2023 Comes To An End

Once again, we have reached New Year's Eve.  To paraphrase John Lennon, soon another year will be over and a new one will begin.  As usual, I acknowledge that we are still living in interesting times.  I have a feeling that the times will continue to be interesting in the new year.

As usual, there are many events of the soon-to-be-past year that I could recall, but I can never recount all the those which deserve to be recounted.  Even so, I'll mention a few things.  Perhaps most notably, Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7th and Israel has been fighting back ever since.  The war has inspired numerous protests that have been ostensibly pro-Palestine but in my view, they're really pro-Hamas.  Meanwhile, Hamas's leaders are not in Gaza, but were in Qatar as of early November, but may have since then gone elsewhere.  In possible support of Hamas, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have attacked commercial shipping in the Red Sea, in order to prevent such ships from reaching Israel.  Recently, the U.S. Navy has repelled one such attack, sinking three Houthi ships.

Former President Trump had a very interesting year, being indicted in plural jurisdictions for various alleged offenses, and being sued for fraud relating to allegedly inflating his wealth and assets.  Meanwhile, the Colorado Supreme Court removed him from the state's primary ballot, but stayed the decision as Republicans appealed it to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Similar efforts in other states failed, but were successful in Maine.

U.S. congresscritters certainly had an interesting year.  They took 15 ballots to choose Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) to be their speaker, and later ousted him and replaced him with Mike Johnson (R-LA).  They also expelled George Santos (R-NY).  

In the matter of foreign affairs, Argentina elected a right-winger named Javier Milei to be their president.  After he took office, he abolished a number of government agencies.

In the matter of scientific affairs, the James Webb Space Telescope has presented information that challenges theories of how the early universe evolved, and has taught us about various other things.

To read some much better lists of events in 2023 than I could ever make, go to The Fact Site, CNBC TV18, Visual Capitalist, On This Day and Britannica.

Among the celebrities who passed away in 2023 were actors Suzanne Somers, Matthew Perry, Paul Reubens (of Pee Wee Herman fame), Raquel Welch, Alan Arkin, Ryan O'Neal, Stella Stevens and Cindy Williams; TV writer Norman Lear; TV hosts Bob Barker and Jerry Springer; musicians Jimmy Buffett, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Sinéad O'Connor, Harry Belafonte, Lisa Marie Presley, Burt Bacharach, Gordon Lightfoot, Myles Goodwyn (of April Wine), Tom Smothers, Gary Wright (of Spooky Tooth), Robbie Robinson (of The Band), Astrud Gilberto, David Crosby (of the Byrds and CSNY), Jeff Beck (of the Yardbirds and later his own group) and Gary Rossington (the last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd); NHL player Bobby Hull; televangelist Pat Robertson; diplomat Henry Kissinger; former First Lady Rosalynn Carter; and retired (and first-ever female) Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.  For more about those who left us in 2023, go to Reuters, CBS News, Variety, TMZ and People.

I'm happy to see that my alma mater Virginia Tech won a bowl game for the first time since the 2016 season.

On a personal note, if you've been regularly reading this blog, you know that during this year, I've been able to travel to Arizona, California, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and some new places in Virginia.  I've even been able to hike up to the highest point in my adopted home state of Maryland, the trail starting in West Virginia.

So once again I must reiterate my belief that the interesting times will continue into 2024.  I'd say that whatever happens, I'm not going to get bored.  To all who read this blog and whoever might stumble across it, have a Happy New Year.

Sunday Stories For The End Of 2023

On a cool cloudy Sunday which is the last day of 2023, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the U.S. Navy sinks three ships affiliated with the Houthi terrorists in the Red Sea.

From Townhall, for the third year in a row, Republican congresscritters remind President Biden of the crisis that he caused at the border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Greg Casar (D-TX) is a nominee for Man of the Year.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrat-controlled cities are ravaged by smash-and-grab crime in 2023.

From American Thinker, does anyone notice how nasty the regime of Nicaraguan President Ortega has become after remittances by migrants started to come in?

From NewsBusters, left-wing interviewers largely avoid asking Joe Biden about First Son Hunter Biden.

From Canada Free Press, returning to some type of "normality" in 2024.

From TeleSUR, Mexico and Venezuela agree to strengthen their cooperation on migratory matters.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Church of England makes a clandestine move toward same-sex "marriage".

From EuroNews, Danish Queen Margrethe II announces her abdication.

From Voice Of Europe, Sweden Democrat party leader Jimmie Åkesson's New Year's wish is fewer migrants.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco steps up its social reform program and introduces direct financial assistance for poor families.

