Monday, March 10, 2025

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, Minnesota Republicans need to "tear down this Walz".

From FrontpageMag, the long shadow of former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

From Townhall, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) thinks that entering the U.S. illegally isn't illegal.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to internal documents, under then-President Biden, the Environmental Protection Agency spent time "de-gendering" bathrooms and policing pronouns.

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio cancels 83 percent of USAID contracts after reviewing them for six weeks.

From The Federalist, Senators urge their colleagues and President Trump to disregard the American Bar Association.

From American Thinker, how leftists have controlled the language and changed the terms of engagement.

From MRCTV, Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) minimum wage mandate has killed 16,000 jobs in California so far.

From NewsBusters, CBS hails fake female Dylan Mulvaney's memoir.

From Canada Free Press, it's time for the aforementioned American Bar Association to end its Democrat bias.

From TeleSURMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promises to stand by the victims of femicide and disappearances.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a review of the book The Challenge of Islam.

From EuroNews, sexual violence on public transportation in France reaches record levels.

From Free West Media, can Italy survive its low birth rate?

From ReMix, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announces "large-scale military training for every adult male".  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, Greek parliamentcritter Nikolaos Papadopoulos allegedly vandalizes a "blasphemous" art exhibit at Greece's National Gallery.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria celebrates the first-ever card payment made in the country.

From The New Arab, clashes between Syrian government forces and supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad leave Syria's coast in ruins.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the IDF is not sharing relevant information with Israeli politicians.

From The Times Of Israel, a fifth-century female skeleton found about three kilometers northwest of the Old City of Jerusalem might have been the world's first self-mortifying Christian nun.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Knesset debates leaving the World Health Organization.

From YNetNews, Israeli negotiators head to Doha, Qatar to be joined by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who wants "deadlines".

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty hails the domestic media's role in public awareness.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel El Sisi greets the Egyptian people and military anniversary of the 10th of Ramadan victory over Israeli forces in 1973.  (While Israel and the West call the war of 1973 the Yom Kippur War, after the Jewish holiday on which it was launched, Arabs call it Harb Ramadan, or the Ramadan War, because it started during that month of the Islamic calendar.)

From the Sudan Tribune, according to Darfur provincial Governor Minni Arko Minawi, military operations must take precedence over forming an interim government for Sudan.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Airlines celebrates International Women's Day with all-women flights to six destinations on five continents.

From the Saudi Gazette, in Saudi Arabia, 4,879,682 Iftar meals are served to worshipers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.

From Doha News, Qatar TV airs a program during Ramadan to teach digital safety to children.

From the Daily Mail, the horror of massacres by Syrian government forces against Christians and Alawites.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, three Syrians spit on pictures of Israeli hostages held by Hamas - in Munich, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Tag24.)

From Gatestone Institute, don't be fooled by Hamas's calls for a ceasefire.

From Radio Free Asia, authorities in a district of Chongqing, China set up 27,900 cameras and 245 sensors to surveille its residents.  (If anyone knows how to say "big brother" in Chinese, please give the appropriate translation in a comment.)

From The Stream, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the hero syndrome.

From The Daily Signal, according to a poll, a majority of Americans approve of the job that Trump is doing.

From The American Conservative, the MAGA movement should support a stronger Europe.

From The Western Journal, a U.S. oil tanker and a cargo ship collide in the North Sea off the eastern coast of England, setting both ships on fire.

From BizPac Review, ICE detains an anti-Israel activist who led a protest at Columbia University.

From The Daily Wire, Canadian Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney says that he's ready to "fight" with Trump.

From the Daily Caller, when it comes to Vice President Vance, liberals can't understand the concept of "humor".

From the New York Post, brush fires on Long Island were likely caused by someone trying to cook s'mores for breakfast.

From Breitbart, the Department of Agriculture cancels a grant recognizing the menstrual cycles of "transgender men".

From Newsmax, due to fears of losing federal funding, Harvard University announces a temporary hiring freeze.

