Stories For Halloween

On a sunny but cool Tuesday falling on the last day of October, here are some things going on:

From National Review, peace will not exist as long as Hamas does.

From FrontpageMag, an American terrorist supports the Hamas terrorists.

From Townhall, why Secretary of State Antony Blinken had to briefly pause his testimony before the Senate.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Israel.

From the Washington Examiner, a judge presiding over a case against former President Trump conveniently forgets her own contribution to a left-wing organization.

From The Federalist, The New York Times helps Democrats in California vilify a school district for returning power to parents.

From American Thinker, Israel implements a version of the 2nd Amendment and President Biden disapproves.

From MRCTV, a would-be carjacker with nine prior alleged offenses makes his last mistake - before he's even old enough to drive.

From NewsBusters, certain TV hosts appear to misunderstand Speaker Johnson's (R-LA) Christianity.

From Canada Free Press, Canada goes from draconian coronavirus lockdowns to small town lockouts.

From TeleSUR, more on what happened while the aforementioned Antony Blinken was testifying.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Israel is, as the saying goes, "damned if it does and damned if it doesn't".  (Since the article's title does not bleep out the "damned", neither will I.)

From EuroNews, a woman's attempted "Allah akbar" on a train in Paris backfires badly.

From Voice Of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wages a war on priests.

From ReMix, the German newspaper Bild publishes a 50-point manifesto for migrants.  (If you read German, you can read the manifesto here.)

From Balkan Insight, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demands that Kosovo and Serbia stick to their normalization agreement.

From Morocco World News, the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco organizes a Demo Day for about 40 tech startups.

From The North Africa Post, the U.N. Security Council reiterates its call for a census of the people living in the Tindouf camps.

From The New Arab, the jail sentence of Tunisian opposition party leader Rached Ghannouchi is extended due to terror-related charges.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Türkiye will produce its own Hepatitis A vaccine.

From Turkish Minute, if you're not Turkish, visiting the Hagia Sophia mosque in İstanbul is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

From Rûdaw, Iraq claims to have completed a security barrier on its border with Iran.

From Armenpress, the construction of the Gyumri Dry Port and Industrial Estate could start in 2024.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Poland is willing to enhance its relationship with Armenia.

From Azərbaycan24, 11 more Azerbaijani citizens are returned home.  (My spellchecker has no problem with this site's name, even with the "ə".)

From AzerNews, a look at some waterfalls in the Azerbaijani district of Gabala.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian government decides against opening a new front with Israel.

From North Press Agency, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps places rocket launchers in civilian houses in the Syrian region of Deir ez-Zor.

From The961, according to Lebanese caretaker Agriculture Minister Abbas Al-Hajj Hassan, Israeli bombs have burned down about 40,000 ancient olive trees in southern Lebanon.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus talks to its neighbors and to the E.U. about establishing a humanitarian aid corridor for Gaza.

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinian Authority shares in the responsibility for Hamas's attack on Israel.

From The Stream, Jewish Americans are waking up to the dangers from the left.

From The Daily Signal, a tale of the media and two Speakers.

From The American Conservative, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is half-right about deporting foreigners who violate the terms of their visas.

From BizPac Review, Biden commits a faux pas while distributing Halloween candy.

From The Daily Wire, Jewish American and TDW editor emeritus Ben Shapiro shreds the arguments of a pro-Hamas activist at the University of Oxford.

From i24, Jewish homes in Paris are marked with the Star of David.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, Muslims in swing states threaten to withdraw support for Biden if he doesn't call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

From the New York Post, how to remove "forever chemicals" from drinking water.

From Breitbart, police in London arrest two women wearing shirts having prints of paragliders.

From Newsmax, Democratic Senators plan to subpoena two Republican donors in attempt to investigate the dealings of conservative Supreme Court justices.

And from the Genesius Times, an ordinary average white guy wins a contest for the "scariest" Halloween costume without even wearing one.

Monday Links

On a mild and mostly cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the problems in Gaza should be blamed on Hamas.

From FrontpageMag, the little-known connection between the Chinese Communist Party and Middle Eastern terror groups.

From Townhall, here's what police were told weeks before the mass shooting in Maine.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Harvard lecturer who discriminated against Jewish students has faced no disciplinary action.

From the Washington Examiner, automakers face reality about electric vehicles.

From The Federalist, we hardly knew Senator (R-UT) and former Governor (R-MA) Mitt Romney.  (The "Romney" label, as I might have previously mentioned, keeps going and going......)

From American Thinker, how to defeat Hamas and its tunnels.

From MRCTV, food insecurity is allegedly rising under President Biden.