From The New Arab, more on U.S. attacks on Houthi ships in the Red Sea.

From Jewish News Syndicate, McDonald's Malaysia sues the BDS movement for alleged "false and defamatory statements".  (The article cites Reuters, but does not provide an appropriate link.)

From Arutz Sheva, after South Africa calls for an investigation of Israeli "genocide" in the war against Hamas, Prime Minister Netanyahu asks South Africa "where were you?" when millions were killed or uprooted in Yemen and Syria.

From the Daily Mail, pictures from a 1976 road trip from the Netherlands to India.

From Gatestone Institute, "where does the pendulum swing" in 2024?

From The Stream, a grim harvest in Nigeria for the end of the year.

From The Western Journal, fingers point and tempers flare after a controversial penalty in the football game between the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys.

From BizPac Review, Harvard graduate and anti-gun activist David Hogg is dragged on social media over his allegedly subpar SAT score.

From The Daily Wire, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses the Biden administration of "aiding" Mexican drug cartels.

From the Daily Caller, religious liberty had some wins in courts and legislatures during 2023.

From the New York Post, New York City's Penn Station is crippled by hours of delays on Amtrak.

From Breitbart, former President Trump rips the Biden administration for allowing an "invasion" at the southern border.

From Newsmax, manufacturing activity in China decreases for the third straight month.

And from Fox News, Chinese President Xi Jinping promises that Taiwan will be reunified with China.  (via the New York Post)

Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, Wisconsin election officials decide against removing former President Trump from the state's primary ballot.

From Townhall, Iran is reportedly accelerating its transfer of precision weapons to Hezbollah.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a nominee for 2023 Man of the Year is the White House cokehead.

From the Washington Examiner, an advisor to former President Obama warns against removing Trump from state ballots.

From The Federalist, this New Year's Eve, be sure to sing Auld Lang Syne.

From American Thinker, the real reason why Trump is a threat to the current political party system.

From NewsBusters, PBS commentator David Brooks denounces Maine's removal of Trump from its primary ballot.

From Canada Free Press, what lies ahead in the biological war.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some news that you might have missed.

From The Times Of Israel, a former Miss Iraq, who is now running for U.S. congresscritter (D-Cal), tours Israeli communities that were attacked on October 6th.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government's killing machine.

From The Stream, an AI chatbot passes the writer's "sex and gender" test.

From The Daily Signal, some reading recommended by experts from The Heritage Foundation.  (TDS is published by The Heritage Foundation.)

From BizPac Review, an illegal alien is charged in the murder of a 16-year-old girl in Texas.  (The article links to one in Fox News, which you can read if you create an account there.)

From The Daily Wire, a Chicago Jew drops everything to go fight Hamas.

From the Daily Caller, criminal arrests made by ICE increase somewhat in 2023, but are well below the numbers made during the Trump presidency.

From the New York Post, New York MTA cops-1, parolee carrying an Uzi - 0.

From Breitbart, Trump makes a very bold prediction.

From Newsmax, quarterback Arch Manning plans to stay with Texas regardless of whether1st-stringer Quinn Ewers stays or leaves.

And from the Genesius Times, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) auditions for the game "Angry Birds".  (Let's go, Brandon, indeed.)

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) vetoes a bill that would have banned transgender procedures for minors and kept men out of women's sports.

From FrontpageMag, the ways by which the Byzantines saved Western civilization.

From Townhall, an Iranian with connections to terrorism is apprehended after entering the U.S. from Canada.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is a nominee for Man of the Year.

From the Washington Examiner, gasoline prices are expected to fall in 2024 due to increased production.

From The Federalist, as it reaches its 200th anniversary, the Monroe Doctrine is still the best protector of American interests.

From American Thinker, a brief primer on the AR-15 rifle.

From MRCTV, right-wing commentator Mark Levin lambasts the "fascist Secretary of State in Maine" for removing former President Trump from the state's Republican primary ballot.

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson criticizes the "racial fascism" at IBM.

From Canada Free Press, the bells of St. Mary's College in Indiana are ringing again.

From TeleSUR, President Javier Milei rejects aligning Argentina with the BRICS.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a Christmas with English singer Kate Rusby.

From EuroNews, according to Polish defense chief Wiesław Kukuła, "everything indicates" that a Russian missile passed through Polish airspace.

From Voice Of Europe, driving on Portugal's motorways is gonna cost ya a bit more next year, pilgrim.

From ReMix, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, politicians connected to left-wing billionaire George Soros want E.U. funds owed to Hungary to be sent to Ukraine.

