Wednesday Wanderings For The End Of May

On a warm sunny Wednesday which falls on the last day of May, here are some things going on:

From National Review, even with the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party having narrow majorities in both state legislative chambers, Minnesota moves toward the hard left.

From FrontpageMag, the FBI gets exposed again.

From Townhall, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz calls it a career.

From The Washington Free Beacon, aides for Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) facilitated a $500,000 campaign donation from a crony of alleged fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.

From the Washington Examiner, some left-wing congresscritters such as AOC (D-NY) come out against the debt ceiling deal.

From The Federalist, the TV show The Chosen cannot serve both God and "Pride" activists.

From American Thinker, oink!

From MRCTV, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) talks about the debt ceiling deal.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joy Reid calls Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) a "toy-sized Mussolini".

From Canada Free Press, no, the stench you might smell in New York City is not coming from wildfires in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

From TeleSUR, the Brazilian Lower House approves a bill that would allow more lands inhabited by Native Americans to be exploited by businesses.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. has a blessing for the "carbon bad guys".

From Snouts in the Trough, how did wokeness win?

From EuroNews, which countries are buying oil from Russia?

From ReMix, according to polls, the German right-wing party AfD continues to soar, while the Green party plummets.  (The article calls AfD "anti-immigration", which probably means that they are opposed, not to controlled vetted legal immigration, but to unlimited numbers of unvetted migrants illegally entering Germany.  If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Balkan Insight, former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is investigated for alleged money laundering.

From The North Africa Post, a Tunisian policeman is arrested for alleged drug trafficking.

From The New Arab, the Sudanese army suspends its ceasefire talks with its paramilitary enemies.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, German authorities raid suspected Islamists, who reportedly number over 28,000 in the country.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From The News, a girl and a boy, both 15 years old, are honor killed in Pulrah, Pakistan.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka and Thailand enhance their bilateral relations.

From the Daily Mirror, the Lotus Tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka welcomes its 15,000th visitor.

From Raajje, the Bank of Maldives introduces an AI-powered digital banking assistant.

From the Bangkok Post, a 10-year-old Siamese boy who makes pictures out of modeling clay and sells them to pay for his mother's cancer treatment is accepted as an apprentice by a national artist.

From The Straits Times, when eating or drinking in Singapore, be sure to clean up after yourself.

From Tempo(dot)Co, an Indonesian environmental watchdog urges President Joko Widodo to ban the export of sea sand.

From Free Malaysia Today, a human skeleton said to be 14,000 year old is found at a dam site in the Malaysian state of Kelantan.

From the Borneo Post, a major announcement on an issue involving water in the Malaysian state of Sabah is expected for tomorrow.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha welcomes Dutch businessmen in a pilot scheme for rooftop solar installation.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan relaxes its family residency requirements for immigrants.

From The Korea Herald, North Korea admits that its first-ever attempt to launch a reconnaissance satellite was a failure.

From The Mainichi, Japan's Intellectual Property High Court rules at a U.S.-operated video hosting service infringed the patent of a Japanese video hosting service.

From Gatestone Institute, get ready for five more tumultuous years with Turkish President Erdoğan.

From The Stream, calling evil good and calling good a theft.

From The Daily Signal, the Catholic bishop of Pittsburgh calls for a "Pride mass" to be canceled.

From The American Conservative, conservatives need to offer a substantive vision to educate the whole person, not just "back to basics".

From The Western Journal, a high school in Manchester, New Hampshire uses coronavirus funds to put on a drag show and pay its performers.

From BizPac Review, almost four months after the murder of a Republican councilwoman in Sayreville, New Jersey, a suspect has been arrested.

From The Daily Wire, the Virginia Department of Health promotes an organization which engages in leftist activism in the education system.

From the Daily Caller, black residents of Chicago slam their city's officials for funding illegal migrants.

From the New York Post, less than 5 percent of UFO sightings are really unidentified.

From the NBC News, former Vice President Pence is set to announce his presidential candidacy in Iowa next week.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, five illegal aliens have been charged with murdering a 15-year-old boy in Frederick County, Maryland.

From Newsmax, since starting to push DEI, Target has lost $12.7 in stock value.

From Politico, according to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.K. politicians are legitimate military targets.  (via Newsmax)

And from The Peedmont, Virginia state Senator Joe Morrissey (D) adds a 17-year-old aspiring law student to the legal team handling his divorce.

Tuesday Tidings

On a warm and sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why are Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s voters backing him?

From FrontpageMag, three cheers for British anti-grooming activist Tommy Robinson.

From Townhall, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) releases a "conservative alternative" to the debt ceiling deal reached by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal).

From The Washington Free Beacon, the debt ceiling emerges as a possible battle ground between former President Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).

From the Washington Examiner, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) fails his first big test in office.

From The Federalist, a review of a book about how Christians have promoted liberty and equality in America.

From American Thinker, when it comes to the Biden family, "it's all about the money".

From MRCTV, Jane Fonda gonna Jane Fonda.

From NewsBusters, according to a study, TV news blames Republicans for the debt drama, not the big-spending Democrats.

From Canada Free Press, the report from Special Counsel John Durham is an "unexploded bombshell".

