Saturday Links

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

From Townhall, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier comes up with an interesting way to deal with illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the possibilities for Iran if its current regime is toppled.

From the Washington Examiner, an illegal alien in Colorado, wanted for rape in Italy, avoids being arrested after a left-wing group alerts him to the presence of ICE agents.

From American Thinker, can we have an end to the "debate" about illegal immigration?

From NewsBusters, is Hollywood's anti-Trump blacklist even worse than we thought it was?

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Parliament's culture of death and the troubling silence from the Church of England.

From Snouts in the Trough, does the U.K. have a "Royal Air Farce"?

From Gatestone Institute, thank you, President Trump, America, and Israel.

From The Stream, celebrity Christianity and our failure to confront it.

From The Daily Signal, Donald Trump the Younger joins former Shark Tank star Mark Cuban in his criticism of drug middlemen.

From The American Conservative, what Vice President Vance has in common with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi.

From The Western Journal, the Florida Panthers win the Stanley Cup, and then damage it.

From BizPac Review, Democrats get upset over Vance mistakenly giving Senator Alex Padilla (D-Cal) a name change.

From The Daily Wire, after the Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on transgender treatments for minors, the largest medical association in the U.S. takes the opposite side.

From the Daily Caller, a report from The New York Times about the company Palantir Technologies sparks a backlash from MAGA.

From the New York Post, according to a study, non-alcoholic beer is not as healthy as you might think.

From Breitbart, U.S. Agency for Global Media Senior Advisor Kari Lake announces an 85 percent workforce reduction for the agency.

And from Newsmax, Special Envoy Keith Kellogg's visit to Belarus for talks with President Alexander Lukashenko results in the release of 14 political prisoners.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, does the movie Jaws, released 50 years ago, still matter?

From FrontpageMag, the big lie about "stolen land".

From Townhall, congresscritter Maxwell Frost (D-FL) has an interesting take on ICE.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israelis overwhelmingly support their country's campaign against Iran and want total victory, with or without help from the U.S.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump sanctions eight companies for aiding the Iranian military.

From The Federalist, ten years after the Obergefell v. Hodges decision which enacted same-sex marriage in all the U.S., its critics have been proven right.

From American Thinker, the Supreme Court's ruling on transgenderism is "a victory for sanity".

From MRCTV, the Los Angeles Dodgers spread misinformation about an allegedly encounter with ICE, which in reality did not happen.

From NewsBusters, Washington Post journalist Evan Hill leaks the coordinates of Iranian missile strikes in Israel.

From Canada Free Press, rewriting history to fit the narrative of climate change believers.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans march for peace in Caracas while supporting Iran and Palestine.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the climate fearmongers want U.K. energy security minister Ed Miliband to spend £45 billion more.

From Snouts in the Trough, don't be fooled by the apologists for Iran who hate Jews.

From EuroNews, the founder of the encrypted messaging app Telegram decides to split his fortune among his more than 100 children.

From Free West Media, the U.S. should not become a pawn in Israel's war against Iran.

From ReMix, Hungary increases its domestic energy production to boost its sovereignty and the security of its supply.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From Balkan Insight, Romanian President Nicoşur Dan designates centrist politician Ilie Bolojan as prime minister and tasks him with tackling the country's economic woes.

From The North Africa Post, Niger nationalizes Somaïr, a subsidiary of the French uranium company Orano.

From The New Arab, Iraqis in multiple provinces protest against Israel's war on Iran.  (Considering that Iranian missiles and Israeli aircraft are crossing Iraqi airspace, I can't blame them all that much.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, eight children become sick, one of them dying, after eating meat from two Muslim-owned butcher shops in Saint-Quentin, France.

From AMU, according to a U.N. report, nearly 80 percent of young Afghan women are deprived of education and work.

From The Times Of Israel, authorities in Bat Yam, Israel identify a body found in the rubble of a building hit by an Iranian missile as that of the mother of a seven-year-old girl who was also killed.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel has led the fight and might possibly have opened our eyes.

From Gatestone Institute, the attempt to erase Jews.

From Radio Free Asia, lawyers in Vietnam fear their country's new licensing rules.

From The Stream, why Israel's attack against Iran is a holy stand against an Islamic evil.

From The Daily Signal, blue collar wages have increased under Trump.

From The American Conservative, Trump makes the right choice about Iran, for now.

From The Western Journal, the WNBA punishes an Indiana Fever player who came to the defense of her teammate Caitlin Clark.

From BizPac Review, ICE battles rioters in Portland, Oregon.

From The Daily Wire, Iran refuses to negotiate with the U.S.

From the Daily Caller, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who was appointed by the late Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) puts some key parts of Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on the chopping block.

From Breitbart, author Stephen King blames recent shootings in Minnesota on the gun.