From NewsBusters, a South Park special nukes Disney's work reboots.

From Canada Free Press, "don't blame me, I voted for Trump".

From TeleSUR, drought effects 62 municipalities in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, welcome to former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new TV show.

From Snouts in the Trough, who is really responsible for Russia's invasion of Ukraine?

From EuroNews, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen promises the Western Balkan and E.U. economies "closer".

From Voice Of Europe, Europe is on the brink of a civil war due to migrants.

From ReMix, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki claims that the E.U. is blackmailing Poland into changing its government.

From Balkan Insight, pro-Western entrepreneur Vassil Terziev comes in first in the mayoral election in Sofia, Bulgaria, and now faces a runoff against a pro-Russian candidate.

From Total Croatia News, five inventions for which we can thank Croatian-born Nikola Tesla.

From The Slovenia Times, inflation in Slovenia cools off during October.

From The Malta Independent, 49 people are caught living illegally on the Maltese island of Gozo.

From Malta Today, according to an opinion column, banning e-scooters in Malta is an admission of failure.

From ANSA, Jews in Rome are "reasonably concerned" about rising intolerance.

From SwissInfo, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, it's the wool-uff.  (The phrase "it's the wool-uff" comes from the cartoon It's the Wolf, whose title is often spoken, with a slight mispronunciation, by a lamb named Lambsy.)

From France24, French soccer fans get more violent ahead of the 2024 Olympics.

From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron looks to cement his legacy with the new French language museum.

From The Portugal News, veterinarians question the claim that a Portuguese dog lived for 31 years.

From The North Africa Post, the automaker Renault will start producing the new model Kardian SUV in Casablanca, Morocco.

From The New Arab, the U.S. is asked to deploy its Patriot air defense missiles - in Jordan.

From Bianet, a high-ranking ISIS terrorist is on trial for allegedly kidnapping a Yazidi girl, but is at liberty.

From the Daily Mail, the terrifying moment when families and children are forced to run through a mob of Jew-haters in a Muslim region of Russia.

From The Messenger, according to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, an Israeli-German woman was kidnapped by Hamas, paraded naked through streets in Gaza, and then beheaded.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an editorial, crowds are hatefully threatening Jews, with impunity.

From Gatestone Institute, our response to China must not be "proportional", but overwhelming.

From The Stream, some stories from the presidential campaign trail.

From The Daily Signal, Washington, D.C. freshens up its "Black Live Matter" street art despite the group's support for Hamas.  (There's really no surprise that one group of racist thugs would support another group of racist thugs.)

From BizPac Review, a man confronts Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) over his support for Israel and gets tossed out of the event.

From The Daily Wire, a federal contractor urges the DHS to change its language.

From the Daily Caller, "huge swaths" of Americans are Sergeant Schultz when it comes to Biden's electric vehicle tax credits.

From the New York Post, former Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) gets a primary challenger.

From Breitbart, more on the aforementioned Israeli-German woman who was beheaded by Hamas.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Newsmax, nine Republican governors ask the NCAA to rewrite its policy toward transgender student-athletes.

And from The Babylon Bee, the White House accidentally hands out bags of she-don't-lie to Halloween trick-or-treaters.

Sunday Stuff

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

From National Review, according to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Hamas is preventing hundreds of Americans from leaving the Gaza Strip.

From Townhall, pro-Palestine protests break out in the U.S.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about young people on the Internet.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats show that congresscritter Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) is above the law.

From American Thinker, the left's dirty little secret about "gun control".

From NewsBusters, PBS host Amna Nawaz urges a ceasefire in Gaza, citing Hamas's fake fatality lists.

From Canada Free Press, the U.N. General Assembly demands a ceasefire in Gaza, but refuses to condemn Hamas.

From TeleSUR, President Gustavo Petro urges his fellow Colombians to vote in peace and respect the results.

From TCW Defending Freedom, cheer up, Western world, and count your chickens.

From The Times Of India, a former Hamas leader virtually addresses a rally against Hinduism and Zionism.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Pakistani Senator draws outrage for a post on X invoking Hitler.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas and what might be its last ruse.

From The Stream, the worst argument against Christianity, and how to respond to it.

From The Daily Signal, the insidious way in which the Biden administration forces its employees to preach DEI.

From BizPac Review, an Islamic scholar give the "Queers for Palestine" crowd a bit of reality.

From The Daily Wire, Muslims in the Russian region of Dagestan reportedly storm an airport looking for Jews after a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel arrives.

From the Daily Caller, Republican Senators attempt to curtail the powers of the Department of Homeland Security due to its allegedly censorship.

