Thursday Tidings For The End Of August

On a sunny and not too warm Thursday which is the last day of August, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) signs an executive order intended to keep males out of female-only spaces.

From FrontpageMag, why is a leftist moderating a Republican debate?

From Townhall, after failing with the streaming service CNN+, CNN tries again.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Raphael Warnock's (D-GA) church is back to evicting residents of an apartment building that it owns, while paying him a large salary.

From the Washington Examiner, how left-wing policies contribute to the retail theft epidemic.

From The Federalist, a West Virginia resident pleads guilty to voting twice in the 2020 election.  (The resident's political affiliation and whom he voted for are not stated.)

From American Thinker, where does the demand for diversity come from?

From MRCTV, the new brand Ultra Right Beer see a million dollars in sales in just 12 days.

From NewsBusters, in the controversy over parental notification in California, the Spanish-language network Univision sides with groomers.

From Canada Free Press, the changing of the guard, in the style of former President Obama.

From TeleSUR, car bombs explode in Quito, Ecuador.

From TCW Defending Freedom, here come the smart meters.

From EuroNews, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni promises change after two girls are raped in the crime-ridden town of Caivano.

From Voice Of Europe, in a reshuffle of his cabinet, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak names parliamentcritter Grant Shapps defense secretary.

From ReMix, according to a review, mass immigration has caused significant failings in Germany's education system.

From Balkan Insight, the Council of Europe finds dire conditions at the Korydallos Psychiatric Hospital for prisoners in Greece.

From The North Africa Post, Niger tells French armed forces to get out by September 3rd.

From The New Arab, the U.N. renews its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.

From The Guardian, four bombs explode in three places in Sweden.

From Jewish News Syndicate, what lesson do America's enemies learn when President Biden gives $6 billion to Iran for five hostages?

From Gatestone Institute, the organization Human Rights Watch wages jihad against Israel.

From The Stream, despite Biden administration claims, "the border is not closed".

From The Daily Signal, the 14th Amendment does not disqualify former President Trump from holding office.

From The American Conservative, the fire that killed 73 people in Johannesburg, South Africa was a long time in the making.  (TAC is requiring a subscription to read most of its articles.  This is the only one from today which does not have that requirement.)

From The Western Journal, two doctors have an idea of what caused Senator Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) to freeze up.

From BizPac Review, the Department of Justice claims that subpoenas in the investigation of First Son Hunter Biden can't "be enforced".

From The Daily Wire and the "I'll believe it when I see it" department, according to congresscritter James Comer (R-KY), an impeachment inquiry on President Biden is "imminent".

From the Daily Caller, Senator McConnell is cleared to resume his public schedule.

From the New York Post, inflation is still causing many Americans live from one paycheck to the next.

From Breitbart, Disney is accused to exaggerating the viewership numbers for the Star Wars series Ahsoka.

From Newsmax, how much money singles need to get by in all 50 states.

And from SFGate, Yosemite National Park has its own library, but most people are not allowed to check out its books and remove them from the premises.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a warm mostly sunny Wednesday, after I gave myself a day off, here are some things going on:

From National Review, parents sue the Vicksburg, Michigan school district after four girls find a boy in their restroom.

From FrontpageMag, the Biden family's con game (we can only hope) is coming to an end.

From Townhall, the media will soon bury a school shooting story.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to court records, a woman accused of being involved in a flash mob robbery was released on cashless bail a day earlier.

From the Washington Examiner, for the second time, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) freezes while trying to speak.

From The Federalist, 15 questions which must be asked in an inquiry into possibly impeaching President Biden, because the corporate media won't ask them.

From American Thinker, why the first Republican presidential debate was unsatisfying.

From MRCTV, five charts about Bidenomics that the media doesn't want us to see.

From NewsBusters, five pro-life activists are convicted of violating the FACE act.

From Canada Free Press, you should "leave the soil better than you find it".

From TeleSUR, Salvadorians demand answers about people who have been "disappeared".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the left needs to understand that the U.K. is broke, and thus can't take in any more migrants.  (The same is true for us on the other side of the Pond, with our over 30 trillion in debt.)

From EuroNews, according to former President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Russia has the right to go to war against NATO.  (He seems to have alternated with Vladimir Putin in those two offices.)

From Voice Of Europe, in the future, driving your car into the center of Prague, Czech Republic might cost ya, pilgrim.

From ReMix, after residents of Grevesmühle, Germany reject hosting migrants in a container village, their mayor decides to use tents instead.

From Balkan Insight, former Yugoslav republics commemorate the International Day of Missing Persons.

From The North Africa Post, the oil company British Petroleum considers investing $3.5 million in Egypt.

From The New Arab, Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah Burhan calls for "free elections" to end the civil war in Sudan.

From Gatestone Institute, the brazen hypocrisy of the BRICS countries towards black Africans.

From The Stream, disingenuous gender ideologues mutilate young and vulnerable people.

