Wednesday Whatnot For The End Of January

On the last day of the first month of the current year, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a bipartisan group of Senators show Big Tech CEOs evidence that their platforms have facilitated child exploitation.

From FrontpageMag, Robert Spencer points out that he has been identifying congresscritter Ilham Omar (D-Min) as "D-Mogadishu" for years.

From Townhall, President Biden finally admits that there's a crisis at the southern border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis may have fired an employee who warned her against misusing federal funds.

From the Washington Examiner, chaos is spreading in western Africa, because of actions taken by President Obama when he was in office.

From The Federalist, 20 questions for your state's Republican candidates.

From American Thinker, an assessment of former President Trump.

From MRCTV, a timeline of Biden's illegal immigration crisis.

From NewsBusters, CNN hosts try to get NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to denounce Trump, but instead he has positive things to say about him.

From Canada Free Press, the E.U. openly attacks masculinity.

From TeleSUR, Argentina's National Chamber of Labor Appeals rules against President Javier Milei's labor reform.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s police force is more like a left-wing militia.

From EuroNews, almost twice as many migrants have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean during this January as a year ago.

From Voice Of Europe, according to Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna, Polish woman are massively seeking abortions outside of Poland.

From ReMix, a German ProFa thug is sentenced to three years in prison for his involvement in beatings in Budapest, Hungary.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo postpones banning the Serbian dinar due to international pressure.

From The North Africa Post, African countries gather in Marrakech, Morocco to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

From The New Arab, ISIS cells in Syria reportedly have "centralized" weapons supplies.

From Gatestone Institute, China wants to trap U.S. President Biden on artificial intelligence.

From The Stream, new research on "conversion therapy" goes against the LGBTQ narrative.

From The Daily Signal, Biden's weakness leads to aggression by Iranian-backed proxy groups.

From The American Conservative, the "adults" are not back in charge of American foreign policy.

From The Western Journal, Trump sees through Biden's ploy after he announces plans to visit East Palestine, Ohio a year after the train derailment.

From BizPac Review, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) accuses Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of "undermining" Republicans with the new border agreement.

From The Daily Wire, the House Homeland Security Committee advances two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

From the Daily Caller, business partners of the alleged boyfriend of the aforementioned Fani Willis bankrolled her campaign, and afterwards received lucrative contracts.

From the New York Post, former congresscritter George Santos (R-NY) spent over $1,300 of campaign cash at a swanky Republican club - after being expelled from the House.

From Breitbart, according to a CDC report, syphilis cases in the U.S. have increased to their highest levels since the 1950s.

And from the Genesius Times, the Iranian army marches across the southern U.S. border and claims asylum.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, President Biden makes a destructive decision to stymie American natural gas.

From FrontpageMag, it's all too obvious why the word "Democrats" ends with "rats".

From Townhall, congresscritter and "Squad" member Cori Bush (D-MO) is reportedly being investigated for alleged misuse of funds for security services.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a complaint, former Harvard President Claudine Gay is not the only alleged plagiarizer at the school.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a legal group, an executive action by then-President Obama could alter legal presumptions in former President Trump's documents case.

From The Federalist, congresscritter and "Squad" member Ilhan Omar (D-Min, or maybe D-Somalia) represents all that is wrong with the American immigration system.

From American Thinker, the Irish government joins in the left-wing "de-Judaizing" of the Holocaust.

From MRCTV, actor William Shatner defends the Star Trek franchise from the E.U.'s language police.

From NewsBusters, appearing in the CNBC show Squawk Box, American Petroleum Institute CEO Mike Sommers calls the Biden administration's attack on American natural gas "bad for consumers".

From Canada Free Press, leftists try to transgender Jesus.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela removes 140,000 tones of solid waste from Lake Maracaibo.

From TCW Defending Freedom, it's time to dump some solid waste on certain people who oppose democracy.

From EuroNews, the French government prepares new measures to calm down protests by French farmers.

From Voice Of Europe, a new German political party linked to Turkish President Erdoğan seeks to gain influence in the European parliament.  (Are there any parties in Turkey linked to German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz?  Probably not.)

From ReMix, according to a poll, two out of three Germans in the state of Saxony think that their country is "dangerously infested" with foreigners.

From Balkan Insight, four Kosovo men are sentenced to prison for planning to commit acts of terrorism.

From The North Africa Post, the Italian government refuses to let the separatist group Polisario participate in the Italy-Africa summit.

From The New Arab, Israeli forces close in on the Gazan city of Rafah.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Israeli forces in Gaza find a document detailing Hamas's psychological warfare strategy.

From The Times Of Israel, an Iranian and two Canadians are charged with plotting to kill two people in my part of the world, one of whom is a defector from Iran.

From Gatestone Institute, 100 days after Hamas's October 7th attack against Israel.

From The Stream, doctors admit that puberty blockers are not "reversible".

From The Daily Signal, why you might want to reconsider flying on United Airlines.