From TeleSUR, presidents of South American countries arrive in Brasilia for a summit meeting.

From TCW Defending Freedom, death and denial in the coronavirus cult.

From Free West Media, the publisher Arktos gets blocked by its international distributor.  (This is the first new article published by FWM in over a month.)

From EuroNews, NATO sends 700 more troops to Kosovo in an effort to quell the violence there.

From ReMix, Hungary shows that families rather than immigrants are the solution to Europe's demographic crisis.

From Balkan Insight, protesters in Bulgaria accuse President Rumen Radev of working for Russian interests instead of Bulgarian ones.  (Is this Bulgaria's "Russian collusion" hoax?)

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan state-owned phosphate company OCP reports $1.7 billion in earnings for the first quarter of 2023.

From The New Arab, what does Turkish President Erdoğan's reelection mean for Syrian refugees and Syrian President Assad?

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iran clashes with Afghanistan's Taliban in a dispute over water.

From IranWire, two managers of a historic site including the tomb of the 14th-century poet Hafez in Shiraz, Iran are arrested after video shows a marriage proposal taking place near the tomb.

From Iran International, Iranian hardliners dismiss the government's hijab bill and want an even harsher one.

From Khaama Press, Afghani customs authorities stop an attempt to smuggle more than a ton of "human hair" into Pakistan.

From Hasht e Subh, Taliban personnel prevent girls from attending school in the district of Jaghori in the Afghan province of Ghazni.

From the Afghanistan Times, U.N. envoy Katharina Merkel reiterates the organization's support for education in Afghanistan.  (The article does not mention, nor have I found out any information, about whether U.N. envoy Merkel is any relation to the former German chancellor.)

From Dawn, according to Pakistani Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, former Prime Minister Imran Khan will be tried in a military court for allegedly "planning" and "executing" the violent attacks on May 9th.  (May 9th looks like Pakistan's version of America's January 6th.)

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani scientists develop a process by which AI is used to determine the sweetness of citrus fruits.

From Pakistan Today, a no-confidence motion is filed against Assembly Speaker Syed Amjad Zaidi in the Pakistani territory of Gilgit-Baltistan.

From Geo News, a court in Karachi Pakistan acquits a man who allegedly honor killed his daughter.

From The Hans India, six people are arrested in Hyderabad, India for allegedly exhibiting exotic animals in a pub.

From the Hindustan Times, what is the Foucault's Pendulum that has been installed in India's parliament building?

From ANI, Nigeria releases Indian sailors who were detained in August 2022.

From India Today, opposition parties in India have found a formula to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but will it work?

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to U.N. official Olivier De Schutter, the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh could become "the new Palestinians".  (Have the Rohingya attempted any suicide bombings or launched any rockets at Bangladeshi civilians?  Asking for a friend.)

From New Age, Bangladesh Railway is set to sell all of its advance intercity train tickets ahead of the Islamic festival of Eid-ul-Azha.

From Gatestone Institute, "motor voter" has allowed non-citizens to be put onto U.S. voter rolls.

From The Stream, a moral outcry defies Target's selling of products that encourage people to hate their own bodies.

From The Daily Signal, two elderly pro-life advocates are "viciously" assaulted near a Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood clinic in Baltimore, Maryland.

From The American Conservative, has the Chief Twit ruined Twitter?

From The Western Journal, polls show Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) losing his seat to his Republican rival in 2024.

From BizPac Review, an illegal migrant woman from Mexico who allegedly threw her newborn baby into the trash claims that she didn't know that it was a baby.

From The Daily Wire, according to a report, Target's vice president for brand management also serves as the treasurer for an LGBTQ group that promotes secret child gender transitions.

From the Daily Caller, the Chinese app TikTok has reportedly stored thousands of American social security numbers.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, former President Trump is dominating in the West Virginia presidential primary.

From Newsmax, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) tells FBI Director Christopher Wray that he faces contempt charges if the bureau does not turn over a document relating to President Biden's alleged involvement in a bribery scheme.

And from the New York Post, according to a fan theory, Disney's animated 1989 version of Little Mermaid has a dark connection to the 1953 animated film Peter Pan.

Stories For Memorial Day

On a warm cloudy Memorial Day, as you're paying respects to those who died to keep us free, here are some things going on:

From National Review, we must honor those who gave "their last full measure".

From FrontpageMag, we are close to losing the freedom that so many died to defend.

From Townhall, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) appears to have been confused on the role of Vice President Harris.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

From the Washington Examiner, the remains of a soldier who went missing during the Korean War and who received the Medal of Honor are returned to his hometown of Americus, Georgia.

From The Federalist, today, let's remember the courage and forgiveness that made America great.

From American Thinker, how the bureaucratic nanny state stains a deck.

From NewsBusters, the 10 worst anti-military smears from left-wing journalists.

From Canada Free Press, President Biden owes the war dead who gave their lives to defend freedom.

From TeleSUR, according to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a new era has started in the relationship of Venezuela and Brazil.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the world was long ago.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K. will be a "clean energy superpower".....errr.....

From EuroNews, French parliamentcritter Sarah Legrain introduces a bill to cap cinema ticket prices.