From the New York Post, a tech firm proposes to replace cell towers in New York City that would blend in better than their surroundings.

From ABC News, the Maine mass shooter tried to buy a silencer almost three months before the mass shooting, and was denied.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, President Biden's mobile app allows thousands of "special interest aliens" to be released into American communities.

From Newsmax, United Auto Workers escalates its strike against General Motors.

And from SFGate, why "I voted" stickers in San Francisco will depict parrots.

Saturday Stories

Now that I'm back from my brief visit to Pennsylvania, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the suspected Maine mass-shooter is found dead.

From Townhall, according to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israelis must either "survive or die".

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Vice President Pence suspends his presidential campaign.

From the Washington Examiner, electric vehicles are not a good bargain for anyone.

From The Federalist, the company Eventbrite nixed a "protecting women's sports" event while platforming rallies by Hamas supporters.

From American Thinker, the bowling alley where much of the Maine mass-shooting took place is a gun-free zone.

From NewsBusters, The Washington Post offers the Chief Twit a one-finger salute.

From Canada Free Press, 60 years of left-wing indoctrination.

From TCW Defending Freedom, it's OK for the U.K. to keep out boat people, if they're from Albania.

From The Times Of Israel, an Iranian girl allegedly attacked by morality police later dies.

From Gatestone Institute, action against Iran needs tob be stronger.

From The Stream, an open letter to University of Pennsylvania business school chairman Marc Rowan, and others.

From BizPac Review, Senator Socialism (I-VT) irks his base by remembering the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.

From The Daily Wire, the IDF strikes at Hamas's tunnels.

From the Daily Caller, energy companies laugh at predictions of "peak oil".  (According to predictions I read several decades back, there currently should not be any oil left.  In other words, "peak oil" was already supposed to have happened.)

From Breitbart, former President Trump tells the Republican Jewish Coalition that President Biden's weakness led to Hamas's attack on Israel.

From Newsmax, hundreds of pro-Hamas protesters fill New York City's Grand Central Terminal, with 200 of them being detained.

And from the New York Post, a doctor in California proposes new terminology for our private parts.

A Bit Of Friday Stuff From A Traveling Sasquatch

I have once again set out on the road, but this time for a two-day out and back trip to northeastern Pennsylvania, where I used to visit my grandparents and other relatives when I was a Littlefoot.  I'm off to get some edible things up here that aren't available in my adopted home state of Maryland or in Virginia where my siblings live.

Meanwhile, other than my own adventures, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, President Biden funds and sanctions Hamas - at the same time.

From Townhall, a Hamas spokesman doesn't like being asked to justify the groups actions toward Israelis.

From The Washington Free Beacon, as State Department memo consoling its employees says nothing about "Israel" or "Jews".

From The Federalist, the media gripe about Speaker Johnson's (R-LA) predictions of "sexual anarchy", as they become true.

From American Thinker, you might just think that there's a conspiracy against former President Trump.

From NewsBusters, right-wing filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza's new movie Police State exposes a federal program to target Republicans, Christians and conservatives.

From TCW Defending Freedom, climate fearmongers blame climate change for Storm Babet, which really wasn't all that unusual.

From Snouts in the Trough, will Israel still exist 5 years from now?

From Palestinian Media Watch, young Palestinian girls play "the Martyr game".

From OpIndia, eight Indian former naval officers sentenced to death in Qatar for allegedly spying for Israel had been arrested for "friendly banter with a diplomat".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a teenage boy at a school in Mühlhausen, Germany is beaten up for insulting a Muslim.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Fox News, according to the IDF, Hamas's main terror base is located under the largest hospital in Gaza.

From Arutz Sheva, the distortion of legal principles used to justify atrocities committed by Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, is Europe facing a civil war?

From The Stream, are Christian Gentiles actually spiritual Jews?

From The American Conservative, remarks to the annual gala of TAC.

From BizPac Review, law-abiding shoppers are forced to wait up to 40 minutes to buy basic goods due to the merchandise being locked up.

From The Daily Wire, according to the group NewsGuard, "we still don't know" who's responsible for the blast at a Gazan hospital.

From the Daily Caller, a navy shipbuilding plan would reduce the size of its fleet during the time when China might invade Taiwan.

From the New York Post, a video shows construction workers in New York City confronting a man caught tearing down posters of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas.

From Newsmax, congresscritter James Comer (R-KY) calls on congresscritter Jamie Raskin (D-MD) to apologize for lying about the Biden family's business dealings.

And from Breitbart, the aforementioned Speaker Johnson tells people to "pick up a Bible" if they want to understand his worldview.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, new Speaker Johnson (R-LA) has a tough task ahead of him.