From Newsmax, Vice President Vance visits Los Angeles.

And from the New York Post, Aflac!

Thursday Tidbits

On a hot and mostly sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump holds off attacking Iran - for the time being.

From FrontpageMag, Iran has been at war with the U.S. for 46 years.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, Israel's strike on Iran is legitimate under international law.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, due to Iran's strike on an Israeli hospital, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei "can no longer be permitted to exist".

From the Washington Examiner, Trump gives the Chinese platform TikTok yet another reprieve.

From The Federalist, no matter how much leftists want to riot, most Americans still support ICE and deportations of illegal aliens.

From American Thinker, "end the EPA's Endangerment Finding" about carbon dioxide.

From MRCTV, legacy media outlets accuse the Supreme Court of "trampling" on "rights" for upholding a ban on mutilating minors.

From NewsBusters, PBS interviewer Christiane Amanpour allows Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi to rewrite history.

From TeleSUR, Hurricane Erik makes landfall in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, on the Pacific side of Mexico.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch needs to realize that her party has much to apologize for over the grooming gang scandal.

From EuroNews, the Council of Europe raises concerns over freedom of speech in Germany due to governmental response to pro-Gaza demonstrations.

From Free West Media, although Zionism is not an American principle, it has a strong influence in Washington, D.C.

From ReMix, three men allegedly rape a girl in Vallentuna, Sweden when she asked for help after she fell off her bicycle.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Aftonbladet and Omni.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnians march in the town of Foča to commemorate victims of sexual violence during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace agreement brokered by the U.S.

From The New Arab, according to Syrian central bank governor Abdelkader Husriyeh, Syria has completed its first global SWIFT transfer since the start of its civil war.

From The Times Of Israel, according to the U.N., Iran executed at least 975 people in 2024.

From the Daily Mail, Pakistan refuses to take back convicted grooming gang rapists from Rochdale, England.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man threatens to kill everyone at a church in Ambazac, France.  (If you read French, read the story at FDeSouche.)

From Gatestone Institute, Trump faces a decision about Iran's nuclear sites.

From The Stream, when the Wallachian prince known as Vlad the Impaler terrorized Islam.

From The Daily Signal, how easy is it to obtain abortion pills?

From The American Conservative, diplomatic solutions are still possible with both Ukraine and Iran.

From The Western Journal, in an opinion concurring with the ruling upholding a ban on transgender treatment for minors, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disdains "so-called experts".

From BizPac Review, former President Obama resumes his trash talking tour.

From The Daily Wire, a criticism of Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor in her dissent from the aforementioned ruling upholding a ban on transgender treatment for minors.

From the Daily Caller, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon promises to use the FACE Act to prosecute criminals who vandalize pro-life pregnancy centers.

From the New York Post, musician Ringo Starr slams lead singer Roger Daltrey of The Who for firing his son, drummer Zak Starkey.  (Ironically, Zak learned about drumming from both Keith Moon of The Who and his replacement Kenny Jones.)

From Breitbart, security officials report what might be the largest data breach in history.

From Newsmax, according to Mr. Bill, Trump should "defuse" the conflict between Israel and Iran.

And from SFGate, protesters in Los Angeles find a new purpose for the city's pink benches.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a very warm and rainy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on transgender treatments for minors.

From FrontpageMag, whatever is bad for Iran is good for the U.S. and the rest of the world.

From Townhall, did you hear what congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) just said about the United States?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum condemns New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for his defense of the slogan "globalize the intifada".

From the Washington Examiner, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sends 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles.

From The Federalist, neocon rhetoric supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq is getting repurposed for Iran.

From American Thinker, the story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, many of whose members were Japanese Americans who had been sent to internment camps.

From MRCTV, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces $50 million in taxpayer-funded "legal services" for illegal aliens.

From NewsBusters, the liberal media pretend that left-wing protesters represent a majority of Americans.

From Canada Free Press, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten cuts ties with the DNC which she never should have had in the first place.

From TeleSUR, former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez seeks clarification about whether she is allowed to greet supporters from her balcony.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the number one weapon against autism is common sense.

From EuroNews, europarliamentcritters fiercely debate Hungary's ban on Pride marches.

From Free West Media, who is trying to bring about World War III?

From ReMix, Swiss police search for an Eritrean migrant who allegedly fatally stabbed a man in Oberglatt, near Zurich.  (If you read French, read the story at 20 Minutes.)

From Balkan Insight, several Balkan countries evacuate their citizens from Israel.

From The North Africa Post, the computer maker American Oracle Company inaugurates a research and development center in Casablanca, Morocco.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah quietly restrains itself as Israel and Iran trade blows.

From Hasht e Subh, Kabul, Afghanistan tries to deal with a water shortage.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Iranian missiles have reportedly killed 24 people in Israel and injured over 800 others.

