Pete Rose 1941-2024

Pete Rose, known for being Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader and for betting on the sport, has died at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 83.  The cause of his death has not yet been reported.

Peter Edward Rose was born in Cincinnati to Harry Francis Rose and the former LaVerne Bloebaum.  He played baseball and football in high school, but was held back for one year, which caused him to use up his athletic eligibility before his senior year.  In the spring of 1960, he played for a team in Lebanon, Ohio which was a member of the Dayton Amateur League.  Rose was signed to the Cincinnati Reds at the urging of his uncle Buddy Bloebaum, who was one of their scouts.

During spring training before the 1963 season, in a game against the New York Yankees, Rose sprinted to first base after drawing a walk.  In response, Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford called Rose "Charlie Hustle", which he adopted as a nickname.  He went on to not only make the Red's major league roster that year, but became the National League Rookie of the Year.  He played for the Reds from 1963 to 1978, becoming a key member of successful teams known as the Big Red Machine.  His position shifted from second base to right field to left field to third base.  In 1973, he was the National League Most Valuable Player.  In 1978, he had a 44-game hitting streak.

In 1979, Rose was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent and stayed with the team through 1983, playing mostly first base.  In 1984, he was signed by the Montreal Expos and later traded back to the Reds, where he became both player and manager.  He retired from playing after the 1986 season and was fired from managing during the 1989 season.

In August of 1989, Rose was banned from baseball due to allegations that he bet on baseball games.  This ban included his becoming ineligible for the baseball Hall of Fame.  He denied making such bets until later in life.

Rose entered the U.S. Army Reserves after the 1963 baseball season, spending six months at Fort Knox on active duty and then six years on reserve duty.

As a player, Rose holds numerous major league career records, including the most plate appearances (15,890), at bats (14,053), hits (4,256), times on base (5,929), games played (5,632), and outs (10,328).  He was also the only major league player to play at least 500 games at five different positions.  Besides playing multiple positions, he was also a switch hitter.

Rose married Karolyn Englehardt in 1964.  They had children, Fawn and Pete Jr., before divorcing in 1980.  He had a daughter named Morgan Erin Rubio in 1978, as the result of an affair.  He married Carol Woliung in 1984.  They had two children, Tyler and Cara, before divorcing in 2011.  He started a relationship with model Kiana Kim in 2009.  They became engaged in 2011, but did not marry.  He is survived by his five children.

Read more at The Cincinnati Enquirer, WCPO, WPVI-TV, ESPN and Bleacher Report.  See also his page at Baseball Reference.

Stories For The End Of September

Yesterday I returned from Arizona, just over two hours after I expected to, because of technical difficulties with the airplane that was originally supposed to be used on my fight.  Except for that, my return trip went well.  Now that I'm back on a cool and misty Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, ICE reveals that 662,000 illegal aliens in the U.S. either have a criminal conviction or are awaiting a verdict back in their home countries, including 15,000 convicted of sexual assault.

From FrontpageMag, presidential candidate Vice President Harris is not pro-choice but very pro-abortion.

From Townhall, what's this about someone being weird?

From The Washington Free Beacon, vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz's (D-Min) state homelessness council starts by acknowledging land "stolen" from Native Americans.

From the Washington Examiner, the rules of the vice presidential debate between Walz and Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH).

From The Federalist, President Biden appears to not give a rat's rear end about flood victims in North Carolina.

From American Thinker, Harris's and Walz's real positions on abortion.

From MRCTV, the LGBT ideology is inflicted on........flamingos.

From NewsBusters, climate czar and former Senator (D-MA) John Kerry has a problem with the 1st Amendment.

From Canada Free Press, the Democrats are in effect attempting to reelect the Biden regime.

From TeleSUR, Mexico gets ready for the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is happy to dance with the devil.

From EuroNews, new NATO leader and former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte inherits several security headaches.

From ReMix, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder wants former U.S. President Trump to regain his old office.

From Balkan Insight, election results in the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica spell trouble for Montenegro's governing coalition.

From The North Africa Post, Mali denounces Algeria's interference in its internal affairs.

From The New Arab, the mother of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah goes on a hunger strike.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Israel has sent as many wanted terrorists to their virgins in six weeks as the U.S. has done in 20 years.

From The Times Of Israel, the life and death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran finds a new proxy in Sudan.

From The Stream, Harris has 13,099 Willie Hortons.  (I don't mean the Willie Horton who played baseball.)

From The Daily Signal, according to CEO Stacy Blakely of The Policy Circle, faith-based groups are better at solving social challenges than the government is.

From The American Conservative, a letter to Trump on what he should have said during his debate with Harris.