And from The Babylon Bee, the face of Vice President Vance miraculously appears in a slice of toast.

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Sunday Stories

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

From National Review, Secret Service offers shoot an armed man near the White House.

From FrontpageMag, during her Senate confirmation hearing, then-Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard warned about what was going on in Syria.

From Townhall, Vice President Vance hits back at pro-Ukraine protesters who terrified his three-year-old daughter.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Columbia University graduate student involved in illegal encampments on campus last spring is in ICE custody after his student visa is revoked.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats make a joke out of Women's History Month.

From American Thinker, the Chief Twit gives a masterclass on illegal immigration.

From NewsBusters, when the networks praised then-President Biden's State of the Union address as "feisty" and "fiery".

From TCW Defending Freedom, is the U.K. headed for its last rites?

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. government spending takes the high road and government tax revenue takes the low road.

From Jewish News Syndicate, there's nothing humanitarian about sending aid to Gaza.

From Gatestone Institute, when it comes to Russia and Ukraine, both Europe and the U.S. need to take a deep breath.

From Radio Free Asia, according to an opinion column, resuming bilateral military drills with Cambodia won't be enough for the U.S.

From The Stream, "learn to trust".

From The Daily Signal, California Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) actions show that he still supports men playing on women's sports teams.

From The American Conservative, rats!

From The Western Journal, one graph obliterates the fear-mongering by the anti-RFK Jr. media about the measles.

From The Daily Wire, President Trump signals that his tariffs might go even higher.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) can't give a straight answer when asked if she agrees with the aforementioned Gavin Newsom about men in women's sports.  (In my opinion, Senator Slotkin should be cut some slack since Newsom might not even agree with himself.)

From the New York Post, more on the aforementioned man shot by Secret Service agents near the White House.

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Jamie Raskin (D-MD), should be censured for calling Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) "Pocahontas".  (I think that in calling the Senator "Pocahontas" might be unfair - to the real historical Pocahontas.)

From Newsmax, Panama releases dozens of migrants who had been deported from the U.S. from a remote camp into limbo.

And from The Hard Times, 30 people are injured at a Stevie Nicks concert when a twirling session goes "horribly wrong".

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Saturday Links

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

From National Review, stand up for ideology science.

From FrontpageMag, a foreign student who supports Hamas finally gets his visa revoked.

From Townhall, is Russian President Putin ready for a truce with Ukraine?

From The Washington Free Beacon, what triangulation by President Trump means for Asia.

From the Washington Examiner, Texas Governor Greg Abbott's (R) plan to deploy border buoys in the Rio Grande pays off after nearly sinking under then-President Biden.

From The Federalist, a left-wing lawfare firm sues Madison, Wisconsin for allegedly failing to count the ballots of nearly 200 voters.

From American Thinker, closing the Department of Education.

From NewsBusters, associate editor Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post laments the alleged lack of "nuance" in the discussion of men in women's sports.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why would a white male want to fight in a war on behalf of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer?

From RTÉ, Syrian government and allied forces kill over 500 Alawite civilians.  (The Alawites are an esoteric minority sect of Islam.  Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is an Alawite, as was his father Hafez al-Assad.)

From Gatestone Institute, Iran is rushing to build a nuclear bomb, so the West needs to act now.

From Radio Free Asia, according to North Korean prisoners of war held in Ukraine after fighting for Russia, a North Korean military base has mockups of South Korean cities.

From The Stream, 10 reasons why beauty is a powerful apologetic for God.

From The Daily Signal, the fight to protect female sports persists across the U.S.

From The American Conservative, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) tries to play nice.

From The Western Journal, Donald Trump the Younger responds to a report that he is considering a presidential run in 2028.  (The two John Adamses and George Bush the Elder are unavailable for comment, but George Bush the Younger is still around.)

From BizPac Review, a former illegal alien who was an aid to congresscritter AOC (D-NY) self-deports.

