Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, local students trash the Lincoln Memorial steps during a graduation ceremony.

From Townhall, Elon Musk condemns the people who pushed the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the worst of congresscritter Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY).

From the Washington Examiner, the former Minister of Truth is the latest botched pick from President Biden.

From American Thinker, what left-coasters don't get about culture.

From CNS News, San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone explains what he wants Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) to understand.

From LifeZette, every organization to which people belong, including the Catholic Church, has its own rules.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Katie Phang calls congresscritter Mike Johnson (R-LA) an "idiot" for opposing near-birth abortion.

From Canada Free Press, we're on the "eve of destruction".  (The article's picture shows the Georgia Guidestones.  To see photos from my visit to the site, go to this blog's archives for April 2015.)

From TeleSUR, Peru authorizes a new withdrawal from its pension fund system due to the coronavirus pandemic.

From TCW Defending Freedom, two bridges show the history of modern Britain.

From Snouts in the Trough, degrees of stupidity.

From Free West Media, facial recognition technology is deployed at Miami International Airport in Florida.  (What if everyone there wears masks?)

From EuroNews, according to President Zelensky, 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers are currently defending the country.  (My spellchecker objects to his name, regardless of whether it is spelled with one "y" or two.)

From ReMix, leader Tom Van Grieken of the Belgian party Vlaams Belang gives a speech which delights his CPAC audience in Hungary.

From Balkan Insight, Turkish opposition supporters hold a mass rally in the city of İstanbul.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian President Kais Saied stokes fears that he is trying to create an authoritarian regime.

From The New Arab, Iraq wants to establish a new oil company in the region of Kurdistan.

From MalayMail, the Malaysian government plans to take action on Koran apps which spread Shia teachings.  (What is this "freedom of religion" you speak of?)

From Al Arabiya, female Afghani TV hosts defy the Taliban's recent order to cover their faces.  (I'm pretty sure that these women's actions will draw support from Western feminists any day now.  Just kidding.  I won't hold my breath waiting for that to happen.)

From DuvaR, riot police break up an LGBTI pride march at Boğaziçi University in Turkey and brutally detain up to 70 students.  (I take it that Turkey will not be participating in this year's "Pride Month".)

From the Blitz, supporters of two Islamist groups assault a woman for wearing jeans and tops in Narsingdi, Bangladesh.  (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, Iran takes more foreigners hostage, while the E.U. and U.S. President Biden remain silent.

From The Stream, parents struggle against stupidity.  (This blog's "stupid people" label is getting a good workout today.)

From The American Conservative, TV host Bill Maher is sick of the LGBT movement's illiberalism.

From The Daily Signal, can the Supreme Court put a check on America's administrative state?

From The Western Journal, Elon Musks confirms that he's "out for blood" against the Democratic establishment.

From BizPac Review, Attorney General Merrick Garland finally condemns threats against Supreme Court Justices in the wake of the leaked draft decision.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) blasts the "callousness" of telling black women that they need abortions in order to succeed.

From the Daily Caller, according to former Delta Force troops, America could "[bleep]ing annihilate" the Mexican drugs cartels if we wanted to.

From the New York Post, in an excerpt from his new book, former New York Yankees outfielder Paul O'Neill recalls his final game at Yankee Stadium.

From Fox Weather, global warming hits Colorado.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, congressional candidate Matthew Foldi (R-MD) hammers incumbent congresscritter David Trone (D-MD) for his "closed" offices.

From Newsmax, three strong contenders vie for the Republican nomination to replace outgoing Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL).

And from The U.S. Sun, some old gadgets from Apple could be worth a lot of money.  (via the New York Post)