From FrontpageMag, deaths at the parking lot of a Gazan hospital number between 10 and 60, not the 500 as initially reported.

From Townhall, here's what the State Department focuses on as World War III inches closer.

From The Washington Free Beacon, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) praises the Chinese electric vehicle company that botched taxpayer-funded contracts.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscriitter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) is the threat to democracy which Democrats have warned about.

From The Federalist, left-wing Democrats "snarl" at Speaker Johnson's faith because they know at it's a threat to them.

From American Thinker, what the "climate change" agenda is really about.  (Hint:  You can find the carbon that they want to reduce in the mirror.)

From MRCTV, protesters at a pro-Palestinian rally at the University of Washington tell the truth about what they want.

From NewsBusters, anchorman Chris Cuomo admits that ABC banned its reporters from wearing American flag pins on their jackets.

From Canada Free Press, resolutions proposed by the U.S. and Russia each fail to pass in the U.N. Security Council.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorje Rodriguez exposes the details of fraud in the country's opposition primaries.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC drags its feet over its reporters who support Hamas.

From Snouts in the Trough, can the U.K.'s Labour Party be any worse?

From ReMix, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admits that Ireland is reaching its maximum capacity for taking in refugees.  (One of the excuses reasons given for requiring European countries to take in unlimited numbers of refugees is that they colonized other parts of the world.  Requiring this from Ireland is ironic, because not only did Ireland not take part in this colonialism, but was itself colonized by Britain.)

From EuroNews, Slovakia decides against sending any more military aid to Ukraine.

From Russia Today, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation want to cancel the late gay ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev.

From Sputnik International, the U.S.'s uranium enrichment capacity is years behind that of Russia.  (If that's true, then I can think of one possible reason.)

From The Moscow Times, delegates from Hamas arrive in Moscow.

From Novinite, thousands of Bulgarians want to cancel their plans to visit Egypt and Jordan.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian authorities arrest a man who allegedly recording a video in which he called for "jihad" against Israelis and Americans.

From Radio Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev addresses Bulgaria's Constitutional Court over the government's decision to tax the transit of gas from Russia.

From the Greek Reporter, scientists solve the mystery of the eruption of the Santorini volcano in 1650.  (The volcanic Greek island of Santorini, which yours truly visited in 2006, erupted in 1650 AD, which should not be confused with the eruption of 1650 BC.)

From Ekathimerini, a proposed law against spreading terrorist content is posted for public consultation by the Greek Ministry of Justice.

From the Greek City Times, passport control machines stop working at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport, which serves Athens, Greece.  (This is the airport I flew into in 2006.  Fortunately, there were no technical difficulties that day.)

From Balkan Insight, the Serbian parliament adopts controversial new media laws.

From Voice Of Europe, Spain plans to allocate emergency housing space for 3,000 illegal undocumented migrants.

From The North Africa Post, the government of the Czech Republic supports Morocco's plan for autonomy in the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, Israel conducts a large-scale raid into Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hamas blocks evacuation routes in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

From Gatestone Institute, Qatar is a "master double-dealer".

From The Stream, Democrats push for non-citizen voting.

From The Daily Signal, according to congresscritter Andy Biggs (R-AZ), the record number of Russian and Chinese nationals encountered on U.S. borders "should not shock anyone".

From BizPac Review, a billionaire who graduated from Columbia University halts donations to his alma mater due to "[bleep] for brains" students protesting against Israel.

From The Daily Wire, more about Qatar, which sends money to both Hamas and to U.S. universities.

From the Daily Caller, what we know so far about the mass shooter in Maine.

From Breitbart, the last Beatles song uses artificial intelligence to isolate the late John Lennon's voice, and also includes guitars parts recorded by George Harrison in 1995.

From Newsmax, a man wanted for the murder of a Maryland judge who ruled against him in a child custody case has been found dead.

And from the New York Post, college track athletes in Yangzhou, China tawt dey taw a putty tat.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, congresscritter Mike Johnson (R-LA) secures the necessary votes to become the next House Speaker.

From FrontpageMag, the case for deporting foreign nationals.

From Townhall, guess who funded the pro-Hamas activists who infiltrated an office building on Capitol Hill.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the University of Pennsylvania tries to oust a professor for two years because of her allegedly racist remarks, but now defends free expression.

From the Washington Examiner, three things to know about Speaker-elect Johnson.

From The Federalist, the Department of Justice subpoenas the phone and email logs of congressional staffers who investigated the crossfire hurricane affair.

From American Thinker, former President Obama offers Israel some "friendly advice".