From The Western Journal, the NGO Samaritan's Purse, whose CEO is Franklin Graham, tries to help victims of Tropical Storm Helene.

From BizPac Review, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) launches Operation Blue Ridge to aid southern states hit by Helene.

From The Daily Wire, Trump mocks Biden's poor response to Helene.

From the Daily Caller, the second would-be Trump assassin pleads not guilty.

From the New York Post, according to a memoir written by former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Queen Elizabeth II had "a form of bone cancer" before her death.

From Breitbart, Biden snaps at a reporter who asks him why he and Harris weren't in Washington, D.C. for the federal government's response to Helene.  (Silly reporter.  Doesn't he know that such a question is legitimate only when there's a Republican in the White House?)

From Newsmax, Veterans Affairs workers improperly viewed the medical records of both Vance and Walz.  (I'll give them credit for being even-handed.)

And from The Babylon Bee, in a deal to receive aid from the federal government, North Carolina agrees to purchase several paintings made by First Son Hunter Biden.

A Traveling Sasquatch's Dozen

On a sunny and very warm day in Sedona, here are 12 things going on:

From National Review, the IDF has reportedly sent Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to his virgins.

From Townhall, the IDF points out that no one called for a ceasefire until it started fighting back against Hamas and Hezbollah.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the mainstream media eulogize the aforementioned Hassan Nasrallah.

From the Washington Examiner, vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance might have learned the story about Haitian migrants allegedly eating cats in Springfield, Ohio from former President Obama.

From American Thinker, those who claim that the Constitution is anti-democratic are correct.

From NewsBusters, ABC and CBS go Sergeant Schultz on the report from ICE that there are about 13,000 non-citizen convicted murderers roaming freely in the U.S.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Arctic polar ice cap is not going away.

From RAIR Foundation USA, CAIR pressures a high school in Morgantown, West Virginia to establish a prayer room for Muslim students.  (What is this "separation of church and state" you speak of?  Oh wait, that's just for Christians.  Never mind.)

From Gatestone Institute, when the Iranian government interferes in U.S. elections.

From The Daily Signal, presidential candidate Vice President Harris is keeping voters in the dark.

From The American Conservative, former President Trump gets some good news from the Sun Belt. 11

And from the Genesius Times, fans are shocked that celebrities who make rap songs about drugs, rape and murder are also horrible people in real life.

A Bit More Of Sedona

Today I drove around Sedona and took a few pics of the area.  This rock, south of the city, is called Courthouse Butte.

Friday Fuss From A Traveling Sasquatch

Today, I decided to "take it easy", as the song goes, and just hang around Sedona and do at bit of hiking.  Now that I'm back from my exercise, here are some things going on:

From National Review, guess where China's newest nuclear submarine, which has sunk and is leaking nuclear fuel, is located.

From FrontpageMag, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) won't endorse presidential candidate Vice President Harris.

From Townhall, two illegal aliens are charged with conspiring to kidnap other illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. must side with Israel against Hezbollah.

From the Washington Examiner, thanks to President Biden and Vice President Harris, 13,000 illegal aliens convicted of homicide roam free in the U.S.

From The Federalist, New York state judges scrutinize the penalty in former President Trump's civil fraud case.

From American Thinker, yes, Secret Service agents are getting a free trip to an LGBTQ conference at Disneyworld.

From MRCTV, some people think that the new throwback logo for the Atlanta Falcons reminds them of the Third Reich.

From NewsBusters, 30 questions which CBS should ask vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz (D-Min) and three for his rival Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH).

From TCW Defending Freedom, "look forward in anger" at what socialists want to impose.

From Snouts in the Trough, could the intended destruction of Israel be the beginning and not the end?

From The Times Of Israel, the BBC airs a film about the October 7th attacks, but omits references to the terrorist group Hamas as being terrorists.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to sources, the Mossad has stopped over 50 terror attacks backed by Iran against Jews since October 7th.

From Jewish News Syndicate, pro-Hamas vandals deface and set fire to a synagogue in Eshtemoa, West Bank, which synagogue was built in the 4th or 5th century.

From Gatestone Institute, for terrorists and their supporters, "rape is resistance and beepers are genocide".

From The Stream, when Christians (finally) fought back against Islam.

From The Daily Signal, the Abraham Accords have produced four years of cooperation between Israel and Arab nations.

From The American Conservative, the domino theory, popular during the Vietnam War, still refuses to fall.

From The Western Journal, Harris's border visit fails before she even arrives at the border.

From BizPac Review, amid a lawsuit by Republicans, North Carolina removes 747,000 ineligible voters from its rolls.