From The American Conservative, Governor Greg Abbott (R) is right to defend Texas's borders.

From The Western Journal, hosts on The View panic about what a third-party candidate could do to Biden's chances to get reelected.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter and "Squad" member AOC (D-NY) gets "destroyed" over her demand that U.S. funding to UNRWA is restored.  (Have I picked on the "Squad" enough for one day?)

From The Daily Wire, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) clashes with the Biden White House over border security.

From the Daily Caller, Republican state attorneys general push back against the Biden administration's plan to give the IRS even more power.

From the New York Post, Illinois declines to remove Trump from its primary ballot.

From Breitbart, presidential candidate and former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) claims that Trump is in mental decline.

From Newsmax, Haley draws money from anti-Trump donors.  (The article cites a story in The Wall Street Journal, which requires a subscription in order to read.)

And from SFGate, a horseshoer may have helped to confirm the location of the parade for the San Francisco 49ers if they win the Super Bowl.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, "Iran must pay" for being involved in a drone strike on U.S. troops in Jordan.

From FrontpageMag, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) puts Somalian interests first.  (Perhaps I should refer to her as "(D-Somalia)".

From Townhall, President Biden can stop the flow of illegal aliens right now, but is refusing to do so.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the former IRS contractor who leaked former President Trump's taxes gets five years in prison.

From the Washington Examiner, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) claims that Trump's team reached out to him about being his vice presidential running mate.

From The Federalist, why Christians loving their neighbors will not attend gay or trans weddings.

From American Thinker, the effort to "denationize" the United States.

From MRCTV, the EPA is ready to ban a very useful chemical.

From NewsBusters, a left-wing government-funded "disinformation" tracker is flagged for a lack of transparency.

From Canada Free Press, we will have to call the deep state's bluff.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela announces an attempt to uphold agreements from Barbados.

From TCW Defending Freedom, during an interview, U.K. parliamentcritter Andrew Bridgen claims that the coronavirus "vaccine cover-up is rapidly unravelling".

From Snouts in the Trough, how the U.K.'s favorite religion is taking it over.

From EuroNews, a slow-moving landslide of contaminated soil threatens a water source in the Danish town of Randers.  (Now that's what I call "rotten in Denmark".)

From Voice Of Europe, French farmers protesting government policies block roads around Paris.

From ReMix, two migrants from Georgia allegedly beat a Polish man to death in Wrocław, Poland.  (This is the Georgia of Joseph Stalin, not the Georgia of Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich.)

From Balkan Insight, Albania's Constitutional Court approves an agreement with Italy about processing migrants.

From The North Africa Post, the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States kills a project to build a pipeline from Algeria to Nigeria.

From The New Arab, according to the group BDS Maroc, the International Justice Court's ruling on Israel's "genocide" is reason to revoke Morocco's normalization with Israel.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel's accusations against UNRWA employees.

From Jewish News Syndicate, support for Hamas grows among Jordanians.

From MEMRI TV, a new Egyptian film depicts the respective fictional grandsons of Hajj Amin Al-Husseini and Adolf Hitler uniting to fulfill Hitler's alleged promise to free Palestine from the Jews.  (In reality, Hitler had no known children, never mind grandchildren, although there has been an unconfirmed allegation that he fathered an illegitimate son in France during World War I.  As for any promise to free Palestine from Jews, the migration of European Jews to Palestine was largely the result of Hitler's attempt to kill them in the Holocaust.  Thus, Hitler's actions helped to increase the Jewish presence in Palestine and eventually led to the creation of the state of Israel, which would be the opposite of this alleged promise.)

From The Times Of Israel, ISIS claims responsibility for the attack on a Roman Catholic church in İstanbul, Turkey.

From Gatestone Institute, it's time to end the jihad against Israel - by UNRWA.  (The last five stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From The Straits Times, a baby born in Singapore at 22 weeks gestation is now a health five-year-old.

From Tempo(dot)Co, police are still investigating the death of a Sumatran elephant, which is suspected to have been poisoned.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Maharani Energy Gateway project secures funding from the China Energy Engineering Corp to promote green energy initiatives in the Malaysian state of Johor.  (I'm pretty sure that maharani means "great queen" in Sanskrit, just like maharaja means "great king".)

From the Borneo Post, the High Court in Kuching, Malaysia is told that allocated coronavirus-related food aid never materialized.

From Vietnam Plus, overseas Vietnamese in the U.K. and eastern African countries celebrate Tet.

From the Taipei Times, China reportedly keeps four ships near Taiwan.

From The Korea Herald, an SUV rams into a guard post at the Russian embassy in Seoul, South Korea.

From The Mainichi, Japan's lunar explorer starts functioning again and resumes its mission.

From The Stream, Biden plots a reelection strategy involving singer Taylor Swift, and other items.

