Wednesday Whatnot

As the sunny and cold weather still continues on a Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump presses the case for U.S. control of Greenland, but rules out the use of force.

From FrontpageMag, mothers against ICE are imploding.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column "ICE doesn't need permission" from state governments to do its job.

From The Washington Free Beacon, new Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) has a 48-hour honeymoon.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Vance is heading to Minneapolis.

From The Federalist, Minnesota Democrats are practicing nullification over illegal immigration.

From American Thinker, take a look at who gets to lecture about health in Wales, U.K.

From NewsBusters, CBS spends only 13 seconds on covering the anti-ICE mob storming a church

From Canada Free Press, Trump might have to invoke the Insurrection Act.

From TeleSUR, Cuba intends to remake itself as a tourist destination.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Big Brother is watching your carbon dioxide emissions.

From EuroNews, who has said what at the aforementioned WEF summit.

From Free West Media, climate hysteria and AI lead to an energy trap.

From ReMix, according to a study on the Netherlands, migrants are overrepresented among suspects of violence against medical care providers.

From Balkan Insight, according to an assessment, the Balkans are losing their pristine rivers.

From The North Africa Post, Libya appeals to Italy and the E.U. for support in managing illegal irregular migration.

From The New Arab, an arrest warrant is issued for a Lebanese plumber who allegedly posed as a Saudi prince.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a tax official in Berlin, Germany is allegedly involved in tax refund fraud.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From BBC News, leaked photos show the faces of hundreds of protesters killed by the Iranian government's brutal crackdown.

From Gatestone Institute, if U.S. President Trump betrays Iranian protesters, Russia and China will celebrate.

From The Daily Signal, anti-ICE groups have gone silent on the aforementioned mob storming a church.

From The American Conservative, the endangered Christians that the U.S. should stop ignoring.

From The Western Journal, former sports reporter and commentator Michele Tafoya announces that she is running for Senator as a Republican from Minnesota.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Glenn Beck calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to be replaced.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) backtracks after he appears to oppose federal voter ID laws in a leaked letter.

From the New York Post, the House Oversight Committee votes to find Mr. Bill and Ms. Hill in contempt of Congress.

From Breitbart, speaking at the twice-aforementioned WEF summit, NATO chief Mark Rutte credits Trump with forcing European governments to increase their defense spending.

From Newsmax, according to a CBS poll, Trump's approval has hit a three-month high among Republican voters.

And from the Genesius Times, cold weather closes schools, which gives kids the chance to go sledding.  (I'm pretty sure that this also happened when I was a Littlefoot.)

Tuesday Things

On the sunny and cold weather continues on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump takes on the world.

From FrontpageMag, New York state Attorney General Letitia James (D) criminalizes a Jewish group for speaking against Islamic terrorism.

From Townhall, dairy farmers in Pennsylvania celebrate the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Minnesota state Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) defends the left-wing activists who disrupted a church service.

From the Washington Examiner, my most recent former governor declines to challenge the current one.

From The Federalist, Christians, including pastors, are allowed to work for ICE as they enforce immigration laws.

From American Thinker, civil rights belong to all Americans, not just to blacks and leftists.

From NewsBusters, actress Pam Grier claims to have seen lynched bodies hanging from trees in Ohio, but the last lynching in the state was in 1911.

From Canada Free Press, equal protection should be based on biological reality, including in sports.

From TeleSUR, Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast will present his cabinet ministers in a ceremony that will be overshadowed by wildfires.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the defection of U.K. parliamentcritter Robert Jenrick from the Tories to Reform matters.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. turning into another California?

From EuroNews, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Danish sovereignty over Greenland is not negotiable.

From ReMix, 72 percent of welfare recipients in St. Pölten, Austria are foreigners.  (If you read German, read the story at Freilich.)

From Balkan Insight, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama accepts U.S. President Trump's invitation to join the Peace Board for Gaza.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI accepts Trump's invitation to join the Peace Board for Gaza.

From The New Arab, the oldest Catholic church in Kuwait is elevated to Minor Basilica status.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Swiss Jews welcome the removal of Al Jazeera from two media platforms in Switzerland.

From the Daily Mail, 1,500 inmates escape from Shaddadi prison in Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, an Israeli comedian arrives at the airport in Toronto, Canada, is detained and interrogated for six hours, and later assaulted.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U.'s "woke Stasi commissars" are turning Europeans into "second class" citizens.

From the Daily Signal, congress reaches a deal on funding ICE.

From The American Conservative, neocons are in sorrow because the U.S. is not attacking Iran.