From The Daily Wire, a strike by dock workers could keep Harris out of the White House, so why won't Biden stop it?

From the Daily Caller, liberals don't like getting a taste of their own medicine from the Chief Twit.

From the New York Post, New York City business leaders try to prepare for the possibility that a socialist will be running the city of Mayor Eric Adams (D) is removed from office.

From Breitbart, according to Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R), American voters won't be fooled by Harris's aforementioned visit to the border.

From Newsmax, a grand jury indicts a group of Iranians for allegedly hacking Trump's campaign.

And from SFGate, when in San Francisco, don't get too close to the Transamerica Pyramid.

Homolovi State Park

Located just off Arizona highway 87, Homolovi State Park is northeast of Winslow and preserves some archaeological sites built by various people including ancestors of the Hopi.  While these ancestors are sometimes called Anasazi or Ancestral Pueblo, the Hopi call them Hisat'sinom, which means "long-ago people" in their language.

The park includes two clusters of ruins that are open to the public.  At the visitor center, the receptionist suggested that I first drive northward to the area known as Homolovi II and afterwards visit Homolovi I, near the southern end of the park.  On my way to Homolovi II, I encountered some local inhabitants.

Winslow, Arizona

After visiting the abandoned sites of Twin Arrows and Two Guns, I continued eastward to a place that is very much active, and famous because of a song.  But before I went Winslow's most well-known "corner", I found a place to park on 1st Street, along which extends the First Street Pathway Park.  The park includes these "Art Cars".

Abandoned Places Along Interstate 40

Today I again ventured north from Sedona and went eastward on Interstate 40, stopping at two places which used to be points of interest, and in a sense, still are.  What I mean by this is that they've been abandoned by just about everyone except graffiti artists and explorers.  I'd say that I've fallen into the latter category.  The first used to be the Twin Arrows Trading Post.  Today, not only is the place largely covered with graffiti, but only one of the arrows remains.  In this pic, you can still see the base where the other arrow once was.

Jerome, Arizona

As I did 10 years ago, I drove from Sedona over to Jerome, this time after visiting Tuzigoot National Monument.  As then, I got some food at the Haunted Hamburger restaurant.  Unlike then, I took some pictures.  Since the town is built on a hillside, I had to climb some stairs from the parking lot.  I took a shot looking up, but it's the worst focused one so far on my current trip.  Even so, you can see the big initial "J" way up on the hill.

Tuzigoot

Today I visited the pueblo ruin Tuzigoot, located on a hill about 20 miles west of Sedona, and which is a national monument.  Like other sites I've recently seen, it was built by the Sinagua people.  A short walkway leads uphill and southward from the visitor center and to the remains of a relatively small building that appears to have had seven rooms.

Elden Pueblo

Elden Pueblo is an archaeological site just north of Flagstaff, AZ along U.S. highway 89.  Like the cliff dwellings and other structures at Walnut Canyon, it was built by people of the Sinagua Culture.  The place has a parking lot and a metal box containing a book in which visitors are asked to sign their names.  A trail leads visitors from the parking lot to the remains of old buildings.  Here's one with a tree growing on the inside.

Walnut Canyon

Walnut Canyon is a canyon about seven miles east of Flagstaff, AZ and the featured attraction of its namesake national monument.  As far as I can tell, there's no river or creek flowing through its bottom.  Maybe it gets some water if a rainfall produces a flash flood.  From the visitor center, the Island Trail leads down to and around a raised rock formation on the north side of the canyon, on which people of the Sinagua Culture built cliff dwellings.  As you walk down, you get to see views like this, looking west.

Oak Creek Canyon Viewpoint

As I did 10 years ago, I drove northward from Sedona, AZ and stopped at Oak Creek Vista along state highway 89A.  After walking from the parking lot, I took this photo looking westward, which shows some of the highway as it winds up a hill.

Back To Sedona

As you can tell from the title, my previously undisclosed location is Sedona, Arizona.  I was here almost 10 years ago, which you can read about (and look at the pictures) in this blog's archive for November 2014.  As then, it's a great place to go hiking, but since it's September, the temperature is definitely warmer this time (but a dry heat, as the saying goes).  Some trails end at a road near where I'm staying, so I wandered on over and put my big feet to the ground.  Looking northward, here's what I saw.

Traveling On The Solstice

It took me just about all day, as in the first day of fall, to get out to my latest undisclosed location, here in Arizona.  In fact, it's already Monday back home.