From The Daily Signal, Christian and Jewish leaders condemn the "persecution" of Finnish parliamentcritter Päivi Räsänen for upholding his traditional beliefs.

From The American Conservative, "Trump will win" back the presidency.

From The Western Journal, Trump's accuser expresses an interest in campaigning for Biden.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson calls two Republican Senators "[bleep]ing lunatics" for calling for an attack on Iran in response to the drone strike in Jordan.

From The Daily Wire, according to a former agent, the FBI tied the January 6th pipe bomber to the Metro card of a former government official, but blocked interviews of him.

From the Daily Caller, Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones (R) will announce the members of a committee that will investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

From the New York Post, for a cool $8.95 million, you can own the late Suzanne Somers's multi-building compound in Palm Springs, California.

From Breitbart, the platform formerly known as Twitter blocks searches for the aforementioned Taylor Swift due to the proliferation of explicit AI-generated pictures of her.

From Newsmax, Pope Francis calls for an end to wars and for respect for civilians in conflict areas.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump promises that if he is again elected president, he will ban the twice-aforementioned Taylor Swift from football games.

Sunday Stuff

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

From National Review, climate idiots activists throw soup at the Mona Lisa at the Louvre museum in Paris.

From Townhall, three American Army soldiers are killed in an Iranian drone attack in Jordan near Syria.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a biography of musician George Harrison.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Claudia Tenney (R-NY) warns that the northern border is also vulnerable.

From American Thinker, in New York state (and other places), left-wingers are erasing Native American history, in part due to Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA).  (As a native of New York state who grew up learning about the Iroquois, I find this development quite disturbing.)

From NewsBusters, the media's "slobbering" coverage of the late Senator Ted Kennedy's (D-MA) endorsement of then-Senator Barack Obama's (D-IL) 2008 presidential campaign.

From Canada Free Press, the U.N.'s International Court of Justice "makes a mockery of justice".

From TCW Defending Freedom, flawed studies desperately try to prop up the official coronavirus narrative.

From Arutz Sheva, gunmen open fire at a church in İstanbul, Turkey, killing one congregant and wounding several others.

From The Times Of Israel, the leader of UNRWA asks donor countries to reconsider their freezing of funds for the agency.

From Gatestone Institute, civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip are "relatively low".

From The Stream, more on the aforementioned drone attack.

From The Daily Signal, according to congresscritter Mark Green (R-TN), the case for impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is "irrefutable".

From The American Conservative, President Volodymyr Zelensky will have a difficult time rebuilding Ukraine.

From BizPac Review, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld calls out Saturday Night Live over an embarrassing skit about former President Trump.

From The Daily Wire, Senators push for retaliation against Iran for the drone attack.

From the Daily Caller, the next Republican primary is not in South Carolina.

From the New York Post, a pickpocket in New York City is arrested for the 46th time.

From Breitbart, at least 14 people are shot in Chicago over the current weekend.

From Newsmax, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) urges the FBI to investigate alleged Russian links to protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.  (Does she believe that Russians are colluding with these protesters like they allegedly - but really didn't - collude with the 2016 Trump campaign?)

And from People, actress and Baywatch alumna Nicole Eggert regrets her enhancements and urges women to "leave your bodies alone".  (via Breitbart)

Saturday Stories

Now that I'm back home on a cloudy but mild Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Chief Twit calls out President Biden for waiting for a Senate deal before securing the border.

From Townhall, when pro-HamasPalestinian protesters show up at Senator John Fetterman's (D-PA) home, he shows then an Israeli flag.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a group of parents of students at MIT press the school to address "threats" of anti-Israel disruptions.

From the Washington Examiner, a left-wing "megadonor" pauses his donations to a super PAC which supports presidential candidate Nikki Haley (R-SC).

From American Thinker, what sort of candidate is Nikki Haley?

From NewsBusters, what the left-wing media won't say about former President Trump's victory in the Republican presidential primary.

From TCW Defending Freedom, who really regards Muslim lives as cheap?

From Snouts in the Trough, will the U.K. become an Islamic republic by the of this century?

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration and the Iranian government's effort to obtain nuclear weapons.

From The Stream, how has life worked out for you so far in former President Obama's fundamentally transformed America?

From The Daily Signal, Biden does not have the legal authority to seize control of the Texas National Guard.

From The American Conservative, Trump has always had the gift of making his supporter feels as if his wins were also theirs.  (TAC is apparently letting me view today's stories without requiring me to subscribe.  We'll soon see if that's their new policy.)

From The Western Journal, Texas rejects a demand from the Biden administration to let federal agents into a border park, while the Border Patrol has no plans to push Texas troops out of the way.

From BizPac Review, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis's alleged affair is too much, even for the hosts of The View.

From The Daily Wire, rapper Nicki Minaj congratulates right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro for his chart-topping rap debut.  (I'm unsure that this post deserves the "music" label due to this story, because I'm unsure whether rap actually constitutes music.  However, I've found another music-related story, which means that this post will get the "music" label anyway.  Keep reading.)