From The Daily Signal, police in Washington, D.C. investigate an abortionist and his clinic.

From The Western Journal, according to a new book about Biden's first two years in the White House, he "fumed" about members of his staff after he seemingly called for regime change in Russia.

From BizPac Review, MSNBC is upset that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) referred to the Jacksonville shooter as a "scumbag".

From The Daily Wire, a male prisoner who strangled a baby to death wants to have transgender surgery, which the ACLU wants taxpayers to pay for.

From the Daily Caller, a crime victims advocate slams Democrats for chasing the "ghost of slavery past".

From the New York Post, the Department of Health and Human Services recommends that marijuana is reclassified as a legal drug.

From Breitbart, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenas the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

And from the Genesius Times, Biden comforts victims of Hurricane Idalia with a story of how devastating flatulence blew his classified documents around.

Monday Links

As the weather turns cloudy, rainy, and a little cooler on a Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, when the biggest European land war since World War II arrives on your street.

From FrontpageMag, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) ran on racism and is delivering it.

From Townhall, a U.S. district court judge sets the date for former President Trump's trial relating to the Capitol riot.

From The Washington Free Beacon, 16 state attorneys general want the Chinese company Shein to come clean about alleged used of slave labor before it joins the U.S. stock exchange.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a poll, even Democrats think that President Biden is too old to run for reelection.

From The Federalist, according to emails, U.S. Attorney David Weiss colluded with the DOJ to thwart congressional questioning relating to First Son Hunter Biden.

From American Thinker, when it comes to misinformation, those who denied it supplied it.

From MRCTV, according to a study, paper straws contain harmful chemicals.

From NewsBusters, free speech advocates show their support for former ESPN announcer Sage Steele.

From Canada Free Press, it's time to say "NO!" to the destruction of America, as loudly and as effectively as possible.

From Free West Media, the German party AfD inspires a "strong confidence".  (This is the first new article from FWM in a while.)

From EuroNews, the E.U.'s economy returns to a trade surplus after six quarters in a trade deficit.

From Voice Of Europe, the paradox in the relations between Poland and Ukraine.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Myśl Polska.)

From ReMix, according to British journalist Mick Hume, the woke left has inherited from the Stalinists a hatred of freedom.

From Balkan Insight, according to their lawyers, two Serbian policemen who found a "state-protected" illegal marijuana farm have been removed from their posts.

From The North Africa Post, Benin President Patrice Talon plans to visit Algeria to strengthen the ties between the two countries.

From The New Arab, a new peaceful opposition group is launched in Syria.

From BBC News, protests erupt in Libya after Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush contacts her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, during a demonstration by Syrians in Vienna, Austria, a man breaks a glass door to St. Stephen's Cathedral with a hammer.  (If a bunch of Austrians held a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, during which someone damaged a mosque, what would the reaction be?  If you read German, read the story at Kronen Zeitung.)

From The Sun Daily, Malaysia's Court of Appeal rejects a woman's appeal of a sharia court's decision to not allow her to leave Islam.

From Firstpost, a burqa-clad woman in the Indian state of Bengaluru is harassed for walking alongside a non-Muslim.

From Gatestone Institute, how American politicians empower jihadists and other aggressors.

From The Stream, the next target after Trump might just be in the mirror.

From The Daily Signal, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) steps away from running for president as a tropical storm heads for his state.

From BizPac Review, the Canadian trans teacher with big fake ones is transferred to a new school.

From The Daily Wire, the Roanoke County, Virginia school board rejects an offer from the Biden administration to "mediate" its transgender policy deliberations.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC) warns Biden that House Republicans are "coming for" him.

From the New York Post, climate activists cause a miles-long traffic jam trying to get to Burning Man, until the Nevada Rangers show up.  (What these activists don't seem to understand is that by blocking roads, they cause cars to run their engines and produce carbon dioxide without going anywhere, thus increasing the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere.)

From Breitbart, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) hopes to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden this coming September.

From Newsmax, according to right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson, the Biden administration is targeting Hungary because "it's a Christian country".

And from The Babylon Bee, in order to be historically accurate, participants at the Renaissance Faire refrain from wearing deodorants or taking showers.

Sunday Stuff

As the warm sunny weather continues on a Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the recently departed Senator (C-NY) and judge James Buckley was a trail marker.  (Although he caucused with Republicans, he was actually a member of the Conservative Party of New York State.  For this reason, I label him as "C-NY" rather than "R-NY".)

From Townhall, Democrats and lies about Hitler.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of book about a road trip with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and John Burroughs.

From the Washington Examiner, according to congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC), former Governor (R-SC) and Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley is the only Republican presidential candidate with a message to "protect women".

From American Thinker, former President Obama could be a vindictive enforcer.

From NewsBusters, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki doubles down on her false claim that Democrats don't support late-term abortions.

From Canada Free Press, first they came for my gas stove's cook top.