From ReMix, according to former Polish Deputy Defense Minister Romuald Szeremietiew, Russia would need two million troops to occupy Ukraine.  (His last name sounds like "Sheremetyevo", the name of one of the airports that serves Moscow.)

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev gives a government-forming mandate to the party "We Continue the Change".

From Morocco World News, Moroccan authorities take down a three-member terrorist cell in the city of Tangier.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Israel sign three transportation agreements.

From Hürriyet Daily News, recently reelected Turkish President Erdoğan calls for unity and solidarity.  (When a politician calls for "unity" or suggests that people "set aside differences" or "come together", he or she really means "drop your disagreements with my positions and do what I want you to".)

From Turkish Minute, Erdoğan's imprisoned opponents.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi parliamentcritters from Iraqi and Kurdish parties meet to discuss disputed budget amendments.

From Armenpress, the presidency of the region of Nagorno Karabakh responds to demands made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, according to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aliyev is preparing for more aggressive action against the population of Nagorno Karabakh.  (The region of Nagorno Karabakh is also known as Artsakh.)

From Azərbaycan24, the World Tae Kwon Do Championships get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan with Azerbaijani President Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva in attendance.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus issues a dust warning.

From The Syrian Observer, an international coalition reinforcement convoy enters parts of Syria held by the Syrian Democratic Forces.

From North Press Agency, ISIS claims responsibility for targeting a Syrian Democratic Forces vehicle with an IED near Hasakah, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel signs the appointment papers for a new committee to examine the medical community's involvement with children brought to Israel from East Yemen and the Balkans between 1948 and 1954.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tells his Likud party that plans for reforming the country's judiciary are "not dead".

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, there will be no mediation in Netanyahu's criminal trials.

From YNetNews, the Israeli civil rights group Shurat HaDin calls on the Tel-Aviv Museum to cancel a conference with Christie's auction house because it sold jewelry belonging to an Austrian billionaire who had ties to Nazi Germany.

From the Egypt Independent, according to the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior, Arab tourists at the country's airports are not subjected to arbitrary procedures.

From Egypt Today, 23 people are injured as a fire breaks out in a government service building in Cairo, Egypt.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia and the African Union congratulate the aforementioned Turkish President Erdoğan on his reelection.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia officially issues licenses to create four new Special Economic Zones.

From DohaNews, Qatar takes legal action against a private security company after 200 of its workers protested to be given their overdue pay.

From The New Arab, Lebanese Christian political parties choose a new presidential candidate.

From OpIndia, police and residents in the Indian state of Rajasthan disagree over whether an exodus of Hindu families took place.

From The Indian Express, a woman is burnt alive in an honor killing in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

From Gatestone Institute, how low can "journalists" go?

From The Stream, in some cases, "peace is patriotic".

From The Daily Signal, the fight against veteran suicide.

From The American Conservative, "to our country and our dead".

From The Western Journal, a disturbing discovery is made in a Target store next to the children's section.

From BizPac Review, tempers flare and a scuffle breaks out at the funeral in San Francisco of a homeless transgender shoplifter.

From The Daily Wire, Kohl's is ripped for selling LGBTQ-themed baby clothing.

From the Daily Caller, Wall Street wants someone other than Biden to win the 2024  Democratic presidential nomination.

From the New York Post, former President Trump is spotted in New York City as he goes out to play some golf.

From Breitbart, Democrat congresscritters defend the FBI's stonewalling of a subpoena of a document that allegedly links Biden to a bribery scheme.

From Newsmax, the New Democrat Coalition backs the debt ceiling deal made between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal).

And from The Babylon Bee, a new productivity-boosting app simply turns off your phone.

Sunday Stories

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

From National Review, President Biden and Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling.

From Townhall, according to McCarthy, neither party will be completely happy with the debt ceiling agreement.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a "conservative manifesto".

From the Washington Examiner, some key Republicans don't like McCarthy's "surrender" on the debt ceiling.

From American Thinker, the company Target angered a lot of people recently, but only one side responded with a bomb threat.

From NewsBusters, CNN commentator Ashley Allison claims that work requirements for welfare recipients are "offensive to poor people".

From Canada Free Press, what you will find "in every little village".

From TCW Defending Freedom, within the U.K.'s stone walls.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish President Erdoğan is reelected in his country's runoff.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Erdoğan, the only winner in the election is Türkiye.

From The New Arab, a ship operated by the organization Doctors Without Borders rescues nearly 600 migrants near the Italian island of Sicily.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Iranian couple allegedly locked up their daughter and treated her like a slave - in Vienna, Austria.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From OpIndia, makers of the film The Kerala Story release video of the real-life victims of the events depicted therein.

From Gatestone Institute, what would Türkiye's "father" say?

From The Stream, when a "mustard seed" delivered Spanish Christians from Islamic tyranny.

From The Western Journal, some conservative Republican congresscritters threaten to sink the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal.

From BizPac Review, video shows "tranq" zombies in Philadelphia.

From The Daily Wire, the aforementioned Speaker McCarthy touts conservative victories in the debt ceiling deal.

From the Daily Caller, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies (D-NY) pushes back at McCarthy's debt ceiling talking points.