From Balkan Insight, Albania's Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime rejects a request to exclude three "biased judges" from the trial of Himara Mayor-Elect Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek accused of vote-buying.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco reduces its water use due to a drought.

From The Times Of Israel, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) calls Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu a "genocidal maniac".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Turkish TikTok user in Germany promises to impose sharia.  (If you read German, read the story at Apollo News.)

From Gatestone Institute, Pakistan deports asylum seekers trying to get away from the Taliban back to Afghanistan.

From The Stream, should we gloat when businesses go broke after going woke?

From The Daily Signal, more on Colorado's and Maine's efforts to keep Trump off the ballot.

From The Western Journal, Alabama prepares to execute a convicted murderer by an "unproven" method.

From BizPac Review, according to congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the houses of both her daughters were recently swatted.

From The Daily Wire, a record number of Chinese nationals crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in November.

From the Daily Caller, many Ohio Republicans slam the aforementioned veto by Governor DeWine.

From Breitbart, more on the aforementioned "Russian missile" that passed through Polish, and thus NATO, airspace.  (If you read Polish, read the story at PolsatNews.)

From Newsmax, according to President Biden, Russia's latest missile attacks on Ukraine show that President Putin "must be stopped".

And from the New York Post and the "you've got to be kidding" department, Biden ironically proclaims this coming January "Human Trafficking Prevention Month".

A Traveling Sasquatch's Late Dozen

Now that I'm back home in Maryland, here are 12 things going on:

From National Review, presidential candidate and former South Carolina Governor (R) Nikki Haley answers a question about the cause of the Civil War without mentioning slavery.  (Considering that her party was founded to oppose the spread of slavery and her state was the first to secede from the Union, she appears to be historically challenged.)

From FrontpageMag, the media tries to insulate President Biden from his son Hunter's legal problems.

From Townhall, Canada forces all employers regulated by the government to provide tampons in their men's restrooms.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former congresscritter George Santos (R-NY) is a nominee for Man of the Year.

From American Thinker, if you think that former President Trump is Hitler, what do the facts say about both men?  (Trump is by no means the first U.S. president to be compared with the infamous Austrian painter who became Germany's dictator.)

From NewsBusters, six White House briefings in which press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was hit from her left.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an "Allah Akbar" breaks out in Marseille, France.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Figaro or FDeSouche.)

From The Jerusalem Post, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D), pro-Palestinian protesters are "sure" to disrupt the New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Fatah official in Denmark is proud that his group did not condemn Hamas's atrocities committed on October 7th.

From Fox News, a second American held by Hamas in Gaza has been confirmed dead.

From Gatestone Institute, "who supports Hamas?"

And from The Stream, the current "slaughter of the innocents", like the one which happened 2,000 years ago, is aimed at Christ.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a cool rainy Wednesday, both here in Virginia and back in Maryland, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, the Michigan Supreme Court rules to keep former President Trump on the state's ballot.

From FrontpageMag, a TV crime show features a 2009 murder in Arizona, but doesn't dare to point out its cause.

From Townhall, Trump responds to the Michigan Supreme Court's decision to keep him on the state's ballot.

From The Washington Free Beacon, one nominee for Man of the Year is new Argentinian President Javier Milei.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an editorial, Hamas's rejection of Egypt's ceasefire proposal underscores why the terror group should be destroyed.

From The Federalist, silence in the face of Hamas's use of hospitals will ensure that more civilians die.

From American Thinker, with our borders being so open, why don't we just invite the whole world to come to the U.S.?

From MRCTV, the NCAA is still silent on keeping men out of women's sports.

From NewsBusters, the media are hiding Mexican President AMLO's demand that the U.S. discuss its embargo on Cuba in exchange for help with the U.S.-Mexico border.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Lancashire cheese.

From Arutz Sheva, an award-winning Turkish news anchor is fired for appearing on camera with a "pro-Israel" Starbucks coffee cup on her desk.

From Jewish News Syndicate, according to a poll, about a third of Israeli Arabs regard Hamas's attack against Israel on October 7th as being in tune with Islamic values.

From Gatestone Institute, China steps up its bullying of the Philippines to test U.S. resolve.

From The Stream, the U.S. military is under attack in both the Middle East and in our classrooms.

From The Western Journal, a CBS reporter predicts a "Black Swan" event for 2024.

From BizPac Review, President Biden and Vice President Harris are torched over their "Happy Kwanzaa" wishes.

From The Daily Wire, how radical groups get anti-Israel material into American classrooms.