From The Western Journal, Trump publishes text messages about Greenland from French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

From BizPac Review, after Indiana defeats Miami in the college football championship game, Indiana quarterback and Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza celebrates with his MS-stricken mother.

From the Daily Caller, where did media star Jennifer Welch come from?

From the New York Post, protesters in Zurich, Switzerland burn an American flag and vandalize American businesses ahead of Trump's trip to the city of Davos.

From Breitbart, a book by Peter Schweizer exposes the radical foreign groups that, according to him, helped elect President Obama.

From Newsmax, the Trump administration has deported or turned back 540,000 illegal aliens over the past year.

And from SFGate, myths about earthquakes that even Californians wrongly believe.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, pro-lifers still need to make themselves heard in Washington, D.C.

From FrontpageMag, left-wingers live by lies.

From Townhall, accurately understanding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose life is remembered on today's holiday.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how former CNN host Don Lemon helped anti-Ice activists storm a church.

From the Washington Examiner, against President Trump's intention of taking Greenland.

From The Federalist, "ICE Watch" activists are not "legal observers", but criminal obstructors.

From American Thinker, a visit to Dr. King's birthplace.

From NewsBusters, the media's 20 worst quotes about Trump during his first year back in office.

From Canada Free Press, Karens are angry that right-wingers know how A.W.F.U.L. they are.  (Having known some very nice females named "Karen" over my lifetime, I get dismayed that their name has been used to describe such very obnoxious females.)

From TeleSUR, conflict between FARC dissident groups in Colombia leaves fighters 26 dead.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch needs to get out more.

From Snouts in the Trough, whom the U.K. allows in and whom it doesn't.

From EuroNews, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Europe wants to "avoid any escalation" with the U.S. over Greenland.

From Free West Media, leftists in Minnesota declare insurrection against the U.S. government.

From ReMix, foreigners are identified as suspects in sexual assaults and knife attacks at a thermal bath in Werder, Germany.  (If you read German, read a related story at Berliner Zeitung.)

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announces his resignation, which leads to speculation that he might form a new party.

From The North Africa, Morocco is reportedly considering acquiring K2 Black Panther tanks and Cheongung air defense systems from South Korea.

From The New Arab, what to know about the truce between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the France-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network, two protesters, one of them a child, were sexually assaulted by security forces in Kermanshah, Iran.

From the NL Times, after Morocco's national soccer team loses in the final match of the Africa Cup of Nations, Moroccans riot - in The Netherlands.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS and a related story at AT5.)

From Gatestone Institute, if Iran's regime continues, U.S. President Trump's Gaza "peace" plan will fail.

From The Daily Signal, Ohio state Attorney General Dave Yost explains how a major women's sports case at the Supreme Court could impact Ohio.

From The American Conservative, what pro-lifers and people who call for restraint on foreign policy can learn from Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

From The Western Journal, the Department of Justice confirms that the aforementioned Don Lemon and anti-ICE activists who invaded a church will be facing charges.

From BizPac Review, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld writes a tribute to the recently departed Scott Adams.

From the Daily Caller, only one 2028 Democratic presidential contender is willing to tell the truth about transgenders.

From the New York Post, here comes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) property tax hike.

From Breitbart, an illegal alien allegedly sells counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl at a farmers market in Forest Park, Georgia.

From Newsmax, according to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D), when vetted by then-Vice President Harris's presidential campaign, he was asked if he had been a double agent for Israel.  (The story links to an article in The New York Times, to which you'll have to create an account if you want to read.)

And from The Babylon Bee, Attorney General Pam Bondi promises to prosecute the Minnesota rioters when she finishes releasing all those Epstein files.

A Returning Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

Now that I'm back on a cold and cloudy Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From the Daily Mail, a Yazidi woman enslaved by ISIS recounts her seven-year ordeal of torture and sexual abuse.

From Gatestone Institute, according to President Trump, the best is still ahead of us.

From The American Conservative, Mexico and Canada go in opposite directions as trade talks loom.

From The Western Journal, a leftist with "any pronouns" is arrested for allegedly making threats against the College Republicans chapter at the University of Utah.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage is a huge disappointment, and other matters.

From American Thinker, why pretending that boat-borne cartel drug smugglers are "fishermen" results in dead Americans.

From FrontpageMag, the Board of Peace proposed for Gaza includes state sponsors of Hamas.

From Townhall, Trump's latest move involving Minneapolis is going to drive liberals nuts.

From EuroNews, pressure mounts on the E.U. to respond to U.S. President Trump's threat to impose tariffs on countries which oppose his efforts to buy Greenland from Denmark.