From The Daily Wire, a California prosecutor has charged more illegal aliens with illegal entry into the U.S. during Trump's second term so far than he did during all of Biden's term.

From the Daily Caller, Republican congresscritters unveil a "clean" bill to fund the federal government while Democrats threaten a shutdown.

From the New York Post, according to late night host Bill Maher, Democrats need to stop their indigenous land acknowledgements if they want to win elections.

From Breitbart, according to PEW research, 4 percent of murders by gun in the U.S. involved rifles, including those which are called "assault weapon".

From Newsmax, the protest group Palestine Action vandalizes Trump's golf course in Scotland with pro-Palestinian graffiti.

And from SFGate, a tiny bakery in Freemont, California gets cheesy.

Friday, March 7, 2025

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, two U.S. Army soldiers and a former soldier are arrested for allegedly selling military secrets to buyers in China.

From FrontpageMag, radical leftists accuse Jews of "white supremacy" for mourning the deaths of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were taken hostage and murdered by Hamas.

From Townhall, some important details about today's jobs report.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Democrats have an identity crisis.

From the Washington Examiner, "the Trump uncertainty principle".

From The Federalist, the Federal Judges Association seems to have been rather selective about threats to judges.

From American Thinker, President Trump understands what America is about.

From MRCTV, Senator Adam Schiff (D-Cal) tries to be tough on Trump and his supporters.

From NewsBusters, according to ABC host Jimmy Kimmel, Trump's plan to close the Department of Education is intended to make America dumber.  (Has America gotten any smarter since the Department of Education was created?)

From Canada Free Press, at Trump's speech to Congress, the Democrats didn't disappoint.

From TeleSUR, a clash between two criminal gangs in Guayaquil, Ecuador leaves at least 22 people dead.

From TCW Defending Freedom, cover-up from the U.K.'s Climate Change Committee.

From EuroNews, the E.U.'s migrant return law will reportedly not include "return hubs" outside the E.U.'s territory.

From ReMix, the Italian government slams the Italian judiciary after a court ruling orders compensation be given to illegal migrants who were prevented from leaving a ship in 2018.

From Balkan Insight, Serbians join a "general strike" against pay cuts for teachers.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco achieves a perfect score of zero in the Global Terrorism Index.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan raises credit limits for artisans and tradesmen.

From Turkish Minute, a district governor's office in İstanbul, Turkey bans marches to mark International Women's Day in Taksim Square and the surrounding area.

From Rûdaw, according to an Iraqi military spokesperson, Iraq's borders with Syria are fully protected.

From ArmenPress, Armenian education minister Zhanna Andreasyan and U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Kristina Kvien meet to discuss cooperation between their respective countries.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Armenia is named Destination of the Year for Adventure at the PATWA International Travel Awards for 2025.

From Azərbaycan24, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, a working group is continuing to prepare new military regulations.

From AzerNews, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Agriculture discusses strengthening the country's fisheries sector.

From In-Cyprus, over 4,500 runners are expected to participate in the 27th Logicon Cyprus Marathon.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian caretaker Foreign Minister Asaad Shibani confirms plans to eliminate Syria's remaining chemical weapons.

From North Press Agency, Syrian authorities arrest retired Major General Ibrahim Huweija, who was the head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate.

From The New Arab, why have supporters of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started an insurgency on Syria's coast?

From News18, Indian cricket player Mohammed Shami is shamed online for sipping an energy drink during a match against Australia.  (The Ramadan fast forbids drinking as well as eating during daytime.)

From VOA, in a video report, Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai visits her home town in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 13 years after being shot by the Taliban.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the Palestinian Authority resumes its "pay-for-slay" stipends.

From The Rakyat Post, a man who insulted Islam and spoke profanities in the Malay language on a video is allegedly a truck driver in Australia.  (My spellchecker has no problem with "Rakyat".  Naturally, I won't blame this guy for avoiding travel to Malaysia.)