I thought that I was supposed to fly from Washington Dulles Airport to Phoenix by way of Houston, but instead I got routed through Denver.  This meant a long flight for the first leg and a shorter second leg.  I got booked into a middle seat both times.  On the first flight, I traded places with a woman, who also had a middle seat, so that she could sit with her husband.  You'd think that the airlines would put a married couple together, but not this time.

The highway department of Arizona decided that it would be cool to merge three lanes of Interstate 17 into one, thus creating a traffic jam north of the Phoenix area.  But in any event, I found my way here, so stay tuned for some travel reporting and whatever else I decide to post.  See youz soon.

Saturday Stories

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

From National Review, according to Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson (R-NC) should either take legal action against an accusing reporter or drop out.

From FrontpageMag, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) belongs to an organization that endorses the murder of Jews.

From Townhall, First Lady Jill Biden leading a cabinet meeting wasn't the only weird thing going on yesterday.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Democrat congresscritters make a false abortion allegation in their quest to retake the House.

From the Washington Examiner, how New Jersey counties redesigned their primary ballots after a court ruled against their "county line" arrangement.

From American Thinker, a golfer's perspective of the second attempt to assassinate former President Trump.

From NewsBusters, according to MSNBC reporter Stephanie Ruhle, demanding a serious interview with presidential candidate Vice President Harris is like asking for "Nirvana".

From TCW Defending Freedom and the "nostalgia" department, a look at what we did (and lived to tell about) during the good old days.  (To some of the things mentioned in this article, I plead guilty from when I was a Littlefoot.)

From PressTV, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei urges Muslims to tap their "inner power" to weed out the Zionist cancer.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to government officials and media personnel, middle school students in Toronto, Ontario, Canada were forced to attend an anti-Israel rally and wear shirts saying "settler" or "colonizer".

From BBC News, al-Qaeda-linked terrorists attack the international airport outside Bamako, Mali.

From Gatestone Institute, it's time for the E.U. to stand against Iran's government, terror groups, and efforts to produce nuclear weapons.

From The Stream, two amazing miracles.

From The Daily Signal, when character assassination leads to an attempt at the real thing.

From The American Conservative, the damage done by former State Department official Victoria Nuland.

From The Western Journal, the cast of the show Scandal reunite to stump for the Democratic ticket.

From BizPac Review, Harris's senior advisor Keisha Lance Bottoms explains why the vice president hasn't sat for more interviews.

From The Daily Wire, Israel keeps on pounding Hezbollah.

From the Daily Caller, according to experts, Pennsylvania is again "pivotal" in Trump's chances for being elected president.

From the New York Post, more on Israel pounding Hezbollah.

From Breitbart, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blames a turf war between drug cartels in the state of Sinaloa on the U.S. government.

From Newsmax, the FBI raids a ship managed by the same company as the ship that caused a highway bridge to collapse near Baltimore, Maryland.

And from SFGate, June's Pizza in West Oakland, California reopens and sells out in 90 minutes.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, the "bizarre and tawdry" secrets of gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson (R-NC).

From FrontpageMag, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Cal) is angry because Californians want to make crime illegal again.

From Townhall, why have all the nutjobs who have tried to kill political opponents come from the left?

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden's long shadow.

From the Washington Examiner, the Georgia State Election Board votes to require counties to hand-count all ballots on the night of the election.

From The Federalist, Oklahoma removes over 450,000 ineligible voters from its role, including over 5,000 convicted felons.

From American Thinker, a long list of infractions by the media, showing its bias.

From MRCTV, presidential candidate Vice President Harris's four weirdest word salads from her town hall with Oprah Winfrey.

From NewsBusters, a supporter of former President Trump schools a CNN reporter about inflation.

From Canada Free Press, the economic consequences of election Harris president.

From TeleSUR, Argentinian President Javier Milei seeks to privatize Aerolineas Argentinas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, in an act of climate fearmongering, the BBC blames child marriage in Bangladesh on climate change.

From Snouts in the Trough, we're doomed, I tell you, we're doooooomed.

From EuroNews, why are forests in the Iberian peninsula so flammable?

From ReMix, two former europarliamentcritters from Hungary are invited back to lash out at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

From Balkan Insight, women's rights groups in Croatia demand tougher punishments for the crimes of femicide and rape.

From The North African Post, Moroccan police chief Abdellatif Hammouchi makes a working visit to Türkiye.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah distributed its pagers just hours before they exploded.

From Arutz Sheva, terrorists fire on a school bus in Mevo Dotan, West Bank.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Moroccan convicted of rape in Germany tries to justify his crimes with Sharia law.  (If you read German, read the story at Soester-Anzeiger.)

From ABC News, Israel claims to have killed a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon in which 12 people were killed.