From The Daily Signal, "the warmth of collectivism" keeps on failing.

From the Daily Caller, new Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) repeals former Governor Glenn Youngkin's (R) executive order mandating that state law enforcement officials assist ICE.

And from the New York Post, a ranch in Wyoming has a larger area than the entire state of Rhode Island.

Dusty Hill Road

I'm back home now.  Earlier today, I found this road in North Carolina, intersecting with state route 305 a few miles east of the town of Jackson.  Its name appears either to be an interesting coincidence, or a tribute to the late bass player of ZZ Top.

One Last Bear

I went back into New Bern for lunch today, and took a pic of this bear statue, which looks like a polar bear.  It also includes an ad for a natural gas company.

Like some other statues, this one is near Union Point Park.

Thursday Tidings

On a sunny and cool Thursday in North Carolina, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump suddenly reverses course on Iran.

From FrontpageMag, did a daycare fraudster in Minneapolis become a Senator - in Somalia?  (Yes, Somalia has a Senate, which is the upper house of its bicameral legislature.)

From Townhall, here's what we know about the ambush of an ICE officer in Minneapolis.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an appeals court rules that Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of antisemitic protests at Columbia University, can be rearrested.

From the Washington Examiner, ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan resigns to run for congresscritter (R-OH).

From The Federalist, the goal of anti-ICE activists is not to reduce violence but to end all enforcement of immigration laws.

From American Thinker, how sanctuary cities protecting illegal aliens endanger Americans.

From NewsBusters, seven shows into the current year, TV host Jimmy Kimmel finally tells a joke about liberals.

From Canada Free Press, the Birthright Citizenship case pending before the Supreme Court.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan First Son and assemblycritter Nicolás Maduro Guerra launches the "bring them back" campaign on behalf of his parents, now in U.S. custody.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic versus the totalitarians.

From EuroNews, European military troops arrives in Greenland as the U.S. and Denmark fail to resolve their disagreement over the island.

From ReMix, a Somali migrant goes on trial for allegedly raping and beating a Dutch woman.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at AT5.)

From Balkan Insight, the top court in Bosnia and Herzegovina indicts four former Bosnian soldiers for war crimes committed by allegedly detaining civilians in the basement of a music school.

From The North Africa Post, Spain protests Morocco's suspension of sardine exports to the E.U. while allowing Russian ships to fish in its waters.

From The New Arab, Syrian government forces prepare to go on an offensive against Syrian Democratic Forces personnel in the province of Aleppo.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a leaked internal survey, 92 percent of Iranians "hate the regime".

From Gatestone Institute, why the Gaza Strip should be put under the control of the U.S. and Israel.

From The Daily Signal, according to congresscritter Don Bacon (R-Neb), some Republicans will support impeaching Trump if he invades Greenland.

From The American Conservative, is it time to get paranoid about robots?

From The Western Journal, the Department of Homeland Security and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) call out Democrats after an illegal alien tries to run over an ICE agent and injures him.

From BizPac Review, "why Greenland suddenly matters".

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned Madison Sheahan leaving ICE and running for congresscritter.

From the New York Post, a bar in La Cañada Flintridge, Californian creates a new drink in honor of a bear that squatted in the crawlspace of a nearby house.

From Breitbart, U.K. parliamentcritter Robert Jenrick defects from the Conservative Party to Reform UK.

From Newsmax, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, ICE will not back down from operating in Minneapolis.

And from the Genesius Times, France is eager to join the dispute between the U.S. and Denmark so they can surrender to someone.

Wednesday Wanderings

After a busy day of exploring, I decided to take it easy today, down here in my temporary undisclosed location in North Carolina.  Thus, I present a more-or-less regular blog post.  On a cool and cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, has the U.S. figured out the "Havana syndrome"?

From FrontpageMag, when a Somalia-born Minneapolis policeman shot a white Australian woman.

From Townhall, President Trump responds to a heckler.

From The Washington Free Beacon, who is funding the people who harass ICE personnel?

From the Washington Examiner, according to the Department of Justice, there is "no basis" for a civil rights investigation of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

From The Federalist, Mr. Bill defies a congressional subpoena for testimony in relation to the late Jeffrey Epstein, thus risking a charge of contempt.

From American Thinker, ICE and outrage in New York City.

From NewsBusters, CNN shows its double standards on inflation.

From Canada Free Press, birth certificates matter.

From TeleSUR, 13 million hectares of land in Argentina belong to foreigners.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Hungary shows the right way to do government.