From the Daily Caller, a federal judge in Idaho rules against the state's ban on sex change procedures for children.

From the New York Post, after her boyfriend Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs lose on Christmas, singer Taylor Swift fires back at comparisons to Yoko Ono.

From Breitbart, the top five stories about Biden family corruption which the media ignored in 2023.

From Newsmax, former Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Con) claims that his group No Labels will not prevent Biden from being reelected.

And from SFGate, is the "all-you-can-fly" pass from Frontier Airlines really worth it?

Links For The Feast Of Stephen

On the day which celebrates the first recognized Christian martyr, here are some things going on:

From National Review, destroying our institutions is exactly what the far left wants.

From FrontpageMag, The New York Times fires an editor who allowed a column against BLM to run, but runs an op-ed from the mayor of Gaza City, who was selected for the position by Hamas.

From Townhall, a large caravan of would-be illegal aliens is heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, among nominees for 2023 men of the year are some [bleep]ed off billionaires.

From the Washington Examiner, five times when congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC) shocked Congress and her constituents in 2023.

From The Federalist, how President Truman became a "unique" ally to the then-new nation of Israel.

From American Thinker, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire's cultural descendants.  (Yes, this is a column by a man who's been thinking about the Roman Empire.)

From MRCTV, Senator Rand Paul's (R-KY) annual Festivus Report exposes $900 billion in federal government waste.  (Naturally, this does not include waste by state governments, which is another matter, or rather, 50 other matters.)

From NewsBusters, six White House briefings in which left-wing journalists shilled for Hamas.

From Canada Free Press, the left's anti-democratic legal theories used to "get" former President Trump are the real threat to American democracy.

From TeleSUR, nine people have died during Christmas Eve festivities in the Dominican Republic.

From TCW Defending Freedom, is it time for the British to "think the unthinkable" about King Charles III?

From EuroNews, the Turkish parliament gives its consent to allow Sweden to join NATO.

From Voice Of Europe, dozens of people in Serbia are arrested during protests about alleged election fraud.

From ReMix, according to Forbes magazine, the world's highest-paid female athlete is Iga Świątek.

From The North Africa Post, at least 160 are killed in Nigeria in attacks by armed gangs known as "bandits".

From The New Arab, Israeli troops in Gaza are infected with fungi, with one of them dying from it.

From The Times Of Israel, according to a 12-year-old boy taken hostage and released by Hamas, his captors told him that Israel was destroyed.

From Reuters, terrorists allied with ISIS kill a 75-year-old woman and her two grandchildren in western Uganda.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Biden must not "go wobbly" on Israel.

From The Stream, some cheers and jeers for the day after Christmas.

From The Western Journal, we are reportedly going to see more of former First Lady Melania Trump during 2024.

From BizPac Review, population drops in three "sanctuary" cities even with the arrival of migrants.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Brandon Williams (R-NY) gets "swatted" on Christmas, just like his fellow congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

From the Daily Caller, Biden loses support among young female voters.

From the New York Post, six pro-HamasPalestinian protesters are charged over a Christmas Day rampage through New York City.

From Breitbart, Vice President Harris is accused of posting a fake "Christmas" photo.

From Newsmax, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) is mocked for his Feliz Navidad video.

And from The Babylon Bee, a man in Santa Monica, California is unable to brush his teeth after neglecting to pay the monthly subscription fee on his smart toothbrush.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone out there.

A Few Things For Christmas Eve

Now that I've arrived in Virginia to celebrate Christmas, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, pro-HamasPalestinian protests break out in U.S. cities, some of them blocking traffic.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, there is no peace on earth and good will toward men these days.

From the Washington Examiner, Jim Messina (not the musician) urges President Biden to draw a "straight" contrast between himself and former President Trump.

From American Thinker, in its history, Islam did not persuade, it conquered.

From Canada Free Press, freedom of religion does not require equal government showcasing of religion.

From TCW Defending Freedom, adults should not believe in Santa Claus.  (Not believing in Santa Claus is the second stage of life, which follows the first stage of believing in Santa Claus.  The not believing in Santa Claus later gives way to the third stage, when you become Santa Claus, and eventually the fourth stage, when you look like Santa Claus.)

From CNN, an Iranian drone reportedly attacks a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean.

From the Daily Mail, Iran threatens to block the Strait of Gibraltar.

From Arutz Sheva, a headline in The New York Times falsely claims that the war in Gaza has caused the most Arab deaths in 40 years.

From Jewish News Syndicate, IDF troops find suicide belts made and adapted for children by Hamas.