From Gatestone Institute, why Egypt prefers having Palestinian terrorists on its border.

From The Stream, blaming the Christian victims in Cordoba, Spain for their own beheadings.

From The Daily Signal, neither Harris nor Trump has any proposals for cutting the national debt.

From The American Conservative, an argument for recognize the Houthis of Yemen.

From The Western Journal, even with a friendly crowd and the aforementioned Oprah Winfrey has a moderator, Harris flopped at her town hall.

From Fox News, early in-person voting starts in Virginia.

From BizPac Review, a major American construction equipment manufacturer backs off on DEI.

From The Daily Wire, the debate between Harris and Trump had no effect on polling in battleground states.

From the Daily Caller, police at UCLA stock up on non-lethal weapons after pro-HamasPalestinian protests engulfed its campus.

From the New York Post, a Dunkin Donuts worker calls the most "absurd" drink he has ever made "diabetes in a cup".

From Breitbart, an "Allahu akbar" breaks out in Rotterdam, Netherlands.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at de Volkskrant and De Telegraaf.)

From Newsmax, according to Trump, unlike the Russia collusion hoax of 2016, Iran's hacking of his campaign is "real stuff".

And from Yahoo!Sports, Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Major League baseball player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.

Thursday Things

On a warm and partly cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, an Alaska man is arrested for allegedly threatening to kill or injure six Supreme Court justices and their families.

From FrontpageMag, the Department of Justice's two-tiered system when it comes to which side of the abortion issue people are on.

From Townhall, CNN reporter Scott Jennings raises some important questions about exploding pagers that injured or killed Hamas terrorists.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a report, the Democratic campaign of Vice President Harris and Minnesota Governor Walz is on track to hold the fewest number of interviews on history.  (If Vice President Harris can't handle the American media, how will she deal, if elected, with Russian President Putin, North Korean leader King Jong-un, Chinese President Xi, etc.?)

From the Washington Examiner, cities are sinking under the costs of illegal immigration.

From The Federalist, mass immigration is destroying far more than Springfield, Ohio.

From American Thinker, yes, some people really want to incite violence.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Harriet Hageman (R-WY) trolls a bunch of Hamas supporters by asking them if they have their pagers.

From NewsBusters, NBC host Craig Melvin and former CIA Director John Brennan smear Israel for making Hezbollah pagers go "boom".

From Canada Free Press, why would someone want to assassinate former President Trump if he were losing?  (The author is right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson.)

From TeleSUR, an indigenous people's march in Bolivia continues heading toward the capital city of La Paz.

From TCW Defending Freedom, England is being invaded for the first time since 1066.

From EuroNews, why is Russia so focused on the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk?

From ReMix, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski is irritated at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

From Balkan Insight, Zagreb, Croatia opens a "one-stop shop" for refugees and asylum seekers.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Gabon sign a memorandum of understanding for strengthening their mutual judicial cooperation.

From The New Arab, Iraq seeks to strengthen its border security and to prevent the importation of exploding electronic devices.  (Doesn't Iraq realize that making border security stronger is racist and xenophobic?  Oh wait, that's only true when Western countries such as the U.S. do it.  Never mind.)

From The Jerusalem Post, U.S. presidential candidate Vice President Harris targets Arab Americans with an ad highlighting the "suffering" in Gaza.

From CNN, according to prosecutors, a teenager in Philadelphia who allegedly made and tested bombs wanted to join a foreign terrorist group.

From Arutz Sheva, a court in Be'er Sheva, Israel allows the publication of the identity of an Israeli man who allegedly conspired with Iran to assassinate Israeli officials.

From Gatestone Institute, "why is Hamas so confident that it's winning" the war in Gaza?

From The Stream, radio host Eric Metaxas recites the John Zmirak poem I Will Not Eat Grilled Haitian Cat.

From The Daily Signal, Republican congresscritters warn that proposed U.N. policies would extinguish U.S. sovereignty and free speech.

From The American Conservative, the Supreme Court should repudiate gender ideology.

From The Western Journal, a co-host on The View launches a racist attack against Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany due to their support for Trump.

From BizPac Review, Harris asks Americans to "imagine" what mass deportations would look like, and users of the platform X oblige her.

From The Daily Wire, Georgetown University will host a conference featuring terrorism-related speajers at its campus in Qatar.

From the Daily Caller, a couple livestreaming their activities on YouTube discover a body believed to be that of the suspected Kentucky highway shooter.

From Breitbart, according to a report from the House Homeland Security Committee, over 85 percent of the migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border are released into the country.

From Newsmax, according to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate will prepare a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown.