From MRCTV, Harvard University creates a task force to support "doxxed" antisemitic students.

From NewsBusters, according to MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is as much to blame for the lack peace as Hamas is.

From Canada Free Press, finding your way through the cold and dark.

From TeleSUR, Hurricane Otis strengthens to category 5 and strikes southern Mexico.

From TCW Defending Freedom, not even the worst violence by terrorists upsets the left.

From Snouts in the Trough, Gen Z complains about being made to feel uncomfortable.  (In the first paragraph, the author of SitT states that this post will be left up for only one day, so click and read it while you can.)

From VRT NWS, as many as 12,000 illegal aliens undocumented migrants are living in Antwerp, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, a Palestinian man is arrested in Anderlecht, Belgium after allegedly stating an intent to "die as a martyr by blowing himself up".  (If you read Flemish, read the story at Het Laatste Nieuws.  The TBT article also refers to the French language site La Dernière Heure, but does not provide a link thereto.)

From the NL Times, a Dutch shipping company is caught the arms embargo on Libya.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at RTL Nieuws.)

From Deutsche Welle, Germany plans to speed up its deportation of rejected asylum seekers.

From EuroNews, the Swedish coast guard rushes to clean up fuel oil that leaked from a ferry that went aground.

From Polskie Radio, Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk visits the E.U. leadership in Brussels.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Polska Agencja Prasowa.)

From ReMix, a tracking device is found on Poland's presidential car after it returns from Ukraine.

From Radio Prague, according to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, the Czech Republic will seek unequivocal support for Israel from the E.U.

From The Slovak Spectator, without the Bratislava Parking Assistant Card, parking in parts of the borough of Ružinov in Bratislava, Slovakia is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian parliament approves a declaration condemning the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel.

From Hungary Today, contestants from over 20 countries will compete in the Dreher Hungarian Open in Budapest.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian europarliamentcritters from the party Fidesz, the European Parliament is debating about Hungary "on the basis of false accusations".

From Voice Of Europe and the "get on your bikes and ride" department, the route of next year's Tour de France has been unveiled.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo police open an investigation about damage to an old cemetery in the town of North Mitrovica.

From The North Africa Post, two Moroccan military aircraft carrying aid for Palestinians arrive in Egypt's El Arich airport.

From The New Arab, fuel supplies in Gaza are running out.

From the Daily Mail, Palestinian supporters in London tear down posters of Israeli women and children kidnapped by Hamas.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a 16-year-old Afghan boy in Austria is sentenced to jail for beating up his sister because she attended school.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From The Jerusalem Post, a note found on the body of a Hamas terrorist calls on his fellow terrorists to remove the heads, hearts and livers from Jews.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, woke Westerners should realize that Hamas will come for them next.

From Gatestone Institute, anti-Jewish blood libel is "back with a vengeance".

From The Stream, a question for people who chant "from the river to the sea, Palestine must be free".

From The Daily Signal, President Biden states "no confidence" in Palestinian propaganda.

From The American Conservative, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) takes his fight against Dr. Anthony Fauci to the next level.

From BizPac Review, a reporter gets booed after asking the aforementioned congresscritter Johnson a loaded question about the 2020 election.

From The Daily Wire, Johnson has a history of "bluntly" confronting Democrats.

From the Daily Caller, Biden blames "extremist" Israeli settlers in the West Bank for "pouring gasoline" on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

From the New York Post, a man drives his SUV into a bike lane in Washington, D.C. and calls a Jewish woman on a bicycle that Jews "are the devil".

From Breitbart, the Republican National Committee congratulates Speaker-elect Johnson and urges Republicans to "unite" behind him.

From Newsmax, the organization Consumer Reports finds "concerning" levels of lead and cadmium in various chocolate products.  (You chocolate makers need to realize that lead and cadmium belong in batteries, not in candy.)

And from SFGate, when in the San Francisco Bay Area, beware of automatic speeding tickets.

Some Late Things For Tuesday

Now that I'm back home after a day of running around, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter Tom Emmer (R-Min) drops out of the contest for Speaker.

From FrontpageMag, 12 ways to support Israel.

From Townhall, The New York Times admits having trusted terrorist sources and getting burned for it.

From The Washington Free Beacon, many ordinary Palestinians took part in Hamas's atrocities against Israel.

From the Washington Examiner, Republican congresscritters again run for the cliff.

From The Federalist, the Biden administration finally discloses some disturbing numbers about illegal aliens crossing the southern border.

From American Thinker, Democrats show their totalitarianism and hypocrisy when discussing who should be allowed to become the House Speaker.