From TCW Defending Freedom, are GPs in the U.K. finally seeing sense over coronavirus vaccinations?  (This article appears to be newly published today, unlike the others now appearing at TCWDF.)

From OpIndia, the Taliban impose harsh restrictions on Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan helped bring about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From The Stream, "what is gender ideology?"

From The Western Journal, FBI agents kill another American in his home.

From BizPac Review, left-wingers on social media don't like the new slogan from the Texas Longhorns.

From The Daily Wire, Tropical Storm Idalia could reach Florida after becoming a hurricane.

From the Daily Caller, presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) and NBC host Chuck Todd get into a spat about the 2020 election.

From Breitbart, a cosmetics company ends its brand relationship with singer Alice Cooper after he tells the truth about gender.

From Newsmax, U.S. congresscritters Ben Cline (R-VA), French Hill (R-Ark) and Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis) make a brief visit to Syria.

And from the New York Post, a cab driver in Wales tawt he taw a putty tat.

Saturday Stories For International Dog Day

On a warm sunny Saturday, which is International Dog Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, remember the 13 who died from a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

From Townhall, former President Trump's attorney Alina Habba thanks Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis for boosting his chances of winning the 2024 election.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how President Biden's friend climate activist Tom Steyer benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a poll, Oregonians increasingly support the repeal of a law that decriminalized hard drugs.

From The Federalist, according to a report, the president of the American Library Association wants to stock children's libraries with obscene material.

From American Thinker, the Unabomber got one thing right.

From NewsBusters, the media show their double standards when it comes to disaster response by Presidents Biden and Bush the Younger.

From Canada Free Press, the current revolution is happening because the elites want their power back.

From EuroNews, Greek authorities arrest two people for alleged arson in connection with some of the country's wildfires.

From Voice Of Europe, Italian Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollabrigida draws controversy by claiming that poor Italians "eat better" because they buy food directly from local producers.

From The North Africa Post, the new government of Niger expels French Ambassador Sylvain Itte.

From The New Arab, according to an Egyptian diplomatic source, Sudanese military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the city of New Alamein, and then go to Saudi Arabia.

From OpIndia, police in Singar, Haryana, India are pelted with stones while trying to arrest an accused rioter.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's religious influence is spreading all over the U.S.

From The Stream, a Danish Christian Minister is released and deported back to Denmark after being detained for 412 days in a U.S. immigration detention facility.  (On the other hand, migrants who illegally cross U.S. borders get to run free.)

From The American Conservative, did Trump learn any lessons from his first term in office, as he asserted while being interviewed by right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson?

From BizPac Review, migrants refuse to leave a shelter in the New York City borough of Staten Island after a protest by residents forces it to be closed.

From The Daily Wire, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo slams the possible return of mask mandates.

From the Daily Caller, according to law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, who wrote the article, the persecution of Trump is against biblical justice.

From the New York Post, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) gains in a poll conducted after the Republican debate.

From Breitbart, Donald Trump the Younger refutes the "fake news" that his father transferred to him the  ownership of Mar-a-Lago.

From Newsmax, seven people are shot and wounded at J'ouvert, a party that kicks off Boston's Caribbean Carnival Parade.

And from NBC News, Bob Barker goes to the game show in the sky.  (via the Daily Caller)

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, former President Trump returns to the platform formerly known as Twitter with his mugshot from Georgia.

From FrontpageMag, the left is usually opposed to publishing mugshots, but not with Trump's.

From Townhall, the Biden administration now wants the [bleep] to hit the literal fan.

From The Washington Free Beacon, some prominent Democrats support abortion until birth.

From the Washington Examiner, the Republican presidential field has already been whittled down.

From The Federalist, a new bill would prevent the Veterans Administration from meddling with the 2nd Amendment rights of veterans.

From American Thinker, eight truths revealed by Trump's mugshot.

From MRCTV, "transitioning" kids is "absurd", says Alice Cooper.  ("Welcome to my nightmare" indeed.)

From NewsBusters, MSNBC attacks the Republican presidential candidates at their debate for talking about policy instead of about Trump.

From Canada Free Press, "Democrat see, Democrat do".

From TeleSUR, Canada seeks to overturn Mexico's ban on the importation of GMO corn.

From Snouts in the Trough, is it time for the U.K. to scrap its woke NHS and start again?

From EuroNews, according to Belarsian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Russian mercenary group Wagner will remain in Belarus.

From Voice Of Europe, Poland's Internal Security Agency investigates an outbreak of legionnaire's disease in the city of Rzeszów.

From ReMix, according to former Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło, Germans don't like Polish success.  (The Polish word szydło means "awl", which is a tool for punching holes.)

From Balkan Insight, fugitive Bulgarian tycoon Vassil Boykov returns home and gets arrested.

From The North Africa Post, Niger gives neighboring countries Mali and Burkina Faso permission to intervene if it is attacked by the Economic Community of West African States.