From Breitbart, German and Austrian authorities arrest several suspected Islamist terrorists for allegedly planning attacks on the Cologne Cathedral.

From Gatestone Institute, disputes over land are as old as history.

From The Stream, parents should teach their children that "Christmas" is not a dirty word.

And from The Hill, on Christmas Eve, the Associated Press and its New Guild reach a new contract.

Saturday Links

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

From National Review, trying to disqualify President Biden from state ballots in response to Colorado's decision on former President Trump would be a stupid "anti-strategy".

From Townhall, a Canadian journalist who pushed for the coronavirus vaccines and concentration camps for anyone who defied government orders has died after being "declared neurologically dead".

From The Washington Free Beacon, after threatening to sue the New York Post for alleged false allegations of plagiarism, Harvard University finds a new case of plagiarism against its president Claudine Gay.

From the Washington Examiner, according to climate czar and former Senator (D-MA) and Secretary of State John Kerry, criticizing Biden for his age is a "sort of ageism".

From American Thinker, a chart shows why Argentinians voted to make Javier Milei their president.

From NewsBusters, how the media covered the end of the U.S.S.R.

From Canada Free Press, when does responding to something with violence become rational?

From TeleSUR, the mayor of Guachené, Colombia is murdered.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how to fight back against the self-service checkout machines.

From RAIR Foundation USA, a man on France's terror watch list enters a synagogue in Paris, prays in Arabic, and recites verses from the Koran.

From Gatestone Institute, three things that the Biden administration should do in order to stop the Iranian mullahs.

From The Stream, a "new-ish" Christmas song shows the Nativity from the perspective of Joseph.

From BizPac Review, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) declares "war" over a bill in New York state that would force Chik-fil-A to open on Sundays.  (While I, too, don't like this bill, I'm not sure that it's the business of either Senator Graham or myself, since neither he nor I live in New York, although in my case, I'm a former resident of the state.)

From The Daily Wire, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Cal) criticizes a proposal to remove Trump from the ballot in California.

From the Daily Caller, a phone call sheds light on why the Biden administration delayed its response to the Chinese spy balloon.

From the New York Post, a man in Bixby, Oklahoma decorates 22 houses in his neighborhood with Christmas lights.

From Breitbart, families in northern Mexico flee their homes due to gun battles between drug cartels.

From Newsmax, according to Reverend Franklin Graham, Pope Francis's blessing to gays "has no meaning".

And from SFGate, according to hackers, a scene in the Netflix movie Leave the World Behind in which a fleet of Tesla EVs is hijacked would be difficult but not impossible to replicate in real life.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's (R) presidential campaign inadvertently favors former President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, supporters of Hamas in the U.S. have formed a "Hamas-American bund".

From Townhall, it appears that former President Obama was involved in Harvard University President Claudine Gay getting to keep her job.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Harvard's problems are bigger than just President Gay.

From the Washington Examiner, the intellectual roots of President Biden's failure at the southern border.

From The Federalist, the LGBT mob went after a Christian professor at Western Michigan University who spoke about his struggle with homosexuality.  (What is this "tolerance" you speak of?)

From American Thinker, let's discuss the left-wing hate for heterosexual fathers.

From MRCTV, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) claims that he's not a "progressive", but his record says otherwise.  (I have to respect his waving an Israeli flag at pro-HamasPalestinian protesters.)

From NewsBusters, according to a column in The Telegraph, going without fossil fuels would result in 6 billion people dying within a year.

From Canada Free Press, the reality behind the alleged "97 percent" consensus on manmade global warming climate change.

From TeleSUR, Argentinian President Javier Milei sues protesters for "extortion and fraud".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the climate fearmongers unleash mosquito fever.

From EuroNews, police in Manchester, England launch an investigation the alleged abduction of the boy who was recently found after going missing six years ago.

From Voice Of Europe, in the German state of Saxony, AdF fights against being classified as a "right-wing extremist" group.

From ReMix, the left-wing mayor of Saint-Denis, France is assaulted by men of "North African" appearance not far from her home.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Parisien and a related story at Le Figaro.)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco prepares for another year of drought.

From The New Arab, the widow of murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi is granted political asylum in the U.S.

From RAIR Foundation USA, an Afghan who migrated to Sweden claiming to be a minor allegedly murders a 75-year-old woman.

From The Times Of Israel, black Israelis such as Ethiopian Jews push back against race-based anti-Israel stereotypes found abroad.

From Gatestone Institute, does U.S. President Biden want Israel to lose the war against Gaza?