From MRCTV, Hamas supporters violently attack a TPUSA worker in Skokie, Illinois.

From NewsBusters, exposing America's woke classrooms.

From TeleSUR, an expert dismisses the results of opposition party primaries in Venezuela.  (It appears that some people are allowed to question the validity of elections.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, why do so many people still believe in the coronavirus "vaccines" even when given the facts about them?

From The Jerusalem Post, according to her grandson, a hostage taken and released by Hamas is a peace activist who helped sick Palestinians reach hospitals.  (What he may not realize is that to Hamas and similar terrorists, a Jew who is kind to Muslims is still a Jew.)

From Arutz Sheva, the hostage taken and released by Hamas described the horrors that she endured.

From The Times Of Israel, an Israeli boy turns nine years old after being kidnapped by Hamas.

From ABC News, terrorists with ties to ISIS kill at least 26 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. rewards terrorism.

From The Stream, the Hamas attack against Israel confirmed everything that right-wing commentator Dennis Prager believed.

From The Daily Signal, a speech given by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres disappears from its website Israel's ambassador and a group of rabbis demand his resignation.

From BizPac Review, President Biden suddenly leaves the "Situation Room", which lights a (figurative) fire on social media.

From The Daily Wire, some words from a son of a co-founder of Hamas.

From the Daily Caller, militants backed by Iran attack a U.S. base in Iraq.

From the New York Post, according to the NYPD, New York City has seen a spike of hate crimes since the Hamas attack on Israel, 60 percent of them against Jews.

From Breitbart, the Georgia Supreme Court upholds the state's law limiting abortion to six weeks.

From Newsmax, the Chief Twit warns that World War III could happen.

And from the Genesius Times, a movement calling to "free Palpatine" spreads across America.  (The post is a day old, but because the GT has nothing for today, I couldn't resist.)

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, antisemites vandalize the office of the Free Press.

From FrontpageMag, Hamas's enablers are very much in our midst.

From Townhall, guess which sort of location Hamas uses to fire rockets into Israel.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Associated Press won't let its reporters call Hamas "terrorists".

From the Washington Examiner, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser admits that masks contribute to criminal behavior.

From The Federalist, a record number of illegal aliens crossed the border from Mexico during September.

From American Thinker, the trap conservatives fall into when discussing immigration.

From MRCTV, a Colorado state judge blocks a ban on abortion pill reversal drugs.

From NewsBusters, the concept of beheading seems to be above the pay grade of New York magazine "intelligencer" Eric Levitz.

From Canada Free Press, the global virus of neo-communism.

From CBC News, Canada ends its evacuation flights out of Israel and starts considering such flights for Lebanon.

From Global News, what you need to know about the strike shutting down the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

From CTV News, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and opposition leader Pierre Poilievre are among dozens of Canadian parliamentcritters to be targeted by the "Spamouflage" campaign linked to China.

From TeleSUR, one person is killed and three others injured in shooting at a school in São Paulo, Brazil.

From TCW Defending Freedom, is there a mental health crisis or just "another money maker for Big Pharma"?

From the Express, according to the U.K.'s Princess Eugenie, the late Queen Elizabeth II had a secret that left the entire royal family surprised.

From The Standard, a London Underground driver is suspended after leading a chant of "free, free Palestine" while driving his train.  (The Standard was recently known as the Evening Standard.)

From the (U.K.) Independent, a record number of trials in the U.K. are delayed due to a staffing crisis.  (What is this "right to a speedy trail" you speak of?)

From the (Irish) Independent, a senior Israeli diplomat based in Dublin suggests that Ireland is funding Hamas's tunnel in a post on the platform formerly known as Twitter, and then deletes it.  (I remember an Irish terrorist organization called the Irish Republican Army, or IRA for short.  I don't remember them digging any tunnels.)

From the Irish Examiner, Justice Ministers Helen McEntee (Ireland) and Abdullah Bin Sultan Bin Awad Al Nuaimi (UAE) discuss a possible extradition treaty between their countries.

From EuroNews, Milan, Italy considers banning cars from its center.

From Voice Of Europe, the right-wing Swiss People's Party gains more seats in Switzerland's parliament.

From ReMix, the Tunisian who killed two Swedish soccer fans in Brussels, Belgium was the subject of an extradition request from his home country, but Belgian authorities lost his file.  (The article appears confused over whether he stabbed or shot his victims.  If you read Flemish, read the story of De Standaard.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnian authorities exhume the bodies of at least five people who disappeared in 1992 during the Balkan wars in the town of Višegrad.  (Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina should not be confused with Visegrád, Hungary.)