From Snouts in the Trough, do left-wingers give a rat's [bleep] when Muslims kill Muslims?

From EuroNews, the European Commission urges europarliamentcritters to approve a €90 billion loan to Ukraine.

From Free West Media, dismantling the post-World War II international order.

From ReMix, Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoes an online publication bill that in his opinion would lead to censorship, and is congratulated by the Chief Twit.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, a village carnival in Vevčani, North Macedonia mixes ancient tradition and modern satire.

From The North Africa Post, Libya plans to overhaul its refineries, in order to reduce its fuel imports and strengthen its economy.

From The New Arab, why the alliance between Saudi Arabia and the UAE has ruptured.

From The Times Of Israel, a man wanted for allegedly firebombing a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia is arrested is Iraq.

From the Daily Mail, pictures of Lawrence of Arabia in which he wears Arab clothing are given a trigger warning.

From Arutz Sheva, a review of a book written by a former Muslim, which claims that Islam is really not an Abrahamic faith.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.N. plans to censor all criticism of its climate agenda.

From The Daily Signal, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff announces the next phase of Trump's peace plan for Gaza.

From The American Conservative, the first year of Trump's second term.

From The Western Journal, Iran kills as many civilians in two weeks as Israeli did in 13 months, but left-wing protesters have become Sergeant Schultz.

From BizPac Review, dashcam footage contradicts a left-wing false accusation that Tennessee cops ran over an anti-ICE protester.

From the Daily Caller, a physician can't give a straight answer when Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) asks her if men can get pregnant.

From the New York Post, a federal judge refuses to stop ICE from operating in Minnesota.

From Breitbart, ICE requests custody of an illegal alien who allegedly murdered two teenage boys in North Carolina.

From Newsmax, the ICE agent who shot and killed a woman who tried to run him over sustained internal injuries from that incident.

And from The Babylon Bee, a five-year-old boy from Iowa is brought in to explain to the Supreme Court justices the difference between boys and girls.

Bentonville Battlefield - Part 2

Besides the areas near the visitor center, Bentonville Battlefield has some other places worth exploring.  One of these is just a short distance to the east, and includes this statue of Confederate General Joseph Eggleston Johnston, who fought against Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.  Behind it are two monuments and a flagpole.

Bentonville Battlefield - Part 1

Today I went from one battlefield to another.  The second one was Bentonville Battlefield, located near the village of Bentonville.  This Civil War battle was the last one between Union forces led by General William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces led by General Joseph Eggleston Johnston.  Near the visitor center is the Harper House, which was built in the 1850s and commandeered by Union Troops for use as field hospital.

The World's Largest Frying Pan

After visiting Moores Creek Battlefield, I turned northward and went to Rose Hill, to see what is claimed to be the world's largest frying pan.  It's near the intersection of Main and Sycamore Streets and is in a wooden shelter, which you're not allowed to enter.

Moores Creek Battlefield

On February 27th, 1776, a force of patriots defeated British loyalists in a battle at a bridge over Moores Creek near modern Currie, North Carolina.  The loyalists were mostly Scottish Highlanders, who were armed with broadswords, while the patriots had muskets and cannons.  It was the first significant victory for patriots in what became the American Revolution.  Today, I visited the site of the battle, now administered by the National Park Service.  From the visitor center, I walked on the History Trail, the dark path on the left.  The light grey path on the right is an old stage road that extended between Wilmington and Fayetteville.  The two intersect later on.

Latham-Whitehurst Nature Park

Earlier today I found a place where I could make like a good sasquatch and walk through a forest, the Latham-Whitehurst Nature Park.  Although dedicated to nature, the place had some human comforts, such as this shelter.

Return To New Bern

Today I went back to New Bern, North Carolina, which I first visited in January 2020.  As I did back then, I found a place to park the Bigfootmobile in Union Point Park and set out on foot from there.  The park still includes this set of metallic black bear statues.

Late Saturday Checking In

Today I set out on my second trip of the new year.  My new undisclosed location is pretty close to where I was six years ago, not too far from New Bern, North Carolina.  This means that I'll be exploring the same general area, but will try to find some things that I did not visit back then.  Stay tuned.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, the unnecessary crisis over Greenland.

From FrontpageMag, when ramming ICE and Border Patrol officers became a left-wing trend.

From Townhall, a new video obliterates a bunch of left-wing narratives about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

From The Washington Free Beacon, when senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) was a professor at Columbia University, he claimed to have Egyptian citizenship, which his campaign claims to have been a mistake.