From Afghanistan International, the Taliban announce that their legal overhaul based on Islamic principles is almost done.

From The Jerusalem Post, Turkish President Erdoğan claims that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has outdone Hitler in committing genocide.

From OpIndia, Islamists demand that a Hindu man in Jaliapara, Bangladesh is hung for allegedly committing blasphemy.

From Arutz Sheva, Western leftists support the Iranian regime.  (The last six stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, Israel acted against Iran for all of us.

From Radio Free Asia, a leaked phone call between Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen puts the former's political future in jeopardy.

From The Stream, parental rights in education are on trial in back-to-back cases at the Supreme Court.

From The Daily Signal, Education Secretary Linda McMahon promises not to let gender ideology "slip through the cracks".

From The American Conservative, the Neocons are trying hard to co-opt the MAGA movement.

From The Western Journal, prepared meals sold at Walmart and Kroger are recalled as an outbreak of Listeria is investigated.

From BizPac Review, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson secures a $2 million book deal with no word from Democrats about ethics.

From The Daily Wire, more on the Supreme Court upholding Tennessee's law banning transgender treatments for minors.

From the Daily Caller, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer opines that any officials worth their salt would have recognized then-President Biden's decline.

From the New York Post, ICE ships hundreds of criminal illegal aliens out of its Newark, New Jersey detention center from which four detainees escaped.

From Breitbart, British lawmakers vote in favor of an amendment decriminalizing abortion up to the moment of birth.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates steady.

And from the Genesius Times, Iran reveals that its previously announced "historic surprise" is a nation-wide kebab festival.

Some Late Tuesday Things

On a warm and cloudy Tuesday, now that I'm back from running around, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a school district in Virginia appears to discriminate on the basis of religion when it comes to "sexual harassment".

From FrontpageMag, a book by former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shows why Democrats are losing male voters.

From Townhall, does Senator Alex Padilla (D-Cal) realize that his stunt against the DHS has imploded?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a poll among President Trump's supporters shows overwhelming support for Israel's actions against Iran and his response to them.

From the Washington Examiner, New York mayoral candidate Brad Lander (D) is arrested by ICE at an immigration hearing.

From The Federalist, according to a study, Americans are more conservative than their congresscritters.

From American Thinker, are the Iranian ayatollahs facing their downfall?

From MRCTV, according to Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), PBS and NPR use tax dollars to lie to you about the coronavirus, racism, and former First Son Hunter Biden's laptop.

From NewsBusters, for Pride Month, the ABC show Good Morning America tries to hype up "guncles".

From TCW Defending Freedom, will the inquiry about grooming gangs announced by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hear from whistleblowers who have been silenced?

From EuroNews, illegally entering Poland from Belarus or the Russian oblast of Kaliningrad is gonna get more difficult.

From ReMix, rats!

From AMU, the Taliban flog at least 125 people in 16 Afghan provinces.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a tailor shop owned by Turks bans Jews from entering - in Kleinmachnow, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Journalistenwatch.)

From Gatestone Institute, will U.S. President Trump agree to a "deal" that allows the Iranian government to keep its secret sites and stay in power?

From Radio Free Asia, widespread pay cuts and layoffs in China drive down consumer spending and fuel fears of deflation.

From The Stream, Protestant evangelicals gain ground in Peru despite a U.S.-born Peruvian citizen becoming pope.

From The Daily Signal, the Senate passes a major cryptocurrency law.

From The American Conservative, a Trump-supporting intellectual takes on the "inverted neocons".

From The Western Journal, the NAACP decline to invite Trump to its annual convention, the first such snub in 116 years.

From BizPac Review, the Minnesota shooting suspect not only allegedly killed a lawmaker and her husband, but also shot their service dog, who had to be euthanized.

From The Daily Wire, the number of illegal aliens released into the U.S. by Customs and Border Protection in May is a big fat zero.

From the Daily Caller, the Chief Twit reportedly targets New York Attorney General Leticia James in a showdown about free speech.

From the New York Post, according to a study, cannabis is not good for your heart.

From Breitbart, an illegal alien who escaped from a detention center in Newark turns himself in to the New Jersey State Police, but they refuse to arrest him.

From Newsmax, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Trump's policies have created an almost 2 percent wage increase for hourly workers.

And from The Daily Squib, Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, recently prevented from sailing to Gaza, prepares to get on a boat to Iran.

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, did President Trump keep Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei alive?

From FrontpageMag, Israel had been torturing Gazans - by making them fat.

From Townhall, Trump keeps doing well on inflation.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) requests $600,000 of taxpayer money for a left-wing group accused of training illegal aliens to avoid ICE.

From the Washington Examiner, Randi Weingarten and Lee Saunders, both labor union leaders, leave the Democratic National Committee.

From The Federalist, deportations of illegal aliens have decreased the U.S. murder rate.