From the Nordic Monitor, according to Turkey's top imam, Muslims who don't boycott companies that support Israel should question their faith.

From AMU, according to a U.N. report, the Taliban target security officials of Afghanistan's former government despite pledging amnesty.  (The last six stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, federal funding to Bernard College in New York City should be cut.

From Radio Free Asia, Chinese authorities raid a Protestant "house church" in the city of Huainan.  (What is this "freedom of religion" you speak of?)

From The Stream, some observations about tariffs.

From The Daily Signal, what those "pro-Palestine" protest slogans really mean.

From The American Conservative, how to lose the upcoming midterm elections.

From The Western Journal, Attorney General Pam Bondi is hammered after announcing more redactions to documents relating to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From BizPac Review, Bondi warns that there will be more redactions to the Epstein documents.

From The Daily Wire, three more FEMA employees are fired in connection with relief workers being told to "avoid homes advertising Trump" in Florida.

From the Daily Caller, Trump threatens sanctions and tariffs against Russia if its armed forces keep attacking Ukraine.

From the New York Post, the Department of Justice launches an investigation into high egg prices.

From Fox News, if you're observing Lent, where to "go fish" at fast food places.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, even the aforementioned Jimmy Kimmel mocks the Democrats' "choose your fighter" video and protests.

From Newsmax, Trump highlights the support he receives from the United Auto Workers union for his tariffs.

And from The Daily Squib, Trump is really in trouble as female Democrat congresscritters get ready to fight.

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, the Supreme Court prevent one-judge constitutional crises, not encourage them.

From FrontpageMag, the White House legacy media has a conniption fit.

From Townhall, congresscritter Al Green (D-TX) gets censured.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the top ten failed climate catastrophe predictions.  (When people on your side of an issue repeatedly make predictions that fail, isn't time for a bit of introspection and humility?)

From the Washington Examiner, former First Son Hunter Biden claims to have run out of money as his paintings are no longer selling.

From The Federalist, red states line up to help President Trump enforce immigration law.

From American Thinker, Democrats treat women's sports like Schrödinger's cat.

From MRCTV, Washington D.C. plans to paint over its "Black Lives Matter" street mural.

From NewsBusters, when the media insisted that then-President Biden could only do so much about the border crisis.

From Canada Free Press, can the "Canadian cavalry" come to the U.S. Democratic Party's rescue?

From TeleSUR, in the Caribbean, the Carnival festival comes from a tradition of resistance and cultural heritage.

From TCW Defending Freedom, no charges are filed in a case of alleged Koran burning which never should have been brought in the first place.

From Snouts in the Trough, insulting Vice President Vance is not a good idea.

From EuroNews, a German court jails five people for a "far-right" plot to overthrow the German government.

From Free West Media, according to a Ukrainian official, Ukraine will run out of American weapons in two to three months.

From ReMix, numerous videos show Ukrainian men being kidnapped off the streets to be inducted into its military.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.  Unfortunately, there's no available corresponding Ukrainian article.)

From Balkan Insight, Romanian prosecutors detain six people alleged treason and making contact with foreign agents in Romania and Russia.

From the Sarajevo Times, the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina summons Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik for questioning, but he refuses to attend.

From Total Croatia News, how can luxury tourism in Croatia be improved?

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenia plans to increase its defense spending.

From The Malta Independent, Maltese parliamentcritter Karol Aquilina withdraws comments that he had made about Speaker Anglu Farrugia.

From Malta Today, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela speaks against increasing defense spending.

From ANSA, S&P downgrades the credit rating of the Italian-American-French automaker Stellantis.

From SwissInfo, far fewer unaccompanied underage migrants apply for asylum in Switzerland.

From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron plans to discuss with European allies the possible use of French nuclear weapons to help protect Europe.

From RFI, according to French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, France will keep sharing intelligence with Ukraine, even while U.S. doesn't.

From The Portugal News, Coimbra, Portugal will put on a craft beer festival.