From the Washington Examiner, the House Oversight Committee threatens Mr. Bill and Mrs. Hill with contempt if they don't show up to hearings about the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Federalist, how professional activists use guerilla tactics to interfere with ICE arrests.

From American Thinker, the left howls as President Trump frees political prisoners in Venezuela.

From NewsBusters, media networks omit the anti-ICE activism of the woman killed in Minneapolis.

From Canada Free Press, white left-wingers don't protest on behalf of black victims if the suspected perpetrator does not fit their stereotype of the right.

From TeleSUR, Honduran governing party lawmakers approve a recount of the 2025 elections.

From TCW Defending Freedom, does U.S. President Trump regard Greenland as more important than NATO?

From Snouts in the Trough, why are (Israel-hating) "elites" in the U.K. ignoring the most important story in 50 years?

From EuroNews, Russia strikes Ukraine with a hypersonic Oreshnik missile.

From ReMix, four illegal aliens from Algeria are caught burglarizing a house in Yvelines, France, and released after claiming that they were 16 years old.

From Balkan Insight, Bosnian Serbs defy a court ban by holding a parade in the city of Banja Luka.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Spain intensify their investment partnership in the sectors of biscuits and industrial bread.  (Your guess for the definition of "industrial bread" is as good as mine.)

From The New Arab, members of the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen claim that reports of its dissolution have been greatly exaggerated.

From Jewish News Syndicate, elite Iranian officials are reportedly seeking save haven in Europe.

From The Times Of Israel, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei digs in amid protests and claims that claims that Trump will be "overthrown", and anti-Israel protesters in New York City admit that they support Hamas.

From OpIndia, the UAE is concerned that its people could become radical Muslims if they attend college in the U.K.  (Please bear in mind that the UAE is a Muslim-majority country.)

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, Arabs have as much to learn from Iranians as they do from Israelis.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U.'s Digital Services Act is "a mechanism of mass censorship".

From The Daily Signal, Trump announces plans to ban institutional investors from buying up houses and then renting them out.

From The American Conservative, how Chinese President Xi Jinping views the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

From The Western Journal, footage of the aforementioned ICE shooting in Minneapolis released by CNN doesn't help the left's case.

From BizPac Review, independent journalist Nick Shirley floats an "interesting" theory on why Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) was chosen to run for vice president.

From the Daily Caller, video obtained by Alpha News shows the ICE agent's perspective in the twice-aforementioned Minneapolis shooting.

From Breitbart, more on the aforementioned Alpha News video.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Dan Meuser (R-PA), the recent operation in Venezuela was about ending a dictatorship, not seizing its oil.

And from the New York Post, if you have some extra money lying around, you can buy a drum played by Ringo Starr on The Ed Sullivan Show, Elton John's old Steinway piano, and/or a baseball bat used by Jackie Robinson, among other items from the estate of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, our political culture is full of arsonists.

From FrontpageMag, Democrats just keep siding with the enemies of the U.S.

From Townhall, according to a legal expert, the ICE shooting in Minneapolis was justified.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) rallies with a Somali state lawmaker who is a "person of interest" in Congress's investigation of fraud.

From the Washington Examiner, former Georgia state lawmaker Stacey Abrams decides against running for governor for the third time.

From The Federalist, Democrats hate President Trump more than a real live dictator.

From American Thinker, Trump is not making the same mistakes as President Bush the Younger.

From NewsBusters, how the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez "stole" American oil and other assets.

From Canada Free Press, why do some left-wingers harass and attack ICE agents and other DHS personnel?

From TeleSUR, the Austrian company Doppelmayr will build what will be the world's longest cable car system in Mexico City.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the outrageous hounding of CNN anchor Valerie Hoff DeCarlo.

From Snouts in the Trough, will Trump launch an "invasion" of Greenland?  (Wait a minute.  I thought from yesterday's SitT post that the site will come to an end.  Even so, it looks like its author just had to make today's post.)

From EuroNews, Russian attacks leave a million Ukrainians without power and water.

From Free West Media, Danish farmers raise the alarm over the feed additive Bovaer.

From ReMix, ahead of Hungarian election scheduled for this spring, the E.U. is supporting media favorable to the Hungarian opposition.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story and a related story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo authorities arrest 39 people for alleged insurance fraud.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Switzerland launch a program to install 500 megawatts of rooftop solar panels.

From The New Arab, Yemeni separatist leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi reportedly flees to the UAE.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Hamas entrenches its rule over Palestinians in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, the IDF strikes in Gaza after terrorists launch a rocket at an Israeli hospital.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Trump's "peace" plan has not stopped Hamas from torturing and murdering Palestinians in Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, according to Trump, U.S. oversight in Venezuela could last for years.