From American Thinker, the secret weapon of the children of Israel.

From MRCTV, the left-wing media weep over possible cuts to USAID and avoid covering the bribery case of a USAID official.

From NewsBusters, CNN's selective coverage of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D).

From Canada Free Press, when does a protest stop being a protest?

From TeleSUR, Panamanian Security Minister Frank Abrego announces the arrest of the leader of a banana industry union for allegedly advocating for criminal acts.

From TCW Defending Freedom, now even people who favor coronavirus vaccinations admit that they have side effects.

From Snouts in the Trough, a Democrat supporter allegedly murders two Democrats.  (Records show that when he lived in Oklahoma, the suspected Minnesota shooter registered to vote as a Republican.)

From EuroNews, a German court sentences a doctor from Syria to life imprisonment for torture and murder he committed while in Syria.

From Free West Media, reimagining the European approach to war.

From ReMix, two Afghan migrants go on trial for allegedly drugging and raping two teenage girls in Zabergäu, Germany.

From Balkan Insight, three people convicted of attacking drama students in Belgrade, Serbia get suspended sentences.

From The North Africa Post, the French aerospace company Figeac Aéro plans to produce aluminum parts of the Boeing 737 Max in Morocco.

From The New Arab, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa issues a decree forming a Supreme Committee for People’s Assembly Elections.

From the Daily Mail, Pakistan threatens to attack Israel with nuclear weapons if Israel nukes Iran.

From Jewish News Syndicate, posters alleged at the Jew in Belgium lobbies for genocide.

From The Jerusalem Post, a report shows Iran's infiltration of the U.K.

From Arutz Sheva, a 94-year-old woman is among eight people killed by an Iranian missile that struck in Bat Yam, Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Israel has ended China's status in the Middle East.

From Radio Free Asia, Lao democracy activist Joseph Akaravong is stabbed in a knife attack - in Pau, France.

From The Stream, why the U.S. again needs dangerous men.

From The Daily Signal, the aforementioned suspected Minnesota shooter has been arrested.

From The American Conservative, the challenge of finding the over 7,000 children lost due to then-President Biden's immigration policies.

From The Western Journal, Trump orders ICE to concentrate on blue urban areas.

From BizPac Review, after actor Sean Penn faults podcast host Bill Maher for having dinner with Trump, Mahar points out that Penn met with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

From The Daily Wire, the Trump administration pauses ICE arrests at farms and hotels.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll conducted before the start of anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, most Hispanic voters support Trump's deportation policy.

From the New York Post, New York City mayoral candidate and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is hit with an ethics complaint after failing to disclose his $2.6 million in nuclear stock options.

From Breitbart, Iran reportedly cries uncle.

From Newsmax, according to Trump, kicking Russia out of the then-G8 might have led to its war in Ukraine.

And from The Babylon Bee, in solidarity with the "no king" protests, the fast food chain Burger King changes its name to Burger Democratically Elected Leader.

Stories For Father's Day

Now that I'm back home after driving through lots of mist and rain, here are some things going on:

From National Review, "five films that understand fatherhood".

From FrontpageMag, we have no kings, just drag queens.

From Townhall, when congresscritter (who later became Speaker) Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) slammed her fellow Democrats for not securing the border in 2005.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the Allied Powers in World War II.

From the Washington Examiner, the wife of the suspected Minnesota shooter is detained, questioned and released during a traffic stop near Onamia, Minnesota.

From American Thinker, The New York Times reveals the hypocrisy of the "no kings" movement.

From NewsBusters, the liberal media laughed ten years ago when then-private citizen Donald Trump entered politics.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a twig that twitched, and some other items.

From AMU, the Taliban dismisses female teachers without compensation or pension.

From The Sun, Lakuwara terrorists kill over 200 people in Yelwata, Benue, Nigeria.  (This website is in Nigeria.)

From Arutz Sheva, a Holocaust survivor is pulled from a collapsed building in Rehovot, Israel after it was damaged by an Iranian missile.

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran claims to have shot down an Israeli plane, but shows footage from a video game.

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump is on his way to some crucial summits.

From The Stream, a writer remembers his father who passed away a year ago.

From The Daily Signal, the audit of the Smithsonian Institution for politicized content is only the beginning.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. should not get involved in another war in the Persian Gulf.

From The Western Journal, three New Zealand parliamentcritters are suspended for disrupting the reading of a bill with a Haka dance.

From The Daily Wire, a brick with "free Palestine" written on it is thrown through the window of a kosher grocery store in Brookline, Massachusetts.

From the Daily Caller, rioters storm a building used by ICE in Portland, Oregon and injure at least four officers.

From Breitbart, according to White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung, the "no kings" protests were "a complete and utter failure".