From the Daily Caller, Denver, Colorado cracks down on migrants after taking more of them per capita than anywhere else.

From the New York Post, the upcoming Baseball Writers Annual Awards dinner might be the last one.

From Breitbart, 15 things that the media won't tell you about E. Jean Carroll's allegations against Trump.

From Newsmax, St. Petersburg, Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the Red Army breaking the siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany.  (St. Petersburg was known as Leningrad during the Soviet era.)

And from TMZ, singer Richard Marx tells a noisy fan to "learn some [bleep]ing manners".  (via the Daily Caller)

Family Matters

I've driven up to Pennsylvania to attend the funeral of a relative, which will take place tomorrow morning.  Blogging will resume in due course.  See you soon.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, former President Trump's win in the New Hampshire Republican primary comes with warning signs.

From FrontpageMag, today's traffic blockers are tomorrow's domestic terrorists.

From Townhall, the latest action at the border by Texas is a huge middle finger to the Biden administration.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Congress demands documents from the University of Pennsylvania regarding its response to antisemitism.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden cracks a joke about election denial and gets trolled by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R).

From The Federalist, half of the voters in the aforementioned New Hampshire Republican primary identify as either Democrats or independents.

From American Thinker, despite an executive order by then-President Obama to close down GITMO 15 years ago, it's still open.

From MRCTV, a woman steals an Amish family's horse and buggy from outside a Walmart in Sturgis, Michigan.  (If she were brave, she would have stolen someone's motorcycle in Sturgis, South Dakota, which, of course, I don't recommend doing.)

From NewsBusters, according to Fox Business host Charles Payne, Biden "despises half of the United States".

From TeleSUR, the General Confederation of Labor calls on Argentinians to protest against President Javier Milei.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the left-wing war on farmers brings a bitter harvest.

From EuroNews, the NGO Border Violence Monitoring Network claims that refugees in E.U.-backed facilities in Greece are subject to corporal punishment.

From Voice Of Europe, protests by European farmers reach the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium.

From ReMix, the Chief Twit advocates for media freedom while visiting Kraków, Poland.

From Balkan Insight, medical personnel in Pančevo, Serbia are outraged by gambling company ads on their uniforms.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco prevented over 75,000 migration attempts in 2023.

From The New Arab, the Houthis tell U.S. and U.K. nationals to get out of Yemen.

From The Hans India, the Indian Navy launches a barge that can transport ammunition and fire torpedoes and cruise missiles.

From the Hindustan Times, India's Supreme Court will have three Dalit judges and 34 judges in all.  (The Dalit form the lowest stratum of the Indian caste system, and were formerly known as "untouchables".)

From ANI, in a historic first, police in Delhi, India will participate in the 75th Republic Day Parade with all-female parade and band contingents.

From India Today, an engineer in the Indian state of Maharashtra is arrested for allegedly "funding ISIS".

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladesh Competition Commission fines two companies for artificially inflating egg prices.

From New Age, two United People's Democratic Front activists are shot dead in a gunfight with rivals in Malalchari, Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan parliament approves an online safety bill.

From the Colombo Gazette, an opinion column warns against the online safety bill.  (The website Colombo Page has been "parked free" by GoDaddy, so I decided to find a replacement source from Sri Lanka.)

From Raajje, an "extraordinary" sitting of the Maldivian legislature People's Majlis is scheduled for this coming Sunday.

From the Bangkok Post, Thailand's Constitutional Court rules that parliamentcritter Pita Limjaroenrat did not own shares in a media business while applying to run for office, and thus may stay in office.

From Gatestone Institute, 100 days after Hamas's attacks against Israel on October 7th.

From The Stream, Texas "won't back down" from defending the border, and why are parts falling off airplanes?

From The Daily Signal, the Ohio Senate votes to override Governor Mike DeWine's (R) veto of a bill to ban transgender treatments for children and to keep males out of female sports.

From The Western Journal, while faulting Trump for mixing up names, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) does the same thing.

From BizPac Review, journalist Geraldo Rivera asks Trump supporters how they felt on January 7th, 2021, and gets some of answers.

From The Daily Signal, the ADL urged law enforcement to target people who disagree with transgender ideology.

From the Daily Caller, Vice President Harris is concerned about trolls on Wikipedia trying to make her look shorter than she is.

From the New York Post, Obama administration alumnus Van Jones advises Biden to "stay hidden" during the 2024 election campaign.  (It seemed to work last time around.)

From Breitbart, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) seeks to prevent Remington and other American gun brands from being sold to a Czech conglomerate.

From Newsmax, according to the leader of a PAC supporting former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's (R) presidential campaign, she "has a path" to the Republican nomination.  (I guess you can call him "the leader of the PAC".)

And from Axios, Republican Senators opposed to Trump face reality after the New Hampshire primary.