From The New Arab, according to their relatives, videos show young Iraqis being tortured in Iran after being kidnapped in Erbil, Iraq.

From Reuters, Mozambique's armed forces send the leader of an ISIS-linked terror group to his virgins.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announces plans to turn the Arugam Bay tourist zone into a high-income destination.

From the Daily Mirror, an underwater explosion is suspected after about 20 turtle carcasses are found on a stretch of beach in Sri Lanka.

From Raajje, Maldivian presidential candidates will sign the list of eligible voters.

From the Bangkok Post, exports from Thailand decline for the 10th straight month.

From The Straits Times, a car wash employee in Singapore is arrested after driving a customer's Lamborghini and crashing it, damaging four other cars, and injuring a 75-year-old man.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian federal government plans to create a special economic zone in the city of Iskandar Puteri.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian Home Ministry is told to put the brakes on any changes to the country's citizenship laws.

From Tempo(dot)Co, the Indonesian oil company Pertamina signs deals with four African countries.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits the Huu Nghi border gate, on the border with China.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwanese agencies thank the U.S. for the sale of F-16 tracking systems.

From The Korea Herald, according to South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, North Korea's second-stage rocket flight was unsuccessful, despite North Korean claims to the contrary.

From The Mainichi, tritium is not detected in seawater near the wrecked nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan.  (Tritium is a radioactive form of hydrogen, which includes a proton and two neutrons in each atom's nucleus.)

From Gatestone Institute, Chinese influence activity in the U.S. is greater than ever.

From The Stream, some unwanted advice for all (yes, all) of the Republican presidential candidates.

From The Daily Signal, what experience from preventing wildfires in Colorado teaches about climate change and what happened on Maui.

From The Western Journal, did you notice the lines written by Trump under his mugshot?

From BizPac Review, CNN's big fear comes true after Trump is arrested in Fulton County, Georgia.

From The Daily Wire, the DOJ is reportedly considering bringing criminal charges against Senator Bob Melendez (D-NJ).

From the Daily Caller, outside a meeting of the Federal Reserve in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the score is security guard - 2, climate protesters - 0.

From the New York Post, the Ukrainian prosecutor whom then-Vice President Biden got fired believes that both the then-VP and his son Hunter received bribes.

From Breitbart, the fashion magazine Vogue is blasted for including in its "powerhouse women" list a transgender cyclist as its only athlete.

From Newsmax, according to LIV golf executives, its merger with the PGA "turbocharged" its business.

And from Only In Your State, Minnesota's 20 best rated hiking trails.

A Few Thursday Things

As I return from running around a bit today, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, a Maryland district court denies a request from parents to have their kids opt out of LGBT curricula.

From FrontpageMag, why D.E.I. should d-i-e.

From Townhall, some Wisconsin voters liked something that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during the Republican presidential debate.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Republican candidates diverge from each other on abortion during the debate.

From the Washington Examiner, a clip of Governor DeSantis from the debate goes viral and inspires memes.

From The Federalist, the debate was a dud for Americans worried about the left-wing destruction of the country.

From American Thinker, will new EPA regulations on power plants fueled by coal or natural gas bring about starvation?

From MRCTV, crowds gather in front of the Fulton County Jail in Georgia ahead of former President Trump's arraignment.

From NewsBusters, during his interview with right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson, Trump goes after environmental tyrants.

From Canada Free Press, Fox News fails to realize that the masses do not want entertainment, but survival.

From TeleSUR, Tropical Storm Franklin moves through the Dominican Republic.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man at a bar in Munich, Germany tries to protect a woman from a Moroccan man, who slashes his face with a broken glass.  (If you read German, read the story at JouWatch.)

From British Asian Christian Association, a Christian man is arrested for alleged blasphemy in Sahiwal, Pakistan.

From the Daily Mail, Turkish Cypriots bulldoze U.N. vehicles and attack British peacekeepers.

From the Free Press Journal, an imam in the U.K. lectures on the procedure for stoning women to death.  (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, The Washington Post regards some terrorists as "good".

From The Stream, what's behind the "great dechurching" in America?

From The Daily Signal, the South Carolina state Supreme Court upholds a ban on abortions after the detection of a "fetal heartbeat".

From The American Conservative, former Vice President Pence doesn't know what time it is.

From The Western Journal, at the Republican debate, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gets booed so badly that moderator Bret Baier had to intervene.

From BizPac Review, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki gets fact-checked about abortion up until birth.

From The Daily Wire, was the Republican presidential primary debate "a bit of a wash for everybody"?

From the Daily Caller, the FDA issues two recalls, one for dog food and the other for human food.

From Breitbart, an MS-13 gang member and 12 other illegal aliens are sentenced for their involvement in gang-related murders in Colorado.

From Newsmax, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis subpoenas Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as a witness against former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows.