From The American Conservative, "life and death in California", as reflected in the life of Judge Robert M. Letteau.  (The article's author is Letteau's grandson.)

From The Western Journal, the partner of the woman shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis "made a devastating admission" just after the shooting, which the Democrats will bury.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Ted Lieu (D-Cal) is the latest to urge military personnel to disobey orders from Trump.

From the Daily Caller, Trump calls for political hits on five Republican Senators who voted to check his authority to use military force in Venezuela.

From the New York Post, according to National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, brother of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela will release a "significant number" of political prisoners.

From Breitbart, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warns against laying "a finger on" any DHS officer.

From Newsmax, the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association slams the "reckless rhetoric" from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D).

And from The Beaverton, a man realizes that the aforementioned President Bush had the decency to lie about his oil wars.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, New York City's new housing official is crazy.

From FrontpageMag, yes, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is a communist, but will the media outlets which claimed that he wasn't admit their error?

From Townhall, the operation to remove President Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela is a win for the U.S. and a loss for Canada.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Brown University selects a DEI official to restore its "sense of physical security" on campus.

From the Washington Examiner, a woman is shot dead after allegedly trying to run over ICE agents in Minneapolis.

From The Federalist, seven pro-life protections that the Republican-led Congress should demand besides the Hyde Amendment.

From American Thinker, why the Republican isolationist wing is wrong about President Trump's takedown of the aforementioned President Maduro.

From NewsBusters, CBS Evening News is the only broadcast reporting on the pro-Madura Colectivo thugs now terrorizing Venezuelans.

From Canada Free Press, it's worth remembering the words of Sundance, a contributor to The Last Refuge.

From TeleSUR, a look back at the 1983 U.S. intervention in Grenada.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Christianity should be in the U.K.'s public square.

From Snouts in the Trough, it's time for SitT to pack it in.

From EuroNews, according to Ukrainian President Zelensky, the Ukrainian and U.S. teams are discussing the "most difficult issues" at the peace talks in Paris.

From ReMix, A Swiss court confirms that an Afghan man who allegedly stabbed a man with a knife in a park in Zürich, Switzerland was an adult at the time.

From Balkan Insight, Greece presents new measures to deal with its farming crisis as protests by farmers escalate.

From The North Africa Post, a meeting between Morocco, Mauretania and the U.S. irks the government of Algeria.

From The New Arab, why do some Middle Eastern Christians celebrate Christmas in January?

From Arutz Sheva, a protester in Tehran, Iran hangs a sign reading "President Trump Street".

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. should reassess its alliance with Pakistan and its possible role in Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, Venezuela could be a model for ending temporary immigration into the U.S.

From The American Conservative, will the second Trump administration be defined by its actions in Venezuela?

From The Western Journal, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) gives CNN a rambling response when asked if the troops who captured the twice-aforementioned President Maduro should have disobeyed their orders.

From BizPac Review, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gets a salute from the aforementioned CBS Evening News, for which the left is aghast.

From the Daily Caller, the Department of Justice admits that only one percent of the files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein have been released to the public.

From the New York Post, FTA Administrator and former congresscritter Marc Molinaro (R-NY) is considering a run for the soon-to-be vacated seat of congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY).

From Breitbart, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) promises to "do everything" to stop a U.S. military takeover of Greenland.

From Newsmax, according to the aforementioned Secretary Rubio, Venezuela's interim leaders "understand" that their oil goes through the U.S.

And from the Genesius Times, following an attack by the U.S. military, the aforementioned Mayor Mamdani is captured and flown out of New York City.

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, a lesson for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D).

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's most important achievement, for which all Americans should be thankful.

From Townhall, the aforementioned Mayor Mamdani finds another thing that he thinks he can make "affordable".

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) claims that Oklahoma's ban on Sharia is similar to the Trail of Tears suffered by the Cherokee.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice asks a federal appeals court to strike down a California law requiring background checks for buying ammunition.

From The Federalist, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the military is "already surpassing" the recruiting numbers from the surge a year ago.

From American Thinker, Republicans should be careful about which polls and pundits they trust this year.

From NewsBusters, a man uses a hammer to break windows at Vice President Vance's home in Ohio, which ABC and CBS ignore.