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, how Democrats exploit the idea that "democracy is at stake".

From FrontpageMag, how former President Obama took over the Biden administration.

From Townhall, how a "trans" golfer who won a women's tournament responded to the backlash.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Columbia University defends including an anti-Semitic defender of terrorism in its "Day of Dialogue".

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, there are six questions that every Democrat must answer.

From The Federalist, why the Democratic party's formula making electoral maps is inherently crooked.

From American Thinker, everyone should stay in their own respective lanes.

From MRCTV, the "Black national anthem" will be sung at the Super Bowl.  (As I might have previously pointed out, I agree with the aforementioned Obama that Lift Every Voice And Sing is a great song, but the U.S. has only one national anthem.)

From NewsBusters, The Jerusalem Post agonizes over the carbon dioxide created by Israel's war against Hamas.

From Canada Free Press, the late Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot wrote some poetry for winter-weary hearts.

From TeleSUR, President Nicolas Maduro claims that far-right forces seek to create violence in Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the hounding of a British lawyer who dared to challenge the coronavirus vaccine.

From EuroNews, the World Health Organization reports an "alarming rise" in cases of measles in Europe.

From Voice Of Europe, the Czech Republic detained 13,898 illegal aliens in 2023.

From ReMix, Germany considers allowing foreigners to join its army.

From Balkan Insight, the Greek Orthodox Church comes out against a Greek government bill that would legalize same-sex marriages.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI invites Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu to visit Morocco.

From The New Arab, Moroccan authorities demolish the earthquake-stricken village of Imsouane due to its buildings being illegal.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian leaders who will condemn terrorism are wanted.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, an Iranian protester convicted of killing a policeman is executed.

From IranWire, a non-binary Iran recounts abuse received from authorities.

From Iran International, the execution of an Iranian protester took place even though Iran's Supreme Court overturned his death sentence.

From Khaama Press, the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan is reopened after an 11-day closure.

From Hasht e Subh, Taliban intelligence forces detain a merchant from the Afghan province of Badakhshan in the city of Kunduz.

From the Afghanistan Times, the Taliban forces 600 women to leave their jobs due to its draconian laws.

From Dawn, Baloch protesters call off their sit-in outside the headquarters of the National Press Club in Islamabad, Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani cabinet approves the deployment of troops during the country's upcoming elections.

From The Stream, why would police allow children to walk past a pipe bomb and what else on January 6th?

From The Daily Signal, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's (R) executive order on transgender surgeries misses the mark.

From The American Conservative, are the U.S. and U.K. striking Yemen's Houthis to "restore deterrence"?

From The Western Journal, according to a survey, a majority of Americans don't believe that President Biden in running the White House.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter and Senatorial candidate Adam Schiff (D-Cal) is called out by Senatorial candidate and former baseball player Steve Garvey (R).  (Schiff happens!)

From The Daily Wire, the World Health Organization names a former prostitute and a "gender[bleep]ing" theorist to its Transgender Health Expert Board.

From the Daily Caller, even Democrats will be shocked by Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) latest power grab.

From the New York Post, New Yorkers reveal the worst aspects of living in their city.

From Breitbart, at a rally against "extremism", German left-wingers call for supporters of the party AfD to be killed.  (Apparently, calling for the deaths of people who don't agree with you is not extreme, if those people are on the right.)

From Newsmax, according to its Oversight Board, the company Meta has not done a good job removing Holocaust-denying content.

And from SFGate, a woman is arrested in Roseville, California for allegedly stealing Stanley Quenchers worth a total of $2,500.

Monday Mania

On a cold mostly cloudy Monday, after I've given myself a day off, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's (R) "good idea that failed".

From FrontpageMag, with DEI, every country can land on the moon, except for the U.S.

From Townhall, here's another twist to the ethics scandal of Fulton County, GA District Attorney Fani Willis (D).  (Or as actor Gary Coleman, portraying Arnold Jackson on the TV show Different Strokes, used to ask his character's brother, "whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis?")

From The Washington Free Beacon, an anti-Israel group posts and later deletes its Holocaust denial.

From the Washington Examiner, a judge in Georgia unseals the divorce case of Fani Willis's boyfriend.

From The Federalist, in New Hampshire, presidential candidate and former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) woos her real constituents.

From American Thinker, are Democrats really "pro-choice"?

From MRCTV, the women's golf tour NXXT will poll its golfers on its transgender policy after a dude wins a tournament in Florida.

From NewsBusters, a blizzard is unable to stop or dampen this year's March for Life.

From Canada Free Press, WEF leader Klaus Schwab is terrified of former President Trump retaking his office.  (Somehow, Schwab reminds Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.)

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab offers details about five conspiracies against the state.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how long have the U.K.'s people been nudged?

From EuroNews, the U.K. government is accused of trying to scare immigrants into leaving.

From Voice Of Europe, Germany grants Israeli citizens visa-free stay until the end of April.  (If you read German, read the story at Spiegel.)