From Morocco World News, the Moroccan NGO Bayt Mal Al Quds Agency and the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development team up to help orphaned and amputee children in Gaza.

From The North Africa Post, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana urge Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to rejoin the Economic Community of West African States.

From The New Arab, in the Syrian governorate of Daraa, government forces clash with armed groups loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad.

From The Times Of Israel, an Iranian singer is flogged 74 times for his song calling for women to remove their headscarves.

From Mamba Online, after the murder of a gay imam in South Africa, another South African imam preaches hate.

From Arutz Sheva, some German cities celebrate the start of Ramadan instead of Carnival.

From Gatestone Institute, rebuilding Gaza is pointless as long as Hamas exists.

From Radio Free Asia, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Minh Tue and his companions, unable to enter Myanmar from Thailand, enter Malaysia instead.

From The Stream, Democrats need to prepare themselves for the upcoming midterm elections.

From The Daily Signal, the Justice Department drops a Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho's abortion law.

From The American Conservative, yes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a dictator.

From The Western Journal, Maine state Representative Deqa Dhalac (D), a native of Somalia, is shown on video urging Somalis outside of Somalia to prioritize Somalia.

From BizPac Review, the musical Hamilton cancels its run at the Kennedy Center, after which its interim Executive Director Ric Grenell hits back.

From The Daily Wire, an aide to former Vice President Harris is under Department of Justice investigation for allegedly falsifying paperwork to get a buyout from the Chief Twit.

From the Daily Caller, more on the censure of the aforementioned Al Green.

From the New York Post, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, the parent company of Google, over Biden-era content moderation.

From Breitbart, an illegal alien from Honduras gets 12 years in prison minus time served for killing Pinellas County, Florida Sheriff's Deputy Michael Hartwick.

From Newsmax, top Democrats go Sergeant Schultz on former New York Governor Mario Cuomo (D) running to be mayor of New York City.

And from Clickhole, former President Biden renames his son Hunter "Parfait".

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Ash Wednesday Links

On a cool and rainy Wednesday, which is also the first day of Lent for western Christians, here are some things going on:

From National Review, in his speech to Congress, President Trump scores on the opening drive and "spikes the football".

From FrontpageMag, these days the communists hate the Russians.

From Townhall, Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposes visa restrictions on foreign officials who aid illegal immigration.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Democrats jeer as Trump makes a 13-year-old boy's dream come true.

From the Washington Examiner, after violating decorum during Trump's speech, congresscritter Al Green (D-TX) faces at least three censure resolutions.  (Will he be taken to the river?)

From The Federalist, Trump proves that the border bill pushed by Republican congresscritters during the Biden presidency was unnecessary.

From American Thinker, Democrat congresscritters tell Trump to "sit on it".

From MRCTV, Democrats refuse to applaud a female athlete who suffered a brain injury while competing against a fake female athlete.

From NewsBusters, networks call Trump's address to Congress a "campaign rally speech".  (Since Trump can't run again, he can no longer in any meaningful way campaign.)

From Canada Free Press, hurray for the aforementioned 13-year-old boy.

From TeleSUR, Ecuadorian presidential candidate Luisa Gonzales promises to revoke the contract for the Sacha oil field.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the purveyors of green power know that it doesn't work, but squander our money on it anyway.  (This is one reason why I believe that the green power purveyors are not so much interested in helping the environment, but in controlling our lives.)

From Free West Media, the Hong Kong-based conglomerate that operates ports near the Panama Canal agrees to sell its shares to BlackRock.

From Russia Today, Russia sentences a British mercenary who fought for Ukraine to 19 years in prison.

From Sputnik International, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's latest "ceasefire" offer shows that he's back to his old jokes.

From The Moscow Times, according to Kremlin spokesman Peskov, Russia welcomes possible peace talks with Ukraine, but "nuances" remain.

From Romania Insider, Romanian activist Radu Hossu starts a fundraising campaign for Ukraine after the U.S. stops its aid.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Defense