And from the New York Post, why the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station will be just a bit younger than their friends on earth when they finally arrive back on earth.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett's lawyers ask the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn his guilty verdict.

From FrontpageMag, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) condemns memes inspired by the explosions of Hezbollah's pagers.

From Townhall, why was the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon carrying a Hezbollah pager?

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a leaked text message, union members were offered $100 to attend a rally for congresscritter Susan Wild (D-PA).

From the Washington Examiner, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs legislation that regulates deep fakes on social media.

From The Federalist, since former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants to jail Americans for "misinformation", we should start with her.

From American Thinker, when will the Democrats and the media (if you'll forgive the redundancy) care about the damage caused by open borders?

From MRCTV, even if you don't have a social security number, California can give you a subsidized cell phone.  (Instead of an Obamaphone, would this be a Newsomphone?)

From NewsBusters, the Big Three networks still blasting Trump with 95 percent negative coverage.

From Canada Free Press, the aforementioned Hillary Clinton ignorantly suggests that the Chief Twit wants to rape singer Taylor Swift.

From TeleSUR, Mexican President-elect Elect Claudia Sheinbaum rejects an invitation from President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Ukraine.  (If there weren't any Russian invasion going on, I'd love to visit Ukraine, if it were to involve a stop in Lviv, a.k.a. Lwów, from which my Polish grandmother emigrated.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, why does U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer have no compassion?

From Snouts in the Trough, the civilized world rejoices at Hezbollah terrorists getting blasted by their pagers, but the BBC is shocked.

From EuroNews, did a Hungarian company have anything to do with the exploding pagers?

From ReMix, Dutch King Willem-Alexander calls for migration control, citing the rule of law.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.  If you read Dutch, as would be expected for a story from the Netherlands, I regrettably can't provide any source in that language.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian refugee allegedly vandalizes a memorial to the Protestant reformer Martin Luther in Wittenberg, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at JouWatch.)

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia's Constitutional Court temporarily "freezes" ethnic quotas in hiring.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's Royal Air Force deploys two firefighter planes made by a Canadian company to fight wildfires in northern Portugal.

From The New Arab, according to sources, Israel planted explosives in pagers used by Hezbollah.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia's Ministry of Tourism launches the country's first-ever Tourism Satellite Account.

From the Colombo Gazette, the organization Reporters Without Borders raises concerns about freedom of the press in Sri Lanka, ahead of the country's upcoming elections.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, halal certification in Malaysia will remain voluntary.

From the Borneo Post, when in Malaysia, don't trespass into any house or you'll go to the big house.

From Vietnam Plus, according to the Vietnamese Politburo, the country's north-south high-speed railway project is critical.  (Let's hope that they have fewer difficulties than the high-speed rail project in California.)

From the Taipei Times, the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo denies manufacturing the pagers which exploded in Lebanon.

From China News, Chinese scientists publish the first research paper on the lunar samples brought to earth by the Chang'e-6 spacecraft.

From The Korea Herald, South Korea confirms its fourth case of lumpy skin disease in cattle.

From The Mainichi, more nutrias, which are native to South America, are spotted along rivers in western Japan.

From Japan Today, a woman in the Japanese prefecture of Iwate kicks a bear in self-defense while holding her baby.  (Goldilocks has nothing on this gal.)

From Gatestone Institute, the longstanding tradition of hating Jews.

From The Stream, Israel's ultimate enemy is also the ultimate enemy of Christians.

From The Daily Signal, experts predict that up to 2.7 illegal aliens will vote in the upcoming elections.

From The American Conservative, can former President Trump beat back the "deep state"?

From The Western Journal, according to a new poll, the more Americans get to know presidential candidate Vice President Harris, the less they like her.

From BizPac Review, what Harris said to Trump after the second attempted assassination against him.

From The Daily Wire, a former Chief Patrol Agent claims that the Biden-Harris administration told him to hide the number of terrorists illegally crossing the border.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, a majority of voters support the mass deportation of illegal aliens.

From the New York Post, photos show the view that the second would-be Trump assassin had at Trump's Palm Beach, Florida golf course.

From Breitbart, the Biden-Harris administration refuses to condemn the threats to American freedom of speech by the E.U.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by half a point.

And from CBS News, more electronic devices carried by Hezbollah terrorists explode.

Tuesday Tidings

On a warm and cloudy Tuesday which falls on Constitution Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former President Trump's advantages in the home stretch of this year's election.

From FrontpageMag, the "get-Trump" climate from the left continues.

From Townhall, according to The Washington Post, Trump as asking to get shot again because he likes to play golf.