From Newsmax, according to former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Iran is in a "death spiral" after Israeli attacks.

And from the New York Post, a New York City man is dragged to a look-alike contest for actor Pedro Pascal - and wins it.

Saturday Stuff For Flag Day

On a cool and rainy Saturday falling on Flag Day, President Trump's birthday, and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, here are some things going on:

From National Review, two Minnesota state legislators and their spouses are shot, one fatally along with her husband, allegedly by a man impersonating a police officer.

From FrontpageMag, Israel takes Iran's "death to Israel" chant seriously.

From Townhall, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) appointed the aforementioned alleged shooter to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israel attacks Iran's oil and gas infrastructure.

From American Thinker, to deal with left-wing rioters, Trump should look to his earliest predecessor.

From NewsBusters, NBC portrays today's Army parade as something like those in "North Korea and Russia".

From TCW Defending Freedom, British wildlife advocates who demand culls of deer to "save the forests" want to reintroduce "elk".

From The Times Of Israel, a missile launched toward Israel by the Houthis in Lebanon injures five Palestinians in Sa'ir, West Bank.

From AMU, the Taliban forbid women under 40 years old from entering a market on the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

From Gatestone Institute, time ran out for Iran.

From The Stream, it's still possible to celebrate sin, but without U.S. tax dollars.

From The Daily Signal, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has become a useful idiot for Hamas.

From The American Conservative, a tribute to the recently departed musician Brian Wilson.

From The Western Journal, according to police, the aforementioned Minnesota shooting suspect had flyers for the anti-Trump "No King" protests in his vehicle.

And from SFGate, line dancing goes mainstream in San Francisco.

Two Nearby Places

Today I did some local exploring pretty close to my undisclosed location, and thus gave the Bigfootmobile an easy day.  I first drove to the main parking area of Big Pocono State Park, another part of which I hiked in this past Wednesday.  Unfortunately, the weather was cool and rainy, thus discouraging me from taking another hike.  On the way out, I took this picture of Cattell Cabin, which like the parking area, is on the summit of Camelback Mountain.

The French Azilum

After passing through an area in Pennsylvania where my parents grew up, I continued driving to my intended destination, known as the French Azilum.  When I was a Littlefoot, my family would drive from our home in New York to visit our relatives in Pennsylvania.  Part of our route was along U.S. Route 6.  I remember seeing signs for the French Azilum, but until today, I never visited the place.

The French Azilum was originally a planned settlement for French refugees escaping the French Revolution or slave uprisings in what became Haiti.  Over 50 structures were built, starting in 1793.  According to one story, Queen Marie Antoinette and two of her children were to settle at the place, but as history tells us, she literally lost her head.  By 1803, the French Azilum had been abandoned.  Some of its settlers returned to France or Haiti, while others moved to other places in the United States, such as New Orleans.  Still others stayed in Pennsylvania.  In 1836, the site's main house, known as the LaPorte House, was built by the son of one of the settlement's founders.  Other structures were built, but none from the original settlement remain.  The LaPorte House is now a museum.

After entering the site, I wandered over to a log cabin, which houses a small museum.

An Unexpected Stop

Earlier today I set out on another excursion, this time going generally northwest from my undisclosed location.  I drove through an area of northeastern Pennsylvania where Mama and Papa Bigfoot both grew up, and which we visited frequently when I was a Littlefoot.  To my surprise, as I drove through the city of Pittston, I came upon the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Regional Railroad Station, which is run by the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad.  The railroad offers passenger excursions, including one between Pittston and Jim Thorpe, which I visited yesterday.  Here's the station's platform.

Back To Jim Thorpe

Today I drove over to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, which I visited in October 2019.  This time, I didn't take a train ride on the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, but wanted to do some hiking.  One place I wanted to see was the Glen Onoko Falls, but according to a sign, the trail to that waterfall has been closed since 2019.  I wandered around and was able to take a pic of the tracks on which the LGSR runs.  Through some small trees, you can also see a gravel path beyond the tracks, which at one time was the roadbed for a line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey.  To make a long story short, the tracks were originally laid down by the Lehigh Valley Railroad and now belong to the Reading & Northern Railroad.

Brian Wilson 1942-2025

Brian Wilson, co-founder and principal songwriter of the Beach Boys, has died at age 82.  He had been suffering from a neurocognitive disorder similar to dementia.

Brian Douglas Wilson was born in Inglewood, California, the first child of Murry Wilson and the former Audree Neva.  Soon after he was born, the family moved to Hawthorne, CA.  He taught himself to play piano after they acquired one when he was 12.  In high school, he played quarterback on Hawthorne High's football team and ran cross country during his senior year.  He also played American Legion Baseball.  He enrolled in El Camino College in Los Angeles, but withdrew after a year and a half.