From Canada Free Press, Ukrainian President Zelensky appoints Canadian parliamentcritter Chrystia Freeland as his economic development advisor.  (She still is in the Canadian parliament.  Apparently, some people are allowed to work for the governments of two countries at the same time.  Her mother was Ukrainian, and unlike former First Son Hunter Biden, actually speaks Ukrainian.)

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab demands the release of President Nicolás Maduro.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s "safeguarding" policy protects ideology, not children.

From EuroNews, at least six people in Europe die in cold weather-related accidents.  (The cold weather will soon be blamed, of course, on man-made global warming.)

From ReMix, police in Barcelona, Spain arrest 15 international bus drivers for allegedly accepting money from illegal migrants to transport them into France.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El País.  If you read French, read the story at Le Parisien.)

From Balkan Insight, several municipalities in Kosovo are struck by floods.  (These, too, might get blamed on man-made global warming.)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco hosted a record 19.8 million tourists in 2025.

From The New Arab, five people are killed in Aleppo, Syria in clashes between Syrian government troops and Syrian Democratic Forces personnel.

From The Times Of Israel, violence surrounding protests in Iran claim the lives of 35 people, including four children.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, "when sanctuaries change hands, civilizations speak".

From Sp!ked, the ban on fans of the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending its match in Birmingham, England is "a sop to Islamic sectarians".

From Gatestone Institute, it's time to prepare for a regional conflict before boatloads of Iranians attempt to reach the UAE.

From The Daily Signal, Hilton removes from its "system" the hotel in the Minneapolis area that refused to accommodate federal immigration enforcement agents.

From The American Conservative, with Maduro out, what comes next for Venezuela.

From The Western Journal, the CDC revises the childhood vaccination schedule after an "exhaustive review of the evidence".

From BizPac Review, the Capitol police officer who shot and killed January 6th protester Ashli Babbitt has an "alarming side gig".

From the Daily Caller, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) blames deportations for the slow reconstruction of areas hit by fires in Altadena and the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.

From the New York Post, ♪ICE ICE baby♪.

From Breitbart, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) screams "[bleep] you!" at the Supreme Court for not blocking redistricting in Texas.

From Newsmax, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is present in Minneapolis at the arrest of an illegal alien convicted of robbery and extortion in Ecuador, and is wanted there for alleged murder and sexual assault.

And from SFGate, the richest people in the U.S. shop at a 137-year-old grocery store in Woodside, California.

Monday Mania

On a cold and cloudy first Monday of 2026, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the future of Venezuela depends on Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, a loyalist to captured President Nicolás Maduro.

From FrontpageMag, the capture of Maduro is a big blow to the Iranian mullahs.

From Townhall, it's hard to believe what a guy was caught doing in a women's restroom in Concord, California.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, ending the Somali daycare fraud in Minnesota will require reinforcements.

From the Washington Examiner, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) decides against running for reelection.

From The Federalist, 10 reasons why Republican congresscritters should not extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

From American Thinker, your race card is no longer good.

From NewsBusters, 10 items of good news that the media doesn't want you to know about.

From Canada Free Press, could President Trump be another Persian King Cyrus the Great?

From TeleSUR, Brazil's representative to the U.N. calls the aforementioned capture of Maduro a "dangerous precedent".

From TCW Defending Freedom, Swedish businessman Raoul Wallenberg, who helped rescue thousands of Jews in Hungary during World War II, remains "a hero without a grave".

From EuroNews, Ukrainian security chief Vasyl Maliuk resigns as President Zelensky(y) reshuffles his government.  (Whether it has one "y" or two, my spellchecker rejects Zelensky's last name.)

From Free West Media, "the peace president goes to war".

From ReMix, according to a poll, 58 percent of French people want President Emmanuel Macron to resign, and 90 percent say that France is in decline.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.  I don't see any French sources for this story.)

From Balkan Insight, a Bosnian producer of military drones loses its license due to legal violations.

From The North Africa Post, Libya starts preparing to host the fourth Turkey–Africa Partnership Summit.

From The New Arab, what lies ahead for the civil war in Yemen?

From the NL Times, a Dutch court is set to rule on the case of a father and his two sons accused of honor killing his daughter.

From AMU, the Taliban ban criticism of themselves, claiming that Islamic law justifies it.

From The Jerusalem Post, a shed on the property of the antisemitism commissioner of the German state of Brandenburg is set on fire.

From Gatestone Institute, the Middle East comes to a moment of strategic choice.

From The Daily Signal, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes action against Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ).

From The American Conservative, Secretary of State Marco Rubio's road to Cuba goes through Venezuela.

From The Western Journal, the Chief Twit's company Starlink provides free broadband to the people of Venezuela.