From ReMix, an Islamist teenager allegedly tries to steal bomb-making chemicals from a high school in Detmold, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Spiegel.)

From Balkan Insight, a new border commission for Bosnia and Herzegovina paves the way for the E.U. border agency Frontex to be deployed at its borders.

From The North Africa Post, according to the Tunisian political party Ennahdha, rumors of its leader's death in prison have been greatly exaggerated.

From The Syrian Observer, a delegation from Saudi Arabia arrives in Damascus, Syria to reopen their country's embassy after 12 years.

From North Press Agency, signs of a humanitarian crisis emerge after Turkey escalates its operations in northeastern Syria.

From In-Cyprus, using water in or around Nicosia, Cyprus is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.

From Arutz Sheva, IDF personnel destroy a Hamas training facility.

From The Times Of Israel, the IDF pushes deeper into the Gazan area of Khan Yunis.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a deal to release hostages from Hamas is possible, but there is no "real" Hamas proposal.

From YNetNews, IDF reservists provide aid to a mobilized farmer and find out that he was a reservist, too.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi assured Somali President Hassan Mahmoud that Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian travelers return home with over 3.8 tons of gold.

From the Sudan Tribune, South Sudan denies that its military forces are smuggling fuel to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia exports over $9.2 million worth of livestock in six months.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's longest cave Abu Al-Waul is named a geological tourist attraction.

From The New Arab, how the Philadelphi Corridor could become a tipping point in relations between Egypt and Israel.

From the Daily Mail, a convicted grooming gang ringleader is still living in the U.K. nine years after his deportation order is handed down.

From Jewish News Syndicate, anti-Israel protesters harass Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his daughter while they have a Shabbat dinner.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Biden threatens Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's efforts to destroy Hamas.

From The Stream, would the discovery of extraterrestrial life disprove Christianity?

From The Daily Signal, during this year's School Choice Week, let's celebrate a return to our founding principles.

From The American Conservative, what are the U.K.'s Tories thinking?

From The Western Journal, MSNBC host Joy Reid defends having a lewd book in schools, and gets obliterated on air by a guest.

From BizPac Review, the Swedish clothing retailer H&M is forced to apologize and discontinue its "sexualized" school uniform ad.

From The Daily Wire, the Chief Twit slams DEI during a discussion with right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro.

From the Daily Caller, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claims that Biden "recently" visited the southern border over a year ago.

From the New York Post, why the aforementioned Ron DeSantis got the cold shoulder from Republicans in New Hampshire.

From Breitbart, Hamas claims that its terrorists have upheld "Islamic values" in their attacks on Israel.

From Newsmax, the California State University faculty go on strike for higher wages.

And from The Babylon Bee, despite receiving negative reviews, the sitcom Trump Vs. Biden is renewed for a second season.

Jamestown Settlement

Today I visited Jamestown Settlement, a museum dedicated to the early history of Virginia.  It is totally separate from the Jamestown colony, which I visited in July 2021.  The museum includes both indoor and outdoor exhibits, the latter of which I decided to photograph.  On the way to these, I passed a brick tower, on which this historical plaque is mounted.

Friday Fuss

I have just completed a drive southward to an undisclosed location in an area that I've visited a few times in recent years.  This time, however, it's just a short weekend fling.  On a cold snowy Friday back home which is somewhat milder in this place, here are some things going on:

From National Review, South Africa's morally bankrupt accusation of genocide against Israel.

From FrontpageMag, the Palestinian Authority offers more "pay-for-slay", while begging for more aid.

From Townhall, this year's Emmy Award had some surprisingly pro-life moments.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) change their minds about whether President Biden should designate Yemen's Houthis as a terror group.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) endorses former President Trump instead of former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC), who appointed him to the Senate.

From The Federalist, the president of the Heritage Foundation slams the global elites in Davos, Switzerland to their faces.

From American Thinker, the final four court cases against Trump, and their problems.

From MRCTV, at a pro-life event, anti-trafficking activist Tim Ballard says that "children are targets of the devil".

From NewsBusters, media host Joe Scarborough calls Trump "dazed and confused".

From Canada Free Press, the Federal Highway Administration bans funny road signs.

From TeleSUR, Colombian President Gustavo Petro asks the Vatican to conduct peace negotiations with the National Liberation Army.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some sense about expressions that contain the word "right".  (I'm disappointed to say that "bloody well right" is not among them.)

From EuroNews, a Ukrainian drone strikes an oil depot in Klintsy, Russia.

From Voice Of Europe, Estonia plans to build 600 bunkers along its eastern border.  (If you read Russian, read the story at Postimees, which is an Estonian site.  From what I can gather, it is published in Estonian, Russian and English.)

From ReMix, according to commentator Harald Martenstein of Welt, banning the party AdF would be "one of the stupidest ideas ever", but the German government is desperate enough to do it.