And from the New York Post, for a cool $17.6 million, the estate on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard which was once rented by then-President Obama can be yours.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, are Title IX proceedings on college campuses "judicial" or not?

From FrontpageMag, government barricades on Maui killed people, while those who drove around them survived.

From Townhall, families of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks have a word for President Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, top law school administrators brainstorm ways to circumvent the Supreme Court's ban on race-based affirmative action.

From the Washington Examiner, BlackRock backs off from its support of ESG shareholder proposals.

From The Federalist, the media don't care about the wildfires on Maui or Biden's "Katrina moment".

From American Thinker, the "blunt truth" about models for predicting global temperature.

From MRCTV, singer Oliver Anthony releases a new song.

From NewsBusters, PolitiFact defends Biden on the Chinese spy balloon.

From Canada Free Press, left-wing Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden (D) asks gangs to shoot only after 9:00 p.m. and before 9:00 a.m.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil calls the Inter-American Court of Human Rights an auxiliary arm of U.S. interests.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a poem about a "boy who identified as a car".  (This article appears to have been published for the first time today, so I've linked it here.)

From Snouts in the Trough, it's not half cold.

From EuroNews, the chief of the Russian mercenary group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead in a plane crash.

From Voice Of Europe, the Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland saw its most passengers ever during this past July.

From ReMix, according to Alejandro Peña Esclusa, who was imprisoned by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez, Europe is being conquered, not with tanks and rifles, but with cultural warfare.

From Balkan Insight, Greece will investigate recent wildfires after the burned bodies of 18 people, believed to be migrants, are discovered.

From The North Africa Post, the African Union suspends Niger until its constitutional order is restored.

From The New Arab, a Palestinian Arab born in Nazareth runs for mayor in Jerusalem.

From Khaama Press, under Taliban rule, Afghan girls are forced into seminaries and marriages.

From Hasht e Subh, Taliban personnel prevent 60 Afghan women from traveling to Dubai for educational purposes.

From the Afghanistan Times, 80 percent of Afghan school-aged girls are reportedly denied any chance to attend school.

From Dawn, Pakistan is required to keep all of its state-owned enterprises under the oversight of its finance ministry.

From The Express Tribune, according to Pakistani caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, surrendering to terrorists is not an option.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia begin a joint special forces exercise.

From The Hans India, the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 lands on the moon, near its south pole.  (In a happy coincidence, India achieves this feat on a day when my links to be posted roll around to those from that country.)

From the Hindustan Times, the rover Pragyan rolls out of the Chanrayaan-3 lander, with live updates.

From ANI, India celebrates its lunar landing.

From India Today, the "smooth landing for Chandrayaan-3" is a "giant leap for India".  (Somewhere, Neil Armstrong is sending his congratulations.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh and the United States start a dialogue about defense.

From New Age, Bangladeshi Border Guard personnel arrest two people for allegedly smuggling 43 gold bars.

From Gatestone Institute, justice requires procedural fairness.

From The Stream, should Congress proclaim Joe Biden our king, and First Son Hunter Biden a prince?

From The Daily Signal, the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reinstates Alabama's law which protect children from gender-transition hormones.

From The American Conservative, the world needs more punishment.

From The Western Journal, Biden's visit to Maui did more harm than good.

From BizPac Review, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is not interesting in becoming vice president.

From The Daily Wire, floodgates opened at the southern U.S. border due to monsoon season allow more illegal aliens to come in.

From the Daily Caller, workers for a Chinese real estate developer go unpaid for months.

From the New York Post, an Ecuadorian migrant apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border will be deported back to Ecuador, where he faces rape charges.

From Breitbart, pastor Franklin Graham reaffirms his support for former President Trump.

From Newsmax, the U.S. State Department approves a possible sale of F-16 infrared search and track systems to Taiwan.

And from SFGate, Burning Man in Nevada will reopen its gates as flooding from Tropical Storm Hilary recedes.

Tuesday Tidbits

On a sunny and warm but not too much Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden likens an "insignificant" fire at his house in 2004 to the deadly wildfire on Maui.

From FrontpageMag, on the International Day of Remembrance for Terror Victims, the U.S. State Department does not even mention 9/11.

From Townhall, comedy host Bill Maher has some advice for presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R).

From The Washington Free Beacon, what to watch for in the Republican presidential primary debate.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden's show of "empathy" has always been a fraud.

From The Federalist, will the NCAA's conference realignment blow up college football?

From American Thinker, some men in President Obama's life who figuratively played for the other team.

From MRCTV, encounters with Chinese illegal aliens at the southern border increase by 826 percent.

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Mark Levin goes after the "sickening exploitation" of the wildfires on Maui by climate change nuts.

From Canada Free Press, we've had dark days many times before.

From TeleSUR, the Central American Parliament revokes Taiwan's observer status and gives it to communist China.

TCW Defending Freedom is now only republishing previously published articles.  I will resume linking their articles when they publish some new ones.