From the New York Post, New York state lawmakers prepare a bill that would give lifetime pensions to the children of slain New York City police officer Miosotis Familia.

From Breitbart, the Biden administration is accused of "stonewalling" attempts made under the Freedom Of Information Act to reveal the details of the U.K's Prince Harry's U.S. visa application.

From Newsmax, according to a State Department study, a North Korean couple and their a two-year-old child have been placed in a lifetime detention camp for having a Bible in their possession.  (What is this "freedom of religion" you speak of?)

From The Hill, five takeaways from the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal.

And from Fox News, when playing baseball, don't celebrate your win prematurely.

Saturday Links

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

From National Review, the Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) doctrine.

From Townhall, the Texas House of Representatives starts debating about whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a poll, congresscritter Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) is not a shoo-in to become the next mayor of Houston, Texas.  (If she wins, the phrase "Houston, we have a problem" will acquire a whole new meaning.)

From the Washington Examiner, Republican congresscritters fight back on President Biden's unlawfulness on one issue.

From The Federalist, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) signs a bill to makes fat people a protected class.

From American Thinker, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has one more thing to be embarrassed about.

From NewsBusters, according to reviews, the new film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is as woke as feared.

From Canada Free Press, it's no longer about politics any more.

From TCW Defending Freedom, there are lies, [bleep]ed lies, and the U.K.'s official statistics on immigration.

From EuroNews, Russia plans to tell hundreds of Germans to 'raus, schnell.

From ReMix, under President Emmanuel Macron, France brings back preventive censorship.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, the company TotalEnergies a polypropylene plant project in Arzew, Algeria.

From The New Arab, the Jordanian parliament re-approves the Baath Party, which sparks outrage in Iraq.  (The Iraqi party named Ba'ath ruled the country from 1968 to 2003, which included the presidency of Saddam Hussein.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Moroccan man allegedly rapes several underage girls in Switzerland, but cannot be deported due to a "hardship clause".  (If you read German, read the story at HeimatKurier.)

From Christian News, Christian politicians in the U.K. join calls for the release of a Nigerian man sentenced to hanging for sending a "blasphemous" message.

From Gatestone Institute, does the Biden administration have a policy about Iran's nuclear program.

From The Stream, the left's only weapon is fear.

From The American Conservative, why are all these long-shot Republicans declaring their candidacies for president?

From The Western Journal, a small Christian college fights to keep men out of women's dorms, and even out of women's showers.

From BizPac Review, "pride" campaigns do damage to gays and lesbians, says lesbian Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce.

From The Daily Wire, as an update to the story in Townhall above, the aforementioned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is impeached, and is suspended pending his trial by the state's Senate.

From the Daily Caller, California Democrats are reportedly "at each other's throats" over who should replace Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) if she does not finish her term.

From Breitbart, according to the CEO of Ford, building standards will have to be changed in order to accommodate electric vehicle chargers.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Democrats in her state are using migrants to stay in power.

And from the New York Post, a high school near Waco, Texas postpones its commencement ceremony because only five of its 33 seniors have qualified for graduation.

Friday Fuss

On a warm and sunny Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the taxman of Minnesota loses at the Supreme Court.

From FrontpageMag, another incidence of "islamophobia" isn't.

From Townhall, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index comes in higher than expected.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the movie The Little Mermaid.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden creates a regulatory apocalypse.

From The Federalist, it's time to take sides in the religious war launched by Corporate America.

From American Thinker, Americans who love freedom still hold the high ground.

From MRCTV, after being banned from a women's disc golf tournament in California, a man claiming to be a woman wins a tournament in Virginia.

From NewsBusters, the platform LinkedIn censors presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R).

From Canada Free Press, the press and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

From TeleSUR, six people so far are running for president in Ecuador.

From TCW Defending Freedom, we're all going to starve, aren't we?

From Snouts in the Trough, if "California dreaming" becoming a nightmare?

From the Greek Reporter, Greece's new caretaker government is sworn in.

From Ekathimerini, Greece's new caretaker government sets guidelines for its transition period.

From the Greek City Times, Macedonia University in northern Greece develops a "social robot" to help autistic children.

From Balkan Insight, raids across eight European countries, including four in the Balkans, result in the arrests of 37 members of cartel that was trafficking in she-don't-lie.

From FENA, Bosnia and Herzegovina will host this year's meeting of the International Police Association.

From Total Croatia News, charging an electric car in Croatia is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From The Malta Independent, an ancient quarry is discovered between the Maltese city of Żejtun and the nearby village of Marsaxlokk.

From Malta Today, Maltese farmers get new robot overlords.

From ANSA, the E.U. will grant €6 billion to Italy to reduce its exposure to floods and landslides.

From SwissInfo, according to a group of historians, Raiffeisen Square in St. Gallen, Switzerland should be renamed.

From France24, climate activists making demands from the company TotalEnergies get rejection and tear gas.

From RFI, five French soldiers are charged are preliminarily charged in connection to the deaths of 27 migrants who drowned while trying to cross the English channel.

From The Portugal News, demand for residential property in Portugal "remains solid".