In the fall of 1961, Wilson formed the Pendletones, with himself on piano and vocals, his brother Carl on guitar and vocals, his brother Dennis on drums, their cousin Mike Love on vocals, and their friend Al Jardine on bass and vocals.  Brian later learned to play the electric bass, after which Jardine moved to rhythm guitar.  Their label, Candix Records, changed their name to the Beach Boys.  The group was soon after signed to Capitol Records.  Their first four studio albums were recorded with guitarist David Marks taking Jardine's place.  Eventually Jardine returned and Marks left the group.

As a songwriter, Wilson mainly produced music and only occasionally wrote lyrics.  He collaborated with variety of lyricists, including Mike Love, Gary Usher, Roger Christian, Van Dyke Parks and Tony Asher.  In 1964, Wilson decided to stop touring and concentrate on studio work.  He was replaced on live bass and vocals first by Glen Campbell, who went on to become a country musician, and later by Bruce Johnston, who eventually joined the Beach Boys.  The group's hit songs included Surfin' Safari, Surfin' USA, Surfer Girl, Be True to Your School, Little Honda, Fun Fun Fun, I Get Around, Dance Dance Dance, Little Deuce Coupe, Help Me Rhonda, California Girls, Barbara Ann, Sloop John B, Wouldn't It Be Nice, and Good Vibrations.  Most of these were co-written by Wilson.

Like many rock and roll musicians of the time, Wilson abused drugs during the late 1960s.  He went into a "recluse period" in 1973 just after his father died.  This lasted until 1975, during which he rarely left his house.  Afterwards, he returned to performing with the Beach Boys.  Starting in 1988, he released a series of 12 solo albums.

Wilson married Marylin Rovell in 1964.  She was in a vocal group called the Honeys.  They had two daughters, Wendy and Carnie, who formed the group Wilson Phillips with Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas.  Brian and Marylin Wilson divorced in 1979.  In 1995, he married Melinda Ledbetter, which whom he adopted five children.  He was predeceased by his brothers Carl and Dennis, and by his second wife.  He is survived by his seven total children.

Read more at Variety, Pitchfork, Ultimate Classic Rock, Billboard and KTLA.

Another Hike In Pennsylvania

Today I walked through another forest like sasquatches are supposed to, this one again in Pennsylvania, pretty close to my undisclosed location.  I found a trail in Big Pocono State Park that seemed to be pretty well developed, but is not officially marked.  The trail is relatively level and straight or gently curved, which made me think that it might have once been a railroad bed.  Here's what it looked like, not far from where I parked the Bigfootmobile and started walking.

Raymondskill Falls

The third and final place where I did some exploring was Raymondskill Falls, along Raymondskill Creek within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.  This falls is reached from either of two parking lots along Raymondskill Road, which intersects with U.S. Route 209.  There is no admission price, so you can just park your car and take a hike.  A trail forming a loop of about three tenths of a mile takes you to the top of the falls.  As with Bushkill Falls, there's a pool just upstream, as seen here.

Boundary Monuments In A Cemetery

After visiting Bushkill Falls, I continued driving northeast, mainly along U.S. Route 209, and found my way to Port Jervis, New York.  Within the city is Laurel Grove Cemetery, which occupies a peninsula between the Delaware and Neversink Rivers.  Near the end of the peninsula are two monuments.  One indicates the boundary between New York and New Jersey.  The other marks the tripoint between those two states and Pennsylvania.  This is one side of NY-NJ monument, looking eastward with the Neversink River in the background.  The bridge above is part of Interstate 84.

Bushkill Falls

Today I ventured out from my undisclosed location for some exploration.  The first place I stopped in at was Bushkill Falls, located about two miles north of Bushkill, Pennsylvania, along Bushkill Falls Road.  The place is a privately owned park that includes hiking trails and eight waterfalls.  This means that admission is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.  From the entrance, a series of trails and wooden walkways including stairways leads you down to the top of Bushkill Falls, also called the park's "main falls".  Here's a view from top.

Sly Stone 1943-2025

Sylvester Stewart, known by his stage name Sly Stone, has died of COPD and "other underlying health issues" at age 82 in Los Angeles.  He was in the company of members of his family.

Sylvester Stewart was born in Denton, Texas, the second of five children born to K.C. and Alpha Stewart, who moved the family to Vallejo, California.  He and his brother Freddie and their sisters Loretta and Rose would perform gospel music in church and were known as "the Stewart Four".  Unlike the rest, Loretta did not pursue a musical career.  Their youngest sister Vaetta, known as "Vet", would later become a backing vocalist.  During his teenage years, Sylvester joined a mostly white doo-wop singing group, whose only other non-white member was Filipino.  His nickname Sly came about because a classmate misspelled his first name as "Slyvester".