From The Stream, if it got its way, the anti-fossil fuel movement would kill.

From The Daily Signal, leftists bring crime and no punishment.

From The Western Journal, a man is indicted for allegedly sending death threats to three Republican presidential candidates.

From BizPac Review, leftists accuse U.S. Marshalls of defying a Biden executive order against using private prisons to house inmates.

From The Daily Wire, an NBC reporter admits seeing the largest crowd of illegal aliens crossing the border ever during his reporting.

From the New York Post, almost 40 percent of Americans miss social situations due to skin flareups.

From Breitbart, Canada opens up to refugees from Gaza.

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court declines to rule on Trump's immunity claim.

And from the Daily Caller, reality TV star Bethany Franklin claims to have set off an airport's metal detector with her, uh, private part.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, what's on right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson's mind these days.

From FrontpageMag, why the images of Hamas terrorists captured by Israel have sparked outrage.

From Townhall, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu gives Hamas a choice.

From The Washington Free Beacon, students at Georgetown University Medical School aren't hiding their support for terrorism by Hamas.

From the Washington Examiner, trailing only congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) in the race to replace the late Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) is former baseball player Steve Garvey (R).

From The Federalist, a resident of the New York borough of Queens is indicted for allegedly submitting 118 "falsified" absentee ballot applications.

From American Thinker, Congress must hold President Biden's feet to the figurative fire over illegal immigration.

From MRCTV, Chicago starts impounding buses used to transport illegal aliens from Texas, so Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) starts sending planes instead.

From NewsBusters, network evening newscasts become unsure about how to cover the prisoner swap between the U.S. and Venezuela.

From Canada Free Press, then-President Obama was right when he said "elections have consequences".

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan personalities greet diplomat Alex Saab after his release from the U.S.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. parliamentcritter Stella Creasy is not a caricature.

From Snouts in the Trough, is it time for SitT to take a break?

From EuroNews, more than 15 people are killed in a mass shooting at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

From Voice Of Europe, a majority of Germans opposes cuts to tax benefits for farmers.

From ReMix, police in Schwerin, German use a battering ram to enter a church in an effort to deport two Afghan migrants.

From Balkan Insight, the Montenegrin parliament prepares to dismiss Police Directorate head Zoran Brdjanin - for the second time.

From The North Africa Post, according to Fitch Ratings, Moroccan banks continue to show resilience despite economic challenges.

From The New Arab, why water is at the center of tensions between Jordan and Israel.

From Iran International, according to a "double-agent", Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had plans to assassinate two Iran International TV anchors.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Syrian President Bashir al-Assad denies the Holocaust and claims that Jews "who came to Palestine" are Khazars who converted to Judaism.  (The Khazars were a loose conglomerate of mainly Turkic peoples who according to some anti-Zionists, were the principal ancestors of Ashkenazi Jews, who lived in Europe and to some extent later migrated to Israel.  The myth that modern Ashkenazi Jews are descended from Khazars has been used to falsely claim that modern Jews aren't really descended from the Jews and Israelites in the Bible, and thus have no right to be in the Holy Land.  President al-Assad is not the first Arab to adopt this myth.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration is pushing for a deal between Israel and Hezbollah.

From The Stream, while the world burns, Pope Francis fixates on the problems of the prosperous and privileged.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Jim Banks (R-IN) wants answers from Butler University about its DEI investigation of its College Republican chapter.

From BizPac Review, one former victim of the late Jeffrey Epstein welcomes the impending release of 177 of his associates.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) issues a subpoena threat to special counsel Jack Smith.

From the Daily Caller, according to a CNN legal analyst, former President Trump's legal team has a "very effective argument" against Jack Smith.

From Breitbart, according to actress Cameron Diaz, society should "normalize" married couples sleeping in separate bedrooms.

From Newsmax, Harvard University President Claudine Gay plans to makes edits to her 1997 dissertation.

And from the New York Post, a non-profit group's bookmobile brings a Merry Christmas to youngsters in New York City.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, the Colorado Supreme Court rules that former President Trump cannot appear on the 2024 Republican primary ballot in the state.

From FrontpageMag, if supporting an "insurrection" is grounds for removal from the ballot, this can apply to any to any supporter of BLM.

From Townhall, according to American Federalist of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, school choice undermines democracy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Census Bureau estimates, over 75,000 people moved out of California this year.

From the Washington Examiner, a summary of the Democratic lawfare against Trump.

From The Federalist, more on the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to keep Trump of the state's ballot.

From American Thinker, "are electric vehicles the wave of the future", or of the past?

