hungary and Poland?

From About Hungary, Chief Medical Officer Cecilia Müller urges Hungarians to get coronavirus booster shots.

From The Moscow Times, the Russian company Gazprom threatens to cut off gas to Moldova if it doesn't pay for deliveries made last month.

From Radio Bulgaria, nurses protest in front of the Bulgarian Ministry of Health.

From the Greek City Times, blindness does not stop a man in Kato Nevrokopi, Greece from chopping wood.

From Balkan Insight, a bar in Gjakove/Djakovica, Kosovo is condemned for refusing to serve minority youngsters.  (The town's name is shown in Albanian before the slash and in Serbo-Croatian after it.)

From Free West Media, "the strange link between the sterilization of wild horses and mRNA vaccines".

From EuroNews, human smugglers use luxury sailboats to bring migrants across the Mediterranean.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco purchases the Israeli-made "Skylock Dome" defense system.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an E.U. envoy, Israel is about to sever the West Bank from Jerusalem.

From The New Arab, Tunisian President Kais Saied revokes a job creation law, sparking widespread protests.

From Iran International, the trial of 10 Iranian military personnel allegedly involved in the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner begins in Tehran.

From Pakistan Today, as a "goodwill gesture", the Pakistani government releases 100 Taliban prisoners.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, during the first 10 months of this year, Afghanistan imported 26,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables from Uzbekistan.  (A tonne, a.k.a. metric ton, is 1000 kilograms, and thus about 2,200 pounds, which is larger than the standard ton of 2,000 pounds.  My spellchecker rejects the term "tonne", both in the singular and the plural.)

From ANI, according to Bihar state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the people of his state will take an oath that they will not consume liquor.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran and Hezbollah have a presence in Colombia.

From The Stream, Kyle Rittenhouse is still innocent and Hollywood is still silly.

From The Daily Signal, why has the media had no "reckoning" over the over the phony Steele dossier?

From The American Conservative, on Thanksgiving, don't be "that guy".

From BizPac Review, according to a "stunning" new poll, actor Matthew McConaughey is leading the Texas governor's race, which is bad news for candidate Bob O'Rourke (D).

From The Western Journal, according to a former reporter for The New York Times, the paper held up a story about what really happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin until after the 2020 election.

From The Daily Wire, closing arguments begin in the trial of three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, who ran through their neighborhood in Glynn County, Georgia.

From the Daily Caller, a report commissioned by the New York State Assembly finds "overwhelming evidence" that former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) sexually harassed state employees.

From the New York Post, the cereal company Kellogg and more than 1,000 of its workers now on strike restart contract negotiations.

From Breitbart, President Biden renominates Jerome Powell for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve System.

From Newsmax, investigators in Waukesha, Wisconsin are considering whether the man who drove his SUV into participants at its Christmas parade was fleeing from another crime.

And from The Bablyon Bee, black and white Americans join hands for the cause of launching journalists into the sun.