In 1966, Sly and Freddie founded the band Sly and the Family Stone, with Sly on organ, guitar, harmonica and vocals; Freddie on guitar and vocals; Jerry Martini on sax; Cynthia Robinson on trumpet; Larry Graham on bass and vocals; and Gregg Errico on drums.  Vaetta Stewart, along with her friends Mary McCreary and Elva Mouton, became a backing vocal group called Little Sister.  In 1968, Rose Stewart joined the Family Stone on piano, electric piano and vocals.  The four Stewart siblings all used the surname Stone in their respective stage names.  The band would eventually go through many lineup changes, with Robinson and the three Stone siblings remaining throughout.  Among their hit songs were Dance to the Music, Everyday People, Stand!, Hot Fun in the Summer Time, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again), I Want to Take You Higher, and Family Affair.  Sly and the Family Stone were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 1993.

Like many musicians of his time, Sly and his bandmates became users of illegal drugs.  Live bookings for the band became less frequent because promoters were worried that one of the members might refuse to play or pass out from drug use.  Sly eventually recorded some solo albums and occasionally colaborated with other artists.

Sly Stone was married once and had three children.  His son Sylvester Stewart Jr. was born to his girlfriend Kathy Silva, whom he soon afterwards married.  His first daughter Sylvyette was born to his bandmate Cynthia Robinson.  His second daughter is Novena Carmel.

Read more at Pitchfork, ABC News, Variety, WHYY and the Los Angeles Times.

Hungry Hill

The weather has let up since my earlier links post to allow me to do a bit of exploring here in eastern Pennsylvania.  Not far from where I'm staying is a memorial named Hungry Hill.  It's located just southeast of Pocono Pines, PA on a road called Sullivan Trail.

During the American Revolution, General George Washington sent Major General John Sullivan on an expedition against the Iroquois, most of whom were allied to the British.  This was done in response to the Wyoming Massacre of July 3rd 1778, in which Iroquois fighters, British regulars and loyalists defeated American troops, militia and settlers in a very uneven battle.  Sullivan ordered the construction of a road from Tannersville, PA that would extend in a northwestward direction toward the Wyoming Valley.  After completing the first nine miles of the road, Sullivan's troops came to an elevated area that they called Hungry Hill due to their lack of provisions.

This is the memorial as seen from across the road.

Monday Stories

As the cool and rainy weather continues on a Monday at my undisclosed location in Pennsylvania, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Los Angeles burns again.

From FrontpageMag, Democrats suddenly forget that they called the Chief Twit a Nazi for four months.

From Townhall, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller addresses claims that the "big, beautiful bill" contains "pork".  (When has there ever been a federal spending bill that did not contain "pork"?)

From The Washington Free Beacon, CNN calls the riots in Los Angeles "lawful protests" and "some unrest".

From the The Federalist, is the grift of the "1619 Project" coming to an end?

From American Thinker, where the boys are, a girl will lose her victory.

From MRCTV, the media ignore Supreme Court decision agreeing with President Trump about a Catholic charity having the right to be tax-free.

From NewsBusters, the networks side with the rioters in Los Angeles.

From Canada Free Press, NGOs act as unelected governmental agencies.

From TeleSUR, according to Colombian Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo, a criminal network is behind the shooting of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay.

From TCW Defending Freedom, small boats carrying illegal migrants to Britain and the European Court of Human Rights are spiraling out of control.

From EuroNews, according to NATO Secretary General (and former Dutch Prime Minister) Mark Rutte, NATO must boost its air and missile defense capabilities by a factor of four counter the threat from Russia.

From ReMix, to protest over what they regard as uncontrolled illegal immigration, a group of Dutch citizens stop vehicles at the border between the Netherlands and Germany.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at Algemeen Dagblad.)

From Balkan Insight, the Bosnian Serb opposition Serbian Democratic Party condemns the arrest of its leader Milan Milićević by Republika Srpska authorities.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco advocates for a strategic rethink of Africa's maritime role.

From The New Arab, Gazan militia leader Yasser al-Shabab claims coordination with the Palestinian Authority and denies any coordination with Israeli forces.

From the Daily Mail, fed-commuters scrub graffiti off trains in the London Underground, because the city government won't.

From The Times Of Israel, documents reportedly show deep connections between Hamas and Qatar.

From The Times Of India, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gets trolled for his message on the Islamic feast of Eid al-Adha.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians weigh in as to why Hamas wants to "sacrifice" them.

From The Stream, "the most dangerous person in China".

From The Daily Signal, according to congresscritter Randy Fine (R-FL), Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg claims to have been kidnapped by the IDF when her boat is intercepted on its way to Gaza.

From The American Conservative, will the deportations of a million illegal aliens be enough?

From The Western Journal, former Vice President Harris's statement on the Los Angeles riots shows that she has learned nothing from losing the presidential election.

From BizPac Review, a taxpayer-funded nonprofit organization is behind the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.