From The Washington Free Beacon, loopholes enable China to buy land near sensitive sites in the U.S.  (How much land in China is the U.S. or its citizens allowed to buy?)

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden denounces three "anti-woke" bills being considered by Congress.

From The Federalist, the FBI should visit the homes of two reporters for The New York Times if they wish to investigate violence against Trump.

From American Thinker, the three types of assassination, in history and today.

From MRCTV, as pointed out by Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH), the bomb threats against Springfield, Ohio were hoaxes from overseas.

From NewsBusters, hosts on The View go nuts after vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) link the attempts to take Trump's like to left-wing rhetoric.

From Canada Free Press, the U.S. Navy launches a "gender-neutral" submarine.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan scientists development treatments using stem cells.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how an agency of the U.K. government helped the U.S. suppress free speech.

From EuroNews, the eight biggest surprises from the new European Commission under its president Ursula von der Leyen.

From ReMix, train conductors in Germ any are urged to not check the tickets of foreign passengers.

From Balkan Insight, Belgrade, Serbia Mayor Aleksandar Šapić is criticized for calling for a memorial to Serbian Chetnik leader Dragoljub Mihailović.

From The North Africa Post, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso prepare to launch a new biometric passport.

From The New Arab, nine people are killed and 2,800 wounded when hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members explode.  (How, dare I ask, can a pager be made to explode?)

From the Daily Mail, an Italian woman runs allegedly over and kills a Moroccan man who stole her handbag out of her car.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian migrant rips a necklace with a cross from the neck of a 79-year-old man in Gera, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Focus.)

From Jewish News Syndicate and the "put your money where your mouth is" department, the watchdog organization New Tolerance Campaign offers a million dollars to any U.S. LGBTQ advocacy group to hold a Gay Pride Parade in either Gaza or the West Bank.

From the Dhaka Tribune, commissioned officers in the Bangladeshi army get magistracy power.

From New Age, according to Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, Bangladesh's new interim government must not be allowed to fail.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lankan parliamentcritter Patali Champika Ranawaka, the upcoming election in Sri Lanka could be its last.

From Raajje, former Sri Lankan President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom accuses People's Majlis Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla of taking control of the government and "selling" top government positions.  (The People's Majlis is the unicameral legislature of the Maldives.)

From the Bangkok Post, if Tourism Minister Sorawong Thienthong has his way, visiting Thailand is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim.

From The Straits Times, 10,000 horse racing fans are expected to watch the Singapore Turf Club's farewell race on October 5th.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi announces Indonesia's commitment to develop sustainable aviation fuels.

From Gatestone Institute, the "staggering" hypocrisy of Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau (Canada), Keir Starmer (U.K.) and Olaf Scholz (Germany).

From The Stream, presidential candidate Vice President Harris's home ownership reparations.

From The Daily Signal, a conservative think tank debunks Harris's claim that there are no late-term abortions.

From The American Conservative, quick conclusions to wars are now the exception, not the rule.

From The Western Journal, Trump's golf partner details his instant reaction to hearing gunfire.

From BizPac Review, vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance destroys the media's latest attempt at "moral blackmail".

From The Daily Wire, right-wing filmmaker Matt Walsh blasts the refusal by critics to review his movie Am I Racist? despite its success at the box office.

From the Daily Caller, the magazine Scientific American lights its last bit of credibility on fire by endorsing Harris.

From the New York Post, defense experts warn that the U.S. military is not ready for a major global war, while Congress feuds over its funding.

From Breitbart, Archbishop Charles Chaput disagrees with Pope Francis about whether all religions are "paths to God".

From Newsmax, the U.S. home builder confidence index edges upward as an interest rate cut looms.

And from The Times Of Israel, the Mossad did it.  (via the New York Post)

Monday Links

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

From National Review, the second alleged would-be Trump assassin is given two federal gun charges.

From FrontpageMag, imagine how the media would cover an attempt by a supporter of former President Trump to assassinate presidential candidate Vice President Harris.

From Townhall, look how NBC is covering the second attempt to assassinate Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Department of Health and Human Service investigates a clinic in Cleveland for alleged race-based treatment programs.

From the Washington Examiner, what we know about the second alleged would-be Trump assassin.

From The Federalist, the PolitiFact writer who made a fake fact-check of a story about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio eating geese has a history of white-washing leftist radicalism.

From American Thinker, Trump and his campaign need to point out how his policies are more popular than Harris's policies.

From MRCTV, an op-ed in the Cincinnati Inquirer blames Trump for the assassination attempts against him.

From NewsBusters, according to police, a gang of thugs beat up a Jewish student near the University of Michigan.