From Balkan Insight, a Greek prosecutor charges two suspects for allegedly executing contracts to kill two mafia members.

From France24, tackling France's growing infertility problem and sluggish birth rate.

From Morocco World News, survivors of an earthquake in the Moroccan province of Al-Haouz protest a delay in financial aid distribution.

From The North Africa Post, Somalia wants no mediation with Ethiopia until its deal with Somaliland is canceled.

From Hürriyet Daily News, for the first time ever, a Turk goes into space.

From Turkish Minute, does Turkey's first astronaut constitute a historic achievement or an election stunt?

From Rûdaw, in two years, over 2,700 Iraqis have entered Slovenia.

From Armenpress, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan finds a large untapped potential in the economic aspect of relations with Croatia.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, according to Mirzoyan, peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan would benefit the entire region.

From Azǝrbaycan24, Azerbaijan builds landfills for household waste in the region of Karabakh.

From AzerNews, photos from Reza Deghati of the Bloody January massacre by the Soviet government against Azerbaijani civilians in 1990.

From The New Arab, the Houthis claim to have carried out a missile attack on a U.S. ship.

From Jewish News Syndicate, a Palestinian mob vandalizes a Christian holy site in Nablus, West Bank.

From Gatestone Institute, a young Pakistani Christian is unjustly sentenced to death.

From The Stream, "we shall go on to the end of the long march for life", and will never surrender.

From The Daily Signal, NBC censors a winning quarterback when he gives the glory to Jesus.

From The American Conservative, will right-wing congresscritters revolt against Speaker Johnson (R-LA)?

From The Western Journal, three names to watch for Trump's possible running mate.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson follows the time stamps of video footage showing the January 6th pipe bombs.

From The Daily Wire, the L.A. Innocence Project takes on the case of Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his wife and their unborn child.  (For him to kill the child is a crime, but had she wanted an abortion, that would have been legal.  Does the unborn child have the right against being killed or not?)

From the Daily Caller, what Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh had to say about the pro-life cause.

From the New York Post, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) will be able to demand depositions from his accusers.

From Newsmax, a New Mexico grand jury indicts actor Alec Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter arising from the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

And from Breitbart, some strange things are going on in the aforementioned Swiss city of Davos.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, when the "law runs out", so should the government.

From FrontpageMag, how the media reported on two journalists who were really terrorists.

From Townhall, congresscritter Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) explains why "family separation" is necessary when dealing with people illegally crossing the U.S. border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter André Carson (D-IN) attends a "March for Gaza" rally.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden shrugs off declining support from Arab Americans over Gaza.

From The Federalist, according to a sign put in place by the TSA, illegal aliens without proper identification may opt out of being photographed at Miami International Airport.

From American Thinker, former President Trump's real opponent is not his current successor.

From MRCTV, the Chief Twit endorses a Times Square billboard from a pro-life diaper brand.

From NewsBusters, in covering an alleged hate crime in Vermont, NBC doesn't let inconvenient facts get in the way.

From Canada Free Press, a look at "capitalism and socialism".

From TeleSUR, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court orders an electoral do-over.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is very "generous with other people's money".  (As his predecessor Margaret Thatcher once warned, it's possible to run out of "other people's money".)

From EuroNews, some europarliamentcritters threaten legal action against the European Commission if more money is released to Hungary.

From Voice Of Europe, Latvia considers placing mines on its eastern border.  (If you read Polish, read the story at RMF24.  Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any Latvian version of the story.)

From ReMix, Slovakia might get treated like Hungary is, and have billions of its E.U. funds frozen.

From the Greek Reporter, three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of two Greek Mafia members are led before a public prosecutor.

From Ekathimerini, Greek banks shift to monthly fees from fees per transaction.

From the Greek City Times, according to Defense Minister Nikos Dendias, a Greek frigate will sail to the Red Sea to protect Greek interests.

From Total Croatia News, Pizza Hut will soon come to Zagreb, Croatia.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Kult Plave Kamenice.)

From Balkan Insight, the Croatian parliament is urged to vote against a "dangerous law for journalism".

From The Slovenia Times, Saša Dončić, father of NBA player Luka Dončić, becomes the director of sport of the Slovenian Basketball Federation.

From The Malta Independent, the Maltese government launches a plan to reduce the prices of basic food items by 15 percent until its next budget is passed.

From Malta Today, a suspect in a murder committed in Rabat, Malta on New Year's Day spent time in a psychiatric hospital in 2012.

From ANSA, Italy's supreme Court of Cassation rules that a law passed in 1952 must be used against people making fascists salutes.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss Federal Competition Commission launches an investigation of the German automaker BMW.

From RFI, French police hold protests to demand better pay during the upcoming Paris Olympics.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese bird choppers produce a record amount of electricity.

From The North Africa Post, with lending from China decreasing, Africa needs to diversify its economic partners.

From The New Arab, Jordanian air strikes in southern Syria aimed at drug smugglers kill nine people, including at least one civilian.