From EuroNews, 18 bodies, believed to be those of migrants, are found in a forested area of northern Greece that had been struck by wildfires.

From Voice Of Europe, the decision by the Czech town of Dobřiš to relocate a monument to a Red Army soldier who died in 1945 sparks controversy.  (If you read Czech, read the story at Sezman Zprávy.)

From ReMix, the U.S. State Department approves selling 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Poland.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia riles its neighbors with warnings about their recognitions of Kosovo.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco quadruples its avocado exports to Germany in six years.

From The New Arab, dissent against the Syrian government spreads to the coastal city of Latakia.  (A variety of tobacco is named after the city.)

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Border Police arrest two terrorists in Hebron, West Bank.

From The Times Of Israel, an Israeli Arab mayoral candidate and three others are gunned down in Abu Snan, Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, the umbrella group for protests against proposed Israeli reforms expands its fight against 225 bills that it regards as "dictatorial".

From YNetNews, the natural area of Ein Fit in the Golan Heights is set to be razed in order to build a base for the IDF.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum announces a new oil discovery in the Gulf of Suez.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's National Elections Authority and the Egyptian Postal Authority sign a cooperation protocol.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian Aviation Authority issues its first aircraft maintenance license to a private company.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Commerce has issued 273 commercial licenses for making silver jewelry so far this year.

From DohaNews, Qatar is in discussions to build a new chemical plant in Algeria.  (If you read Arabic, read the story at Elkhabar Daily.)

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, the lawyer for the family of Mahsa Amini, who died in police custory, is reportedly ordered to appear in Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Court.

From IranWire, businesses in Iran go on strike to protest the arrest of Sunni cleric Molavi Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi.

From Iran International, Iran unveils a new drone with improved range and enhanced capabilities.

From Gatestone Institute, the continuing atrocities resulting from blasphemy laws in Pakistan.

From The Stream, the reaction in California to Tropical Storm Hilary shows again how easy it is to panic Americans.

From The Daily Signal, some debate questions for the Republican presidential candidates.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter and "Squad" member Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is angry that a poll shows her losing to Biden.

From BizPac Review, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) announces that he will make an announcement about running for president.  (In doing so, he keeps this blog's "Romney" label alive.)

From The Daily Wire, a Muslim group and a principals union claim that a school system lied to stop parents from opting students out of transgender lessons.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritters demand transparency from the DOJ investigator reviewing allegations from IRS whistleblowers.

From the New York Post, plantation slavery was established on the island of São Tomé near Africa before it was imported into the Americas.

From Breitbart, Catholics protest a "gospel" drag show at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. by praying the rosary.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, 46 percent of New York registered voters say that the recent influx of migrants is a serious problem.  (As I said yesterday, New Yorkers who voted for Biden in 2020 are themselves the cause of this problem.)

And from the Genesius Times, former President Trump is indicted for making America great again.

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, the decline of American politics as seen from one Senate seat.

From FrontpageMag, should electric vehicles be banned?

From Townhall, New York City residents go NIMBY on migrant shelters.  (Note to all Noo Yawkers who voted for candidate Biden in 2020:  You are the reason why the migrant shelters are there in the first place.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, legal experts call for President Biden's favorite PAC to be investigated over financial discrepancies.

From the Washington Examiner, the latest version of Queen's Greatest Hits album will no longer include a song about young females with large derrieres.

From The Federalist, renting a Tesla electric vehicle for a week sells one consumer on gas-powered cars.

From American Thinker, "we need a truce" between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's (R) people and former President Trump's people.

From MRCTV, a violent thug in a Texas restaurant runs into the 2nd Amendment.

From NewsBusters, will the self-appointed "disinformation" police return on the platform formerly known as Twitter?

From TeleSUR, the party Citizen Revolution wins the largest number of seats in Ecuador's National Assembly.

From EuroNews, a nurse convicted of murdering seven babies, thus becoming the U.K.'s most prolific serial killer, gets life in prison.

From Voice Of Europe, Belarus expands its military cooperation with China as tensions with the West rise.  (If you read German, read the story at Unser Mitteleuropa.)

From ReMix, more than four out of five Poles say nie to E.U. migration reforms.

From Balkan Insight, the Croatian Women's Network demands stronger legal protection against violence by males.

From Morocco World News, on his birthday, Moroccan King Mohammed VI issues pardons to 760 people.

From The North Africa Post, will Tunisia become the next Arab state to normalize its relations with Israel?

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey reopens its İpsala border gate, which was closed for three days due to forest fires in Greece.

From Turkish Minute, an "unpleasant odor" is detected in the Hagia Sophia in İstanbul, Turkey.

From Rûdaw, Iraq seeks an agreement with Turkey to resume oil exports from the region of Kurdistan.

From Armenpress, according to foreign ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan, Armenia continues its activities at the U.N. and in other organizations after a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, the first Armenian cross-stone in Finland is consecrated in the city of Espoo.