From The North Africa Post, at the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Morocco will send humanitarian aid to Palestinian populations.

From The New Arab, how the war between Israel and Hamas could impact Iraq.

From Arutz Sheva, a terror attack against the Israeli embassy in Brussels, Belgium is reportedly foiled.

From Gatestone Institute, does Hamas really not represent the Gazan Palestinians?

From The Stream, the movie Police State has a warning for America.

From The Daily Signal, the Southern Poverty Law Center stays silent on the Hamas-Israel war, but its union does not.

From BizPac Review, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) sounds the alarm on alleged Iranian spies in the U.S. government.  (Who does Cruz think he is, Whittaker Chambers?)

From The Daily Wire, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, "it would be good to hear the entire world" condemn Hamas.

From the Daily Caller, the Israeli army apologies after one of its tanks "accidentally fires" into Egypt.

From the New York Post, the FDA considers banning some black women's hair-straightening products because of a cancer risk.

From Breitbart, actor Michael Rapaport urges Jewish readers of The New York Times to cancel their subscriptions after it reinstated a Palestinian journalist who has praised Hitler.

From Newsmax, President Erdoğan submits to the Turkish parliament a protocol for Sweden to be admitted into NATO.

And from The Babylon Bee, the White House assures reporters that President Biden will be very concerned about the hostage situation in Gaza, once he finds out about it.

Sunday Links

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

From National Review, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) defends President Biden's decision to put aid for Ukraine and Israel in one package.

From Townhall, this NBC report about Gaza is hard to believe.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the "two-parent privilege" and its decline.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), former President Trump represents a "failure of character".  (Once again, the "Romney" label keeps going and going....)

From American Thinker, the U.S. is spending itself into its own destruction.

From NewsBusters, NBC and People magazine stick to the politically correct legend about the murder of Matthew Shepard.

From Canada Free Press, opposition leader Pierre Poilievre could be the prime minister who will bring back the Canada that Canadians once knew.

From TeleSUR, the Union of Construction Workers urges fellow Panamanians to join their protest against a mining concession approved by President Laurentino Cortizo.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the smell of muck, and other items.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, anti-Israel rallies are staged in German cities.  (If you read German, read the stories at Bild.)

From the Daily Mail, members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Hizb ut-Tahrir chant Hamas slogans in London.

From Palestinian Media Watch, young members of Fatah show their support for Hamas's attacks on Israel.

From Arutz Sheva, an IDF colonel describes horrors committed by Hamas.  (The last four stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, is Palestine a state or a cause?

From The Stream, when Christians are asked to explain their hope and ultimate destiny.

From BizPac Review, a Saturday Night Live skit has Jada Pinkett Smith bragging about "publicly cuckin'" her millionaire husband.

From The Daily Wire, according to former Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal), eight Republicans including congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) have caused an "embarrassing situation" for their party in the House.

From the Daily Caller, federal officials warn that members of Hamas and Hezbollah might be entering the U.S. through its southern border.

From the New York Post, when attending a college football game, keep your clothes on and stay off the field, or you might get tackled.

From the Fox News, according to a study, the Mediterranean diet could help reduce belly fat and loss of muscle mass caused by aging.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, according to retired Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, the Israel-Hamas conflict could "explode" into a regional war.

From Newsmax, Pope Francis and U.S. President Biden briefly discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict.

And from SFGate, yes, the Haunted Mansion at Disney has given out "death certificates".

Saturday Stuff

On a cool, cloudy and windy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, something is "off" with a poll about a potential cease fire in Gaza.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an Israeli student at Harvard is accosted during a pro-Hamas "die-in" on campus.

From the Washington Examiner, who are the Republican congresscritters running for House Speaker?

From American Thinker, President Biden's speech from the Oval Office is wrong on history and facts.

From NewsBusters, when the media faulted Republicans for a "witch-hunt" against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over what happened in Benghazi, Libya.

From Canada Free Press, a look at the new book Invisible Treason in America.  (I don't regard this article as a review, because its writer is also one of the book's authors.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s three main parties have energy plans that are "nonsense, bunkum and balderdash".

From Snouts in the Trough, how the U.K. government became the enemy.

From The North Africa Post, according to Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Morocco remains committed to participating international mobilization to end the tragic situation in Gaza.

From The New Arab, trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Frenchman of Chechen origin is arrested while carrying a knife near a synagogue in Strasbourg, France.  (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From Gatestone Institute, look behind Hamas's planned genocide and you'll find Iran.

From The Stream, in the conflict between good and evil, there are no sidelines.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) blasts Biden and the Democrat leadership over their support for Israel.