From MRCTV, the media, who loved the imaginary Trump "pee tape", goes Sergeant Schultz on the tape of homosexual conduct involving a Democrat Senate staffer.

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Mollie Hemmingway would like a word with the left-wing "Internet traffic cop" NewsGuard.

From Canada Free Press, Harvard President Claudine Gay is neither the first nor worst example of black plagiarism privilege.

From TeleSUR, new Argentinian President Javier Milei faces his first round of protests against his policies.

From TCW Defending Freedom, writing in the Daily Mail, Irish journalist Lauri Perrins fights against Ireland's cancellation of mothers.  (Perrins is also a co-founder of TCW Defending Freedom, under its original title The Conservative Woman, and is still one of its editors.)

From EuroNews, the E.U. reaches a deal to reform its immigration policy.

From Voice Of Europe, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico states that he will block Ukraine from joining NATO.  (If you read Slovak, read the story at InfoVojna.  The word vojna appears to mean "war", due to its resemblance to the Polish word wojna.)

From ReMix, a Syrian convicted of aiding and abetting his brother's plans to blow up a Swedish church is sentenced to probation by a German court.

From Balkan Insight, Albania's plan to use AI to align its laws with those of the E.U. is questioned.

From The North Africa Post, the meeting of the Union of Arab Chambers and the Union of African Chambers in Dakhla, Moroccan Sahara is a slap in the face to Polisario and its supporters.

From The New Arab, feeling affected by the war in Gaza, many Lebanese scale down their Christmas celebrations.

From Gatestone Institute, China's "unrestricted warfare" against the U.S., coming from its Communist Party.

From The Stream, studies alleging that "conversion therapy" is harmful are debunked.

From The Daily Signal, the parental rights group Moms for America faces threats after the SPLC puts it on their "hate map".

From The Western Journal, some context behind the aforementioned ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court.

From BizPac Review, a reporter blasts Border Patrol agents for "facilitating the invasion of our country".

From The Daily Wire, the Department of Justice sues the development Colony Ridge for alleged "bait-and-switch" sales and predatory financing.

From the Daily Caller, the Biden administration reportedly releases a rich ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as part of a prisoner exchange.

From the New York Post, this year's ups and downs for the U.K.'s royal family.

From Breitbart, according to pollster Frank Luntz, the Colorado Supreme Court decision will probably help boost Trump's poll numbers.

From Newsmax, the Colorado Republican Party plans to move to a caucus system if the state Supreme Court decision stands.

From Gateway Pundit, the IDF gives a bomb-sniffing dog a name that most Muslims will find objectionable.

And from the Genesius Times, the Colorado Supreme Court protects democracy by allowing people to vote only for President Biden in 2024.

Another Sasquatch's Tuesday Dozen

On a cold windy Tuesday, here are 12 things going on:

From National Review, have Hamas opened left-wing eyes about what they've done?

From FrontpageMag, Hamas calls for violence against Americans, and so does an imam in Michigan.

From The Washington Free Beacon, after calling border detention facilities "concentration camps" under then-President Trump, the media gives President Biden a pass.

From the Washington Examiner, how Biden pushes immigrants into Trump's figurative arms.  (Contrary to some accusations, Trump does not oppose immigrants.  He opposes illegal aliens.)

From The Federalist, election interference is not incidental to one prosecution of Trump, but is its entire point.

From American Thinker, according to a study, 59 percent of non-citizens in the U.S. use at least one major welfare program.  (The article's definition of "non-citizens" includes both legal immigrants and illegal aliens.)

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow insanely links Trump to bomb threats against synagogues.  (Somehow, the most pro-Jewish and pro-Israel president in my lifetime is to blame for anti-Jewish threats.)

From RAIR Foundation USA, in Lyon, France, a 13-year-old girl is brutally attacked by other girls for reporting a sexual assault.

From Gatestone Institute, history shows how to end Iran's aggression.

From The Stream, climate activists aim for our Christmas presents.

From The Daily Signal, we conservative are not authoritarian, but merely want to restore the Constitution.

And from the Daily Mail, according to a federal district judge in New York state, 177 associates of the late Jeffrey Epstein will be named.  (via The Western Journal)

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) scores a win against left-wing indoctrination.

From FrontpageMag, the depravity of Hamas.

From Townhall, how President Biden is reacting to his horrible poll numbers.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how Hamas rendered unnecessary a trip to Poland to visit Nazi camps and thus learn about the Holocaust.

From the Washington Examiner, former President Trump's poll numbers shot up after the indictments began.