From EuroNews, German police investigate musician Roger Waters for alleged Nazi imagery at his concerts.

From ReMix, former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico tells Czech politicians to stay out of Slovakia's internal affairs.

From The North Africa Post, a fugitive former Rwandan police chief is arrested in South Africa in connection to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

From The New Arab, fighting rages in the Sudanese region of Darfur despite a ceasefire.

From British Asian Christian Association, a gang of Muslims allegedly harass and assault young boys and girls at a Christian wedding in Gujranwala, Pakistan.

From Gatestone Institute, the jihad against Christians in Mozambique.

From The Stream, Memorial Day and some bad news for the company Target.

From The Daily Signal, an arts center funded by the Walmart heirs cancels drag shows for kids.

From The American Conservative, Presidents Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (Mexico) and Joe Biden (U.S.) are agents of immigration chaos.

From The Western Journal, Biden backs down on using the 14th Amendment if debt ceiling negotiations fail.

From BizPac Review, an activist described as a "far-right internet personality" tears down and stomps on a "Pride" sign at a Target store.

From The Daily Wire, Catholic bishops call for a boycott of the Los Angeles Dodgers over their invitation of anti-Catholic drag queen "nuns" to its Pride Night.

From the Daily Caller, a member of the LSU women's basketball team collapses near Biden as they visit the White House.

From the New York Post, New Jersey chooses a state sandwich.

From Breitbart, an ESPN announcer has a horrible brain fart.

From Newsmax, a judge pauses South Carolina's new abortion law.

And from Clutch Points, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone does not want Major League Baseball to welcome any new robot overlords.

Thursday Tidbits

On a slightly cool and sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a Supreme Court decision reins in the EPA on the Clean Water Act.

From FrontpageMag, the real revelation from the report by Special Counsel John Durham.

From Townhall, what, there's bipartisan opposition to the left's war on gas stoves?

From The Washington Free Beacon, black activists distance themselves from the group Black Lives Matter as it heads toward financial insolvency.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden vetoes an congressional effort to overturn the Washington, D.C. police reform law.

From The Federalist, Bud Light and its parent company Anheuser-Busch double down on their transgender insanity and sponsor upcoming pride parades.

From American Thinker, dissecting (figuratively, of course) former President Obama.

From MRCTV, documents show Biden's weaponization of the DHS against Christians and Republicans.

From NewsBusters, former President Trump continues to leave rent-free inside the heads of CNN and MSNBC hosts.

From Canada Free Press, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's (R) presidential campaign announcement on Twitter had some technical difficulties.

From TeleSUR, the Peruvian Congress declares Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador persona non grata.

From TCW Defending Freedom, during the coronavirus pandemic, where did the flu go?

From Gatestone Institute, why the Ukrainians fight.

From The Stream, if you tear down the norm, don't be surprised about what comes next.

From The Daily Signal, a group of 35 Republican congresscritters urge Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) to take "three specific actions" on the debt ceiling.

From The American Conservative, cities in the western U.S. are a success story.

From The Western Journal, First Lady Jill Biden puts a "please clap" moment into a speech.

From BizPac Review, the outdoor recreation products company The North Face decides to follow in Bud Light's and Target's footsteps.

From The Daily Wire, meanwhile, Target takes a $6 billion loss in its stock value.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claims that the FBI is "protecting Joe Biden" by withholding a document.

From Breitbart, the aforementioned Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch offers rebates on the purchase of some of their products.

From Newsmax, Biden and McCarthy appear closer to a debt ceiling deal.

And from the New York Post, women of Generation Z are dressing like mermaids to escape reality.  (Am I still allowed to call female GenZ-ers "women"?)

Tina Turner 1939-2023

American-Swiss singer Tina Turner, known as "the queen of rock and roll", has died at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland at the age of 83, after a long illness.  She had previously suffered from intestinal cancer, had a stroke, and had kidney transplant surgery.

Anna Mae Bullock was born in Brownsville, Tennessee to Floyd Bullock and the former Zelma Currie, the youngest of their three daughters.  The family lived in the unincorporated community of Nutbush, where Floyd worked as a sharecropper overseer.  During World War II, Floyd and Zelma moved to Knoxville to work at a defense factory, leaving their daughters with their paternal grandparents.  The family was later reunited in Knoxville but afterwards moved back to Nutbush.  The three girls eventually lived with their maternal grandmother in Brownsville after their parents separated.  Anna moved in with her mother in St. Louis after the grandmother died, and graduated from Sumner High School.

In 1957, Anna Bullock met guitarist/singer/band leader Ike Turner at a club in East St. Louis, Illinois and eventually starting singing for his band, the Kings of Rhythm.  In 1960, she sang the lead vocal on his song A Fool In Love, because the intended singer Art Lassiter didn't show up for the recording session.  At the suggestion of a local St. Louis disc jockey, the recording was sent to Juggy Murray, the president of Sun Records.  Murray bought the recording and urged Turner to make Bullock the star of his show.  He responded by changing Bullock's first name to Tina and then adding his own last name, the combination of which he trademarked.