From Azərbaycan24, a Peruvian trap shooter who won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics regrets never having been to Baku, Azerbaijan.

From AzerNews, new Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib will visit Azerbaijan and Armenia during the next few weeks.

From In-Cyprus, the Cypriot parliament will debate taxing energy companies over windfall or excess profits.

From The Syrian Observer, continuing protests in southern Syria could expand.

From North Press Agency, the Syrian National Army arrests Kurds in the region of Afrin for not joining protests against U.S. sanctions on their leaders.

From The961, seven uniquely Lebanese traffic rules.

From The New Arab, the internal politics giving rise to the Palestinian Authority's reshuffle.

From OpIndia, is U.S. congresscritter Ro Rhanna (D-Cal) interfering in India?

From Gatestone Institute, after destroying, the Iran-controlled terrorist group Hezbollah threatens war with Israel.

From The Stream, Biden has some misplaced priorities.

From The Daily Signal, conservative congresscritters say that any spending bill must address border security and DOJ weaponization.

From The American Conservative, California, even including the city of West Hollywood, is worth fighting for.

From BizPac Review, according to a poll, Trump is surging, but voters indicate that they can be persuaded to vote for someone else.

From The Daily Wire, a Gold Star mom whose son was killed in Afghanistan want comfort from Biden, but he wanted a photo op.

From the Daily Caller, Americans wonder if category 6 hurricanes are possible.

From the New York Post, Biden takes a break from his vacation in a house near Lake Tahoe to see the wildfire damage on Maui.

From WWLP, a driver tries to get away from police and then crashes his car so badly that he dies and the engine flies into the second story of a house.  (Does he deserve a Darwin Award nomination?  The story comes via the New York Post.)

From Breitbart, First Son Hunter Biden's lawyers urge the DOJ to prosecute IRS whistleblowers.

From Florida Politics, according to the aforementioned Governor DeSantis, immigrants from "Poland or Brazil" don't have a right to come to the U.S.  (In my opinion, he's right - in a sense.  This is because immigration is a privilege, not a right.  In other words, Brazilians and Poles have no right to immigrate to the U.S. because no one has such a right.  However, due to my own descent from Polish immigrants, who came here when there was no independent Poland, I can't claim to be completely unbiased in this matter.  The story comes via Newsmax.)

From Newsmax, Tropical Storm Hilary passes through California and now heads for Nevada.

And from The Babylon Bee, the weakened state of former Hurricane Hilary is blamed on Russian interference.  (Even so, it has already destroyed over 30,000 emails.)

A Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

On a warm sunny Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From National Review, the Chinese Communist Party is using African schools to "export" their brand of "authoritarianism".

From Townhall, illegal crossings of the southern border spike despite claims from the Biden administration that it is not overwhelmed.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the book The Novel, Who Needs It? by Joseph Epstein.

From American Thinker, how environmentalism and government incompetence led to the tragic fire on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

From NewsBusters, NBC host Chuck Todd crows over President Biden and the Republican Party for not attacking former President Trump.

From Snouts in the Trough, there is no need to have an inquiry about mass murderer Lucy Letby.

From Al Arabiya, an Iranian realtor is arrested for allegedly selling an apartment to a dog.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, Muslims in Saint-Eutrope, France turn their social housing into a madrassa.  (If you read French, read the story at FDeSouche and La Provence.)

From Gatestone Institute, whether Brexit has failed depends on how you define it.

From The Stream, confessions of a rich man who lives north of Richmond.

From BizPac Review, the "Squad" spends lots of money on private security.

And from SFGate, a dive bar in San Francisco doesn't even have a sign.

Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, President Biden vacations at a climate activist's mansion while Hawaii counts its dead.

From Townhall, Hunter Biden was living at the White House when the she-don't-lie was found in the West Wing.

From the Washington Examiner, everything you need to know about Hurricane Hilary as it approaches California.

From The Federalist, 14 U.S. cities have a "target" of outlawing meat, dairy and private vehicles by 2030.

From American Thinker, the original Hurricane Hillary (with a double "l") beclowns "herself".

From NewsBusters, the media downplay singer Oliver Anthony's success.

From Canada Free Press, the left smells blood in the water - ours.

From TeleSUR, the Ecuadorian government denies responsibility in the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Muslim migrant vandalizes a church in Turin, Italy, after which police do nothing.  (Should I add the phrase "or lack thereof" to this blog's "law enforcement" label?  If you read German, read the story at Unser Mitteleuropa.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration funds nuclear weapons program, thus incentivizing terror.

From The Stream, it's good that you're outraged, but where have you been?

From The Daily Signal, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy claims that Biden is not the person running the country, and that he's taking on those who really do.

From The Western Journal, Navajo landowners give Interior Secretary Deb Haaland a two-word demand.

From BizPac Review, hundreds of firearms dealers lose their licenses.