From Canada Free Press, more on the second attempt to assassinate Trump.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela releases 600 seahorses in a national park in the state of Nueva Esparta.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the great migration into the U.K. is given a news blackout.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s useless, incompetent, corrupt and over-paid NHS managers.

From EuroNews, according to a leaked draft, the E.U. wants to ban smoking and vaping in certain outdoor areas.

From ReMix, Poland plans to declare a state of natural disaster due to floods.

From Balkan Insight, activists arrested in Tarnovo, Bulgaria while trying to help a group of migrants claim to have been abused by police.

From The North Africa Post, the Central Bank of Libya stabilizes its operations and reconnects international banks.

From The New Arab, an airstrike in Syria sends four ISIS terrorists to their virgins.

From the DohaNews, Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will embark on his first official trip to Canada.

From Dawn, the sixth mpox case in Pakistan is detected at the Islamabad International Airport.  (The disease mpox was formerly known as monkeypox.)

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's governing coalition plans to present constitutional amendments at the next session of the country's National Assembly.

From Pakistan Today, Punjab provincial Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif launches a program to provide free heart surgeries for children.

From The Hans India, Hyderabad, India is ready to immerse idols of the Hindu deity Ganesh into its lakes.

From the Hindustan Times, India slams remarks by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei about minorities in India.

From ANI, security forces diffuse three IEDs in the Sukma district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

From India Today, West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee agrees to remove Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal from his post.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration urges Israel to give land to Hezbollah.

From The Stream, is Mary, the mother of Jesus, really a "bridge" between Islam and Christianity.

From The Daily Signal, Congress tries to make sense of the second attempt to assassinate Trump.

From The American Conservative, the furor over Trump taking a photo at Arlington National Cemetery is an example of hypocrisy.

From The Western Journal, Trump calls President Biden and Vice President Harris "the real threat".

From BizPac Review, Donald Trump the Younger recalls having to explain to his children about people wanting to kill their grandpa.

From The Daily Wire, according to his lawyers, new information destroys the Department of Justice's case against transgender surgery whistleblower Dr. Eithan Haim.

From the Daily Caller, cracking "the semantic games" which the media use to make Harris look good.

From the New York Post, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) likens Trump to a "bulletproof George Washington".

From Breitbart, more on the second would-be Trump assassin.

From Newsmax, according to a woman claiming to be a former neighbor of his, the second would-be Trump assassin "was a little cuckoo".

And from The Babylon Bee, in response to the second Trump assassination attempt, his campaign will implement 11 new security measures.

Eat The Cat

Someone took former President Trump's claim that Haitian migrants are eating cats in Springfield, Ohio and made it into a music video (setting aside the question of whether rap actually constitutes music).  Whatever you think of Trump or rap, I found this rather entertaining.

Now we know why Trump grabbed a [bleep].  It was to prevent it from becoming someone's dinner.  Stay tuned for my regular posting later today.

Sunday Stuff

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

From National Review, Venezuelan authorities arrest six foreigners, including three Americans, of allegedly plotting to kill President Nicolás Maduro.

From FrontpageMag, first they came for guns, then they came for oil, and now they're coming for meat.

From Townhall, presidential candidate Vice President Harris gets fact-checked by military personnel.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about What Went Wrong With Capitalism.

From the Washington Examiner, vice presidential candidate Senator (R-OH) J.D. Vance repeats his claims about Haitians eating pets and geese in Springfield, Ohio.

From American Thinker, what we right-wingers must do if former President Trump wins the upcoming election.  (What we need to do if Harris wins is most definitely another matter.)

From NewsBusters, a look back at the "media tears" after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tipped the Supreme Court to the right.

From Canada Free Press, Pope Francis slams Trump's and Harris's positions on abortion to hide his own collaborating with people who aren't very pro-life.

From TCW Defending Freedom, patriots of the world should unite behind the U.K.'s Reform Party.

From The Jerusalem Post, Sweden offers immigrants payments of $34,000 to return home.

From Gatestone Institute, the only deal that Hamas wants is for Israel to surrender.

From The Stream, shots are fired at Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida while he was at the location, but he is safe.

From The Daily Signal, despite singer Taylor Swift's endorsement of Harris, some of her fans are on the right.

From The American Conservative, Trump's angst reflects the tenor of the times.

From The Western Journal, anti-Trump billionaire Mark Cuban once said that he'd vote for Trump if then-candidate Hillary Clinton choose Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) as her running mate.  (The term "Senator Fake Cherokee" is mine, not his.)

And from CNN, the SpaceX manned spacecraft Polaris Dawn returns to earth by splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.