During the early 1960s, Ike Turner combined the Kings of Rhythm and a set of female backing vocalists/dancers known as the Ikettes to create the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.  The band toured constantly during the mid-1960s and bounced around between labels.  Eventually, producer Phil Spector signed them to his Phillies label, for which they recorded the song River Deep - Mountain High.  The band continued changing labels and touring, including opening for the Rolling Stones in 1969.  In 1971, they had their biggest hit with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Proud Mary.  In 1973, they had another big hit with her original song Nutbush City Limits.

Bullock and Turner were married in 1962 and separated in 1976, their divorce being finalized in 1978.  During the mid-1970s, as Tina Turner, she launched her solo career and went on to have hits such as What's Love Got To Do With It?, Private Dancer, Better Be Good To Me, Simply The Best and Back Where You Started, to name a few of them.  In 1986, she met German music executive Erwin Bach, and after a long romance, married him in 2013.  That year, she applied for and received Swiss citizenship.

According to her autobiography I, Tina, she was introduced to Buddhism in 1973, and eventually converted.  She had two biological sons, Raymond Craig, whose father was Kings of Rhythm saxophonist Raymond Hill, and Ronald Turner, whose father was Ike Turner.  Craig was found dead of an apparent suicide in 2018.  Ronald died of complications from colon cancer in 2022.  Through Ronald, Tina Turner had two grandchildren, by whom she is survived.

Read more at Deadline, Variety, TMZ, Billboard and Sky News.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a warm sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) plans to house illegal aliens in SUNY campus dormitories.

From FrontpageMag, justice demands the release of the Nashville school shooter's manifesto.

From Townhall, Senator John Fetterman's (D-PA) recent hot takes about the 14th Amendment are resurfacing.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Salvadorian migrant who raped and killed an American woman in Aberdeen, Maryland was allowed into the U.S. despite his arrest record and affiliation with MS-13.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, the flight from Chicago is about to get even worse.

From The Federalist, how the Democrats regard law enforcement shows that they believe that the FBI works for them.

From American Thinker, why too many Republicans cave to leftist policies.  (As I said yesterday, the Republicans will probably cave on the debt ceiling, because caving is what they often do.)

From MRCTV, the company Target holds an "emergency meeting" after their "Pride" merchandise causes a backlash.

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Matt Walsh mobilizes conservative women against Target.

From Canada Free Press, by re-inviting men dressed as Catholic nuns, the Dodgers prove that they are aptly named.

From TeleSUR, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will face a criminal trial.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. (like the U.S.) is reaching "an utterly obscene level of borrowing".

From Snouts in the Trough, according to U.K. parliamentcritter "Mr. Ed" Davey, "the science is settled".

From Polskie Radio, according to Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, Poland intends to buy some new submarines.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Polska Agencja Prasowa.)

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic's Senate Defense and Security Committee approves a defense budget of at least two percent of the country's GDP.

From The Slovak Spectator, riding public transport in Bratislava, Slovakia is gonna cost ya even more, pilgrim.

From Daily News Hungary, the three best holiday spots around Hungary's Lake Balaton.  (On my trip to Hungary in 2000, the tour group spent some time at a winery on Lake Balaton.)

From Hungary Today, Hungarian farmers join their counterparts from other European countries protesting in Brussels, Belgium against excessive grain imports from Ukraine.

From About Hungary, a new Madame Tussauds wax museum will open in Budapest, Hungary tomorrow.  (I've been to the Madame Tussauds in London.)

From Russia Today, the Crimean Parliament votes to confiscate the assets of Ukrainian oligarchs and politicians, including an apartment belonging to First Lady Elena Zelenskaya.  (Russia confiscated Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.)

From Sputnik International, why Ukrainian forces raided the Russian region of Belgorod.

From The Moscow Times, the attack on Belgorod results in a mixture of shock, anger, and indifference.  (If you read Russian, read the story at Ria Novosti.)

From EuroNews, Russia promises retaliation over the raid of Belgorod, and other stories.

From Novinite, today, Bulgarians celebrate their alphabet, literature and culture.

From Radio Bulgaria, Pope Francis receives a delegation from Bulgaria, led by National Assembly Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov.

From Balkan Insight, Albania agrees to take back 200 Albanians currently in prison in the U.K.

From ReMix, according to Portuguese politician André Ventura, Portugal is "paying a high price" after making a law that allows up to 300 million foreigners to claim legal residency.

From The North Africa Post, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency, about 90,000 Sudanese refugees are now in Chad.

From The New Arab, a Moroccan teacher is given three months in jail for accusing police officers of sexually assaulting her.  (What is this "women's rights" you speak of?)

From Jewish News Syndicate, anti-Semitism has been almost completely removed from schoolbooks in Saudi Arabia, but Israel still doesn't appear on their maps.

From The Sun Daily, a woman is arrested in Gombak, Malaysia for allegedly posting a picture of a tattoo that says "Allah" onto her Facebook page.

From Gatestone Institute, the West sanctions its enemies by flooding them with rewards.

From The Stream, shoplifters should be jailed.

From The Daily Signal, an LGBT "youth carnival" in Indianapolis will not allow parents to attend.

From The American Conservative, the foreign policy establishment's love affair with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has no limit.