From BizPac Review, independent journalist Nick Shirley has to protect himself.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned Tim Walz dropping out of the Minnesota gubernatorial race.

From the New York Post, Grok has been naughty.

From Breitbart, according to the Department of Homeland Security, Hilton Hotels are denying rooms to its personnel in the Minneapolis area.

From Newsmax, Colombian President Gustavo Petro warns Trump against coming after him.

And from The Babylon Bee, left-wingers quickly change their "no kings" signs to say "yes kings" in support of the aforementioned President Maduro.

Sunday Stuff

While I was in Pennsylvania, I learned that the U.S. military captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and brought them back here.  Thus, my expectation that 2026 would tell 2025 to "hold my beer" was fulfilled very quickly.  Now that I'm back on a cold and partly sunny Sunday, here are some (other) things going on:

From FrontpageMag, Democrats have been hypocritical about Venezuela.

From Townhall, a year ago, one of my Senators sang a different tune about Maduro than he is now.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump warns Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez against resisting the U.S.

From American Thinker, an amazing start to 2026.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Abby Phillip accuses YouTube user Nick Shirley of being racist and making an inaccurate video.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how migrants dominate the U.K.'s social housing debate.

From The Times Of Israel, a Palestinian from Tulkarem, West Bank is given a life sentence for fatally stabbing a Holocaust survivor.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Israel's Foreign Ministry presents evidence alleging that two staffers of the NGO Doctors Without Borders are also members of terrorist organizations.

From The Cable, terrorists kill 42 people and kidnap children in the Nigerian state of Niger.

From Arutz Sheva, when freedom is more valued in dictatorial Eastern countries than in the West.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an opinion column, there already is a Palestinian state.  (The last five stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, if Trump really wants Hamas to disarm, he must forget about its supporters, and the Palestinian Authority.

From The American Conservative, knocking over the Venezuelan government will be the easy part.

From the Daily Caller, Maduro gets his perp walk.

And from the New York Post, Maduro appeared to taunt the U.S., invoking John Lennon.

Late Friday Checking In

I've been running around again, this time to Pennsylvania.  I got to my intended undisclosed location pretty early, but then went out to dinner with an assortment of relatives.  We'll be busy with some stuff starting tomorrow morning, but I'll be back later on.  See youz soon.

Stories To Start 2026

On a sunny but cold Thursday on the first day of 2026, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, President Trump speaks about the protests in Iran, and issues a warning.

From Townhall, CNN's attempt to debunk YouTube user Nick Shirley's video about alleged fraud by Somalis in Minnesota fails spectacularly.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a nominee for TWFB 2025 Man of the Year is North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick.

From the Washington Examiner, a fire at a ski resort bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland leaves 40 people dead and 115 others injured.

From The Federalist, most of daycare, not just in Minnesota, is a scam.

From American Thinker, will the theocratic government of Iran finally be overthrown?

From NewsBusters, 12 times when The View peddled conspiracy theories in 2025.

From Canada Free Press and the "good luck with that" department, calling for peace with sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela reaffirms its support for Cuba on the 67th anniversary of the revolution which brought communist dictator Fidel Castro to power.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "kneel".

From EuroNews, according to Finnish customs officials, a ship seized in Finland suspected of damaging undersea cables was carrying Russian steel subject to E.U. sanctions.

From Balkan Insight, a year of BIRN investigations exposing scams and other matters.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan authorities record over 500 offenses as digital currency funds terrorism.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia executed a record 356 people in 2025.

From the Daily Mail, the Star of David is removed from a projection of the Israeli flag onto the London Eye.

From Arutz Sheva, what's going on in Europe now is merely the trailer for its Islamization.

From Gatestone Institute, thanks to U.S. President Trump's "peace" plan, Hamas has time to hold elections in Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, four things to expect from the Trump administration in 2026.

From The American Conservative, the BBC has trapped itself with its own self-mythologizing.

From The Western Journal, former Special Counsel Jack Smith couldn't give straight answers during his deposition about the Capitol riot and Trump's alleged involvement.

From the Daily Caller, cable TV host Andy Cohen sends former New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D, later I) off with a drunken rant on New Year's Eve.

From the New York Post, protesters in Iran bring their government to a halt over soaring inflation.

From Breitbart, 10 years later, the German elite still downplays the sexual violence against over 1,000 women in major cities by male migrants.

From Newsmax, Trump decides to drop his plans for sending the National Guard into Portland, Chicago and Los Angeles.

And from CBS News, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is inaugurated in an abandoned subway station.