From The Times Of Israel, an Israeli baby turns one year old while held hostage my Hamas.

From Jewish News Syndicate, what being "open" means to the Palestinian Arabs.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration has a "pathway" to a Palestinian terror state.

From The Stream, 10 steps to impacting the primary elections.

From The Daily Signal, three reasons why the government can't seem to get off the "shutdown merry-go-round".

From The Western Journal, Trump has the perfect response when a judge threatens to eject him from the court room in which his defamation trial is taking place.

From BizPac Review, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase warns Biden to stop slamming Trump supporters.

From The Daily Wire, fishermen from New England rally in front of the Supreme Court.

From the Daily Caller, Biden admits that airstrikes against the Houthis are not working, but will continue.

From the New York Post, the platform Reddit gets ready for the stock market.

From Breitbart, according to New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R), Trump will defeat former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) in his state.

And from Newsmax, former First Lady Melania Trump eulogizes her recently departed mother Amalija Knavs.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, President Biden and his fellow Democrats have genuine reasons to be nervous.

From FrontpageMag, Biden will re-list the Houthis of Yemen as "terrorists", but will still make it legal to fund them.

From Townhall, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) will tell Biden "directly" that Republican congresscritters want border security.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Israelis freed from Hamas, Gazan "civilians" were involved in every stage of its hostage operation.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, the Supreme Court has dodged an attempt to protect female bathrooms.

From The Federalist, how two cases involving the fishing industry could prompt the Supreme Court to overturn our administrative state.

From American Thinker, former President Trump needs to explain what "MAGA" really means.

From MRCTV, a bill in New Hampshire would prohibit illegal aliens with drivers licenses from other states from driving in New Hampshire.  (To my amazement, the article actually uses the unpleasant but accurate term "illegal aliens" instead of some euphemism such as "undocumented".)

From NewsBusters, Fox Business host Charles Payne rebukes the media for censoring Trump.

From Canada Free Press, "the new face of reality" makes its appearance in Davos, Switzerland.

From TeleSUR, the president of the Grandmothers of Mayo Square calls President Javier Milei "a huge setback" for Argentina.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the poor white underage victims of rape in Rochdale, England were "cast aside by police".

From Snouts in the Trough, the WEF in Davos, Switzerland will save us from misinformation and disinformation.

From Voice Of Europe, according to a poll, the primary issue for Irish voters in the upcoming E.U. elections is migration.

From Politico, U.K. civil servants are told to disregard injunctions from European court judges.  (Since the U.K. is no longer in the E.U., such courts no longer have any jurisdiction in the U.K.  The story comes via Voice Of Europe.)

From ReMix, Polish truckers suspend their protest at the border with Ukraine.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary receives another €150 million in E.U. funding.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian President Katalin Novák is in talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, relations between Hungary and Slovakia are at a high point.

From Russia Today, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the U.K. is working to prevent peace in Ukraine.

From Sputnik International, Russian forces strike a Ukrainian area for staging foreign mercenaries.

From The Moscow Times, police and protesters clash in Baymak, Bashkortostan, Russia as an activist is jailed.  (My spellchecker objects to "Baymak" but has no problem with "Bashkortostan".)

From Novinite, a Bulgarian-owned Maltese-flagged ship is released by Irish authorities after the seizure of about 300 kilos of she-don't-lie.

From The Sofia Globe, two Bulgarian mountain resorts put on events linked to World Snow Day.

From Radio Bulgaria, life is difficult in the Bulgarian village of Vrav.

From EuroNews, the E.U. bans misleading environmental information in product labeling.

From Balkan Insight, ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo collect signatures in an effort to dismiss their "unwanted" ethnic Albanian mayors.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI gives a speech about democracy.

From The New Arab, according to Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia could recognize Israel if the Palestinians are given a state of their own.

From Jewish News Syndicate, over 2,600 terror attacks have occurred in the West Bank since October 7th.

From Gatestone Institute, is Islam overtaking Europe through immigration?

From The Stream, the musician known as Jelly Roll testifies to the U.S. Senate about fentanyl and his own efforts to get away from dealing drugs.

From The Daily Signal, why believing that men can give birth and supporting Hamas are connected.

From The Western Journal, a CNN debate gets overhauled after several Republican presidential candidates decline to participate.

From BizPac Review, after Vivek Ramaswamy (R) ends his presidential campaign, Trump promises him big role.

From The Daily Wire, the huge interest payment on the national debt.

From the Daily Caller, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) rejects the Biden administration's demand to give up control of property along the southern border.

From Breitbart, BlackRock vice chairman Philipp Hildebrand warns that a Trump victory would pose a "fundamental" challenge to Europe.

From Newsmax, Israel agrees to allow more aid into Gaza in return for medicine delivered to hostages held by Hamas.

And from the New York Post, snake, a snake, oh, it's a snake - on a plane.