From The Western Journal, "non-binary" former Biden administration official and noted luggage thief Sam Brinton is about to learn the hard way that prisons are very binary.

From BizPac Review, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claims that Florida is unsafe for "multi-billion dollar corporations".  (I thought that Democrats were for the "little guy" and regarded big corporations with disdain.)

From The Daily Wire, even after raising $90 million, Black Lives Matter's Global Network Foundation appears to be going broke.

From the Daily Caller, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) files the paperwork to run for president.

From the New York Post, the University of Minnesota backtracks on a program that would have banned white students.  (Apparently, "diversity" and "inclusion" only go so far.)

From Breitbart, European government officials are reportedly furious at Hungary for its decision to block more sanctions against Russia.

From Newsmax, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) sends Republicans to negotiate on the debt ceiling, but warns that the two sides are "still far apart".

And from SFGate, a new hotel in Las Vegas will allow guests to smoke cannabis - if they stay in certain rooms.

Tuesday Things

On a warm partly sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Los Angeles Dodgers dis-invite and then re-invite an anti-Catholic drag group to their Pride Night.

From FrontpageMag, then-Governor Ronald Reagan (R-Cal) did not invent the term "welfare queen", but used it when quoting the media.

From Townhall, the story of the U-Haul crash near the White House will soon disappear from the media.  (Those non-white white supremacists will get after ya.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the NAACP's travel advisory on Florida ignores the facts on the ground.

From the Washington Examiner, the Democrats still can't unify behind an unconditional debt limit increase.  (Don't worry, the Republicans will cave, like they often do.)

From The Federalist, according to a poll, most Americans know that the corporate media's favorite narratives are fake news.

From American Thinker, for then-President Obama, the cover-up was indeed worse than the crime.

From MRCTV, the Biden administration ends DNA testing to detect child trafficking.

From NewsBusters, retired law professor Alan Dershowitz defends the Chief Twit's criticism of left-wing billionaire George Soros.

From Canada Free Press, Washington, D.C. has no answers.

From CBC News, special rapporteur David Johnston recommends against calling a public inquiry into foreign interference with Canadian politics.  (A special rapporteur sounds like the equivalent of a U.S. special counsel.)

From Global News, police in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada figure out who killed a 16-year-old girl from Montreal in 1975.

From CTV News, a study hopes to determine how migrants are integrating into Canadian society.

From TeleSUR, the Mexican government reinforces security in the state of Baja California.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the town of Bexhill-on-Sea voices Middle England's anger over illegal migrants.

From EuroNews, about 100 climate activists crash Shell Oil's shareholder meeting in London, with a song.

From the Express, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is referred to police over new allegations related to partygate.

From the Evening Standard, London Underground workers vote to keep striking for six more months.

From the (U.K.) Independent, residents of Whitstable, England feel that holiday rentals have "hollowed out" their community.

From the (Irish) Independent, dáilcritter David Stanton becomes the fifth from the Fine Gael party to stand down for Ireland's next general election.  (Since the Irish legislature is called the Dáil, a dáilcritter is the Irish equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)

From the Irish Examiner, a man in Blackpool, Ireland gets a year in prison for having a stash of she-don't-lie in his house.

From VRT NWS, the owner and manager of a bar in Leuven, Belgium each get six months in prison for "racist and xenophobic memes" projected onto the bar's screens.

From The Brussels Times, it's the wolf!  (If you're not familiar with the phrase "it's the wolf!", go here.)

From the NL Times, Dutch police arrest five people suspected of being involved in 22 explosive ATM robberies in Germany and Luxembourg.

From Dutch News, an appeals court upholds a ban on Dutch politician Thierry Baudet comparing the Dutch government's coronavirus policy to the Holocaust.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany authorities arrest more members of the Reichsbürger movement.

From the CPH Post, the first Dane in space hopes that a Dane will someday go to the moon.

From ReMix, according to Italian parliamentcritter Simone Billi, people smugglers who violate Italy's new immigration law could get up to 30 years in prison.

From Balkan Insight, data from Bosnia and Herzegovina contradicts Croatia's claim about migrant and refugee "readmissions".

From The North Africa Post, Libyan coast guard personnel detain six Tunisian fishermen for allegedly illegally entering Libyan waters.  (Apparently, some countries are allowed to take action against people who illegally enter their territory without being accused of racism and/or xenophobia.)

From The New Arab, a Palestinian patriotic song is reinstated on Spotify.

From Gatestone Institute, identity politics will win out over misery in Turkey's upcoming runoff election.

From The Stream, why the T (or the Q) can't really be separated from the L, G, and B.

From The Daily Signal, government censorship of religious views violates the 1st Amendment.

From The American Conservative, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become the "fundraiser-in-chief".

From The Western Journal, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) finds a way to avoid complying with the Senate dress code.  (Too bad that the fashion police didn't arrest him and the QAnon shaman before each entered the Capitol building.)

From BizPac Review, more on the aforementioned U-Haul crash near the White House and its "white supremacist" driver.

From The Hill, The Daily Wire will start streaming its shows on Twitter.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritters Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and AOC (D-NY) predict a backlash "in the streets" if President Biden agrees to any spending cuts in the debt ceiling negotiations.