From The Federalist, according to research reviews, every study which claims that "conversion therapy" increases the suicide risk for LGBT people is scientifically unsound.

From American Thinker, a disheartening report shows how Trump was convinced to go along with the coronavirus lockdowns.

From MRCTV, a school district in Delaware County, Pennsylvania tells its staff to avoid displaying "Christmas themed decor".  (My spellchecker objects to the word "decor".)

From NewsBusters, CBS decries Israel's insistent efforts of eliminate Hamas.

From Canada Free Press, "censorship is un-American", for which "free speech is the answer".

From TeleSUR, Chileans reject a second proposal for a new constitution, which "reflects new times".

From TCW Defending Freedom, "when good people do bad things".

From Snouts in the Trough, what if countries which produce oil and gas won't sell them to us?

From EuroNews, according to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, E.U. countries should prepare for war by the end of the current decade.

From Voice Of Europe, for the first time since World War II, Germany deploys its military personnel outside of its own territory.

From ReMix, Italian bishops are accused of financing illegal immigration into Europe.  (If you read Polish, read the story at wPolitice.  Regrettably, I don't see any links to any related Italian language story.)

From Balkan Insight, a vaccine-skeptic doctor who leads a right-wing populist party holds the balance of power after Serbia's parliamentary elections.

From The North Africa Post, Spanish police and Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance collaborate to take down an ISIS support network.

From The New Arab, Iraq's first provincial election in 10 years is marred by low turnout.

From RAIR Foundation USA, a Hamas supporter in Toronto, Canada threatens police, who do nothing in response.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, life-size nativity scene figures in Rüsselsheim, Germany are beheaded.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration's curious behavior toward Hamas.

From The Stream, why radicals have to hide their real agenda.

From The Daily Signal, lawsuits challenge gun restrictions in Nebraska's two largest cities.

From The American Conservative, Harvard University has "the worst of both worlds".

From The Western Journal, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon thinks that Trump will pick a woman to run for vice president.

From BizPac Review, First Son Hunter Biden is advised to shut up - by former White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

From The Daily Wire, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti files a lawsuit against the asset manager BlackRock for allegedly misleading investors about its ESG agenda.

From the Daily Caller, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in D.C. is fined for voting twice in the 2020 election, once in D.C. and the other time in Maryland.

From the New York Post, a former U.K. royal chef scoffs at the "boring" Christmas day lunch planned for King Charles III and his family.

From Breitbart, days before its "no-whites" Christmas party, Boston's city council debated allowing foreigners to vote.

And from The Babylon Bee, the LGBTQ community in Washington, D.C. flocks to a hot new gay nightclub.

Sunday Stories

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

From National Review, a running tally of antisemitic violence and threats in the West.

From Townhall, the Democratic staffer who got busted for [bleep]ing in a Senate hearing room has a history of making vulgar posts.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book by former congresscritter Lynn Cheney (R-WY).

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, Disney has been wrecked by its own wokeness.

From American Thinker, Toronto, Canada shows its ignorance of the true history of slavery.

From NewsBusters, Fox News touts a lawful gunner in San Francisco who scared five would-be robbers out of his store.

From Canada Free Press, depravity in the halls of Congress is nothing new.

From TeleSUR, according to President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela is advancing its claim on Guayana Esequiba.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the despair of the ignored churchgoing (and non-churchgoing) people in the English county of Cornwall.  (I visited Cornwall in 2002.)

From RAIR Foundation USA, a migrant from Morocco burns a church in Villastanza, Italy, including its nativity scene, and ruins its 17th-century organ.  (If you read Italian, read the story at Il Giorno.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a gang of Syrians and Eritreans beat up a Mexican Jew in Berlin, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Apollo News.)

From Gatestone Institute, allegedly manmade global warming and "big bad oil".

From The Stream, what elites don't want us to know about parents and youth mental health.

From The Western Journal, former congresscritter Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) gets to say "I told you so".

From BizPac Review, the Pentagon is set to remove the Reconciliation Monument from Arlington National Cemetery.

From The Daily Wire, President Biden's border crisis has Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) worried about another 9/11.

From the Daily Caller, the polls might be even worse for Biden than you think.

From the New York Post, presidential candidate and former Governor (R-SC) Nikki Haley gains a little bit on former President Trump in New Hampshire.

From Breitbart, Russia and Ukraine keep launching drones at each other.

From Newsmax, an FBI investigation recorded James Biden in 2008, when Joe Biden was a Senator (D-Del).

And from Fox News, a man in Polk County, Florida is caught on video stealing the components of a screwdriver - the kind you drink.