From The Daily Wire, Israel will show the aforementioned Greta Thunberg and her fellow activists footage of Hamas's actions on October 7th, 2023.

From the Daily Caller, co-host Whoopi Goldberg of The View claims that it is "pure fascism" for the Trump administration to deport illegal aliens.

From CBS News, actor Cole Escola wins the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his portrayal in drag of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, a contractor finds a Byzantine-era tomb complex below a destroyed home in Maarat al-Numan, Syria.  (I almost misspelled that as "Byzantine-ear".)

From Breitbart, Democrats are allegedly planning another summer of riots in blue cities.

From Newsmax, Washington, D.C. might soon be saying "tanks a lot".

And from The Babylon Bee, illegal aliens help film a Republican presidential campaign advertisement.

Rainday Links

On a cool and rainy Sunday both at home and at my new undisclosed location in eastern Pennsylvania, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump sends in the National Guard in response to riots against ICE in Los Angeles, California.

From FrontpageMag, a female athlete from a sport not threatened by men claiming to be women calls for men claiming to be women to be included in women's sports.  (Confused yet?)

From Townhall, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Adam Schiff (D-Cal) defend the anti-ICE rioters and fault Trump for sending in the National Guard.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the discovery of the ancient City of David.

From the Washington Examiner, Second Lady Usha Vance hosts her first Camp VPR for over 200 children at the vice president's residence.

From The Federalist, more on Trump sending in the National Guard.

From American Thinker, Australia shows off some double standards.

From NewsBusters, ABC News suspends correspondent Terry Moran for making a vicious Tweet about domestic policy advisor Stephen Miller.

From TCW Defending Freedom, rural clearances could be coming to counties in the U.K., which has happened before.

From Gatestone Institute, why Iran, if it gets nuclear weapons, will never give them up.

From The Daily Signal, a federal immigration database shows how many non-citizens may have voted in Texas in the 2024 election.

From The American Conservative, what the presidential autopen can't accomplish.

From The Western Journal, an advanced sniper rifle is spotted in North Korea, but the country's leader Kim Jong Un shouldn't expect it to change anything.

From The Daily Wire, during its raids in Los Angeles, ICE apprehended gang members, sex offenders and other criminals.

From the Daily Caller, five cases of arson attacks against pro-life pregnancy centers from 2022 have yet to be solved.

From the New York Post, a Marine Corps veteran in Texas is paralyzed and fighting for his life after being shot allegedly by an illegal alien who was previously arrested and released four times.  (Since it is crime for an illegal alien to possess a gun, this case shows that criminals are not deterred by gun laws.)

From Breitbart, according to Vice President Vance, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and other Trump "deputies", the riots in Los Angeles show that there's a migrant "invasion".

From Newsmax, the Israeli Army reveals Hamas's tunnel under under a hospital in Gaza, and claims to have found the body of Hamas's military chief Mohammed Sinwar.

And from AP News, a runaway pet zebra in Tennessee has been recaptured.

Saturday Links

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Saturday, thus allowing yours truly to walk in a forest like sasquatches are supposed to do, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces U.S. justice.

From Townhall, one of my senators claims that no Democrats defended Abrego Garcia.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Iranian government awakens a Jacksonian giant.

From the Washington Examiner, former President Obama's White House doctor criticizes former President Biden's White House doctor for not giving Biden a cognitive test.

From The Federalist, 23 manly gifts to make your Father's Day celebration even more masculine.  (Unleash the patriarchy!)

From American Thinker, was the U.S. really founded in 1775?

From NewsBusters, the falling out between President Trump and the Chief Twit is "manna from headline heaven" for the left.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the British have ruined their night skies.  (Sadly, so have we Americans.)

From Gatestone Institute, is U.S. President Trump "going wobbly" on Iran?

From The Stream, 15 ways by which the cross inverted kingdoms.

From The Daily Signal, a Senate committee unanimously passes that would allow whole milk and 2 percent milk back into the National School Lunch Program.

From The American Conservative, on Iran, Trump should listen to right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson.

From The Western Journal, according to Director Kash Patel, the FBI has found Dr. Fauci's personal devices from Trump's first term when the coronavirus pandemic began.

From BizPac Review, then-candidate Trump's appearance at a McDonald's in Feasterville, Pennsylvania is shown in a behind-the-scenes video.

From The Daily Wire, a Brazilian activist sailing with environmental activist Greta Thunberg to Gaza attended the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

From the Daily Caller, the corporate media has egg on their faces.

From Breitbart, according to Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Republicans want to preserve Medicaid for "those who deserve it".

From Newsmax, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine won't set a date for any prisoner exchange.

And from the New York Post, ICE, ICE, baby.  (Or to steal a line allegedly from Mr. Bill, you'd better put some ICE on that.)