From The Daily Wire, more on the Republican congresscritters now running of House Speaker.

From the Daily Caller, Republican presidential candidates condemn antisemitism on college campuses and threaten to cut funding.

From Breitbart, the White House admits accidentally doxing American Special Forces in Israel.

And from the New York Post, Mr. October has to move over.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, a Chinese national is charged with operating an illegal biolab that contained mice infected with the coronavirus.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden appears to have a double standard about who is allowed to have "rage".

From Townhall, and speaking of "rage", what enrages and what doesn't enrage congresscritter Cori Bush (D-MO).

From The Washington Free Beacon, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) publicly supports Israel, but his private fundraising tells a different story.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an op-ed, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) cannot win the speakership, so he should give way.

From The Federalist, the last three years show that we need the 2nd Amendment more than ever.

From American Thinker, the Nashville police should follow the law and release the manifesto of the school mass shooter.

From MRCTV, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg releases a photo of herself and three friends that contains an antiSemitic symbol.  (The article spells "antiSemitic" with a capital "S" in the middle.  My spellchecker objects to the word, with either a capital "S" or a small "s".)

From NewsBusters, contrary to claims by Hamas, which were relayed by ABC and NBC, Israel did not bomb a church in the Gaza strip.

From Canada Free Press, the 1 Million March For Children returns to Canada tomorrow, leaving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outnumbered.

From TeleSUR, Argentina enters a quiet period ahead of its upcoming election.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the fire in a Luton Airport car park gives a stark warning about electric vehicles.

From Snouts in the Trough, the pursuit of "likes" in an inane world.

From EuroNews, the European Court of Human Rights orders Italy to compensate three migrants from Tunisia for "inhumane and degrading treatment".

From Voice Of Europe, over 100 police officers were injured during pro-Palestinian actions in Berlin.

From ReMix, why did Poland's governing conservatives lose power in the latest election?

From Balkan Insight, hundreds of people from the Balkans are still stranded in the Gaza strip.

From The North Africa Post, India lifts its ban on exporting rice to seven countries, include four in Africa.

From The New Arab, who are Gaza's Palestinian Christians?

From the Greek City Times, a Syrian carrying a knife goes into a church in Athens and shouts "Allahu Akbar".  (If you read Greek, read the story at Proto Thema.)

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. intelligence fails again.

From The Stream, what's this about "inciting" an "insurrection"?

From The Daily Signal, House Republicans de-nominate the aforementioned congresscritter Jim Jordan for Speaker, and congresscritter Kevin Hern (R-OK) announces his candidacy for Speaker.

From BizPac Review, hosts on The View turn congresscritter Ilhan Omar's words against her.

From The Daily Wire, two Americans are released after being held hostage in Gaza.

From the Daily Caller, Jewish left-wingers are shocked to discover that other left-wingers support Hamas.

From the New York Post, a wall of a New York City subway station is graffitied with an abhorrent anti-Jewish message.

From Breitbart, more on the de-nomination of the aforementioned congresscritter Jim Jordan.  (That's "de-nomination", which should not be confused with "denomination".)

And from Newsmax, the Chief Twit announces the creation of two new tiers of premium subscriptions on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

A Late Sasquatch's Thursday Dozen

Now that I've returned from running around again, here are 12 things going on:

From National Review, a U.S. Navy destroyer shoots down three missiles launched by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that were probably headed for Israel.

From FrontpageMag, domestic groups who support Hamas are allowed to benefit from tax-exempt status, which Congress can change.

From Townhall, congresscritter Colin Allred (D-TX) threatens to call the police on a reporter who tried to ask him some tough questions about Hamas's attack on Israel.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Black Criminal Lives Matter has had a long history with Hamas supporters.

From the Washington Examiner, special counsel David Weiss, who investigated First Son Hunter Biden, agrees to testify before Congress.

From American Thinker, why it should be okay to liken Hamas terrorists to Nazis.

From NewsBusters, NBC has more of a problem with the backlash against left-wing students calling for genocide against Jews than the call for genocide itself.

From The Indian Express, the murder of a Muslim woman and her Hindu husband in Govindi, Maharashtra, India is solved.

From the Daily Mail, according to an Israeli government spokesman, the explosion at a Gazan hospital killed "several dozen" people, not 471 as claimed by the Gaza Health Ministry.

From Gatestone Institute, as U.S. President Biden turns against Israel, its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must stand strong.

From The Stream, the myth of Israel bombing a hospital in Gaza will be around for decades.

And from the Genesius Times, Republican congresscritters consider making radio host Alex Jones the new Speaker of the House.