From The Daily Wire, residents of the fire-stricken island of Maui ask why they're being ignored.

From the Daily Caller, the Biden administration starts quietly "disposing" of materials intended for then-President Trump's border wall.

From the New York Post, Hurricane Hilary is already canceling flights and scrambling sporting events.

From Breitbart, a Russian missile attack on Chernihiv, Ukraine kills seven people, including a six-year-old girl.

From Newsmax, according to The Washington Post, media magnate Rupert Murdoch has urged Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) to run for president.

And from France24, French General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who oversaw the reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, dies while hiking in the Pyrenees mountain range.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, something is still wrong with President Biden.

From FrontpageMag, a final word on former President Obama.

From Townhall, a Virginia farmer fights back against big government.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Senator (R-SC) and presidential candidate Tim Scott, the U.S. military needs to be ready to fight against three enemies.

From the Washington Examiner, people are being killed because of climate activists.

From The Federalist, former Governor (R-SC) and current presidential candidate Nikki Haley is Hillary Clinton 2.0.

From American Thinker, former President Trump can prove that his claim of election fraud in 2020 is true, and simply must do so.

From MRCTV, singer Oliver Anthony claims to have turned down million-dollar deals, but his show sells out in three minutes.

From NewsBusters, networks hype Biden's "historic" summit with two U.S. allies, but go Sergeant Schultz about the alleged pseudonym he used while he was vice president.

From TeleSUR, the family of murdered Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio blames President Guillermo Lasso and other public officials.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why forecasts of rainy weather can never be wrong.

From Snouts in the Trough, the West's predicted civilizational decline.

From ReMix, the Czech Supreme Administrative Court rules that officially changing gender can only be done for people who undergo transgender surgery.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, Budapest is a "must-visit city".  (I was there in 2000.  What is everyone waiting for?  Oh wait, traveling there costs a lot more now, in part due to higher jet fuel prices.  Never mind.)

From Hungary Today, Hungary's newest bridge over the Danube will be spectacular.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Világgazdaság and its source TEOL.)

From About Hungary, Hungary's poultry product council BTT and agricultural chamber NAK call for a suspension of the importation of Ukrainian poultry and eggs into the E.U.

From Russia Today, a stone monument in the Russian region of Belgorod commemorating Italian soldiers who invaded the Soviet Union during World War II is stolen.

From Sputnik International, the Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport brings in 10 new defense products, including an underwater drone.

From The Moscow Times, the Russian Orthodox Church investigates a priest who blessed a statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

From Novinite, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirms his support for Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen zone.

From The Sofia Globe, four people are arrested after clash at the Soviet Army Memorial in Sofia, Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian government maps out its measures for fighting crime.

From the Greek Reporter, archaeologists find ancient artifacts at the ruins of the sanctuary of Poseidon in the ancient Greek town of Helike.

From Ekathimerini, Greek drivers are prone to speeding and parking violations.

From the Greek City Times, the Greek military gets two cargo planes, named after the Roman equivalent of an ancient Greek hero.

From Voice Of Europe, the number of illegal irregular migrants entering Greece is increasing, including 90 people rescued from a sailing yacht in the Aegean Sea.

From Balkan Insight, Croatia's ban on entry for Bosnian Serb journalist Danijel Simić is questioned.

From EuroNews, former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is charged with making false statements to a parliamentary investigation.

From The North Africa Post, according to former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, France's loss of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger marks the end of Françafrique.

From The New Arab, the hardline Syrian group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham announces that it has suspended its co-founder Abu Maria Al-Qahtani.

From Bitter Winter, moderate Pakistani Islamic theologian Muhammad Ali Mirza, accused of blasphemy, escapes his fourth assassination attempt.

From Firstpost, police in Bengaluru, India dismantle a sextortion ring.  (My spellchecker has no problem with the word "sextortion".)

From Gatestone Institute, will China, Russia and North Korea launched their nuclear weapons?

From The Stream, Catholics and Republican congresscritters question immigration funding going to bishops who benefit from the smuggling of migrants.

From The Daily Signal, why do we allow China to get away with attacking the U.S.?

From The American Conservative, observations from Seattle, Washington.

From The Western Journal, the Biden administration more than quadruples the number of Ukrainians given Temporary Protected Status in the U.S.

From BizPac Review, a judge dismisses tax charges against First Son Hunter Biden, but he is not yet off the hook.

From The Daily Wire, Trump will reportedly will skip the first Republican presidential debate, but will be interviewed by Tucker Carlson.

From the Daily Caller, several high-profile Republican candidates night not appear at the party's first presidential debate.

From Breitbart, liberation theology has contributed to a decline of Catholicism in Brazil, says a former liberation theologian.

From Newsmax, Hurricane Hilary heads toward southern California.  (The U.S. dodged a Hurricane Hillary in 2016.)

And from the New York Post, would anyone like a Doritos bagel?