From the Daily Caller, a female high school track athlete's mother speaks out after her daughter loses to a male competitor, and claims that parents are being silenced.

Form the New York Post, Asian-Americans in New York don't appreciate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) raising funds off their heritage.

From Breitbart, Chinese-owned TikTok, Inc. files a suit against Montana its ban of their platform allegedly violates the 1st Amendment.  (Let me get this straight.  A company owned by a communist country, where free speech does not exist, is concerned about free speech.)

From Newsmax, the Department of Homeland Security issues new guidelines on body cameras for its law enforcement officers and agents.

And from the Genesius Times, many Germans are reportedly impressed with the FBI's gestapo tactics.

Monday Mania

On "just another manic" sunny and warm Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden doesn't even know what a spending cut is.

From FrontpageMag, the late NASA administrator James Webb and the telescope named after him come under after-the-fact scrutiny.

From Townhall, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) want illegal aliens to be sent to cities "throughout the entire country".

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), who admits to have once slapped his wife, announces that he will retire from politics next year.

From the Washington Examiner, during his speech announcing his presidential candidacy, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) shows off his vocal chords in a matter reminiscent of then-Governor Howard Dean (D-VT) in 2004.

From The Federalist, juries in trials of January 6th defendants prove a point made by Special Counsel John Durham, that conservatives can't get fair trials in D.C.

From American Thinker, let's celebrate another type of pride.

From MRCTV, Bud Light will buy back unsold expired beer as its sales continue to tank.

From NewsBusters, WNBA coach Vanessa Nygaard is angry that Brittney Griner's first game since she was released by Russia wasn't a sellout.

From Canada Free Press, all states must invoke their power to repel invasions.

From TeleSUR, Colombia suspends its ceasefire with FARC.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "saving the planet" is a "load of bollards".

From Snouts in the Trough, whom do you trust for information about the "climate crisis"?

From EuroNews, the E.U. warns Greece that it could take "formal steps" over its latest alleged illegal migrant pushbacks.  (Does the term "illegal" apply to the migrants or to the pushbacks?)

From ReMix, migrants turn Plauen, Germany into a no-go zone.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, migrants stab a German politician in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.  (If you read German, read the story at UnserTirol24.)

From Balkan Insight, several Balkan countries host an "immediate response" exercise by NATO.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco should move toward industrial sovereignty with its strategic metals.

From The New Arab, the Syrian government launches raids on "small-time drug dealers" in a "cynical move" to appease the Arab League.

From OpIndia, the alleged mastermind of violence in Akola, Maharashtra, India is arrested.  (If you read Hindi, read the story at TV9.)

From Gatestone Institute, the real threat to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is not from Jews.

From Raajje, the Maldivian fishing vessel Jazeera 103 resumes operation.

From the Bangkok Post, Thailand's Move Forward Party and its seven coalition allies sign an agreement that lays out their agenda.

From The Straits Times, as a Singaporean climber goes missing on Mount Everest, why is the climb to its summit so dangerous?

From Tempo(dot)Co, the Boyolali Regency in the Indonesian province of Central Java builds a religious tourism area for education about the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.  (In Indonesia, a regency is an administrative division with a province, which is co-equal to a city.)

From Free Malaysia Today, mountaineer RJ Nagarajan reaches the top of Mount Everest, thus becoming the second Malaysian to climb the Seven Summits.

From the Borneo Post, according to Sarawak state Transportation Minister Lee Kim Shin, a proposal to build a railway between the Malaysian state of Sarawak and the Indonesian region of Kalimantan will require high-level discussions between the leaders of the two countries.  (The Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo is called Kalimantan, and is divided into five provinces.)

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong welcomes Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev.

From the Taipei Times, police in Taiwan go on alert after a suspected member of a Japanese criminal organization arrives for a visit.

From The Korea Herald, the South Korean government considers sending air and de-mining vehicles to Ukraine.

From The Mainichi, police in the Japanese prefecture of Aichi put tags on bicycle handlebars, which results in an 80 percent decrease in bicycle theft.

From The Stream, could 2023 see a repeat of 1918?

From The Daily Signal, why a group keeps suing the Biden administration.

From The American Conservative, the right needs to understand that for almost half of American voters, left-wing policies are compelling.

From BizPac Review, a college student claims to have gotten a zero on an assignment for using the term "biological women".

From The Daily Wire, a high school female track athlete appears to give a thumbs-down to spectators after she is ousted from the top three in her event by a trans-identifying boy.

From the Daily Caller, President Biden and the State Department appear to contradict each other about lifting sanctions against Chinese Defense Minister General Li Shangfu.

From the New York Post, Ukraine is reportedly losing 10,000 drones every month because of Russian electronic warfare.

From Breitbart, eco-activists dump black dye into Rome's Trevi Fountain.  (How much carbon dioxide does Italy generate in comparison to other countries?  Since embassies are normally located in national capitals, why can't these activists protest in front of China's embassy?)

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court will not take a case involving California's law banning the sale of foie gras.  (My spellchecker objects to the French word gras, but not to foie.)

And from The Babylon Bee, Republican congresscritters win an Emmy award for acting like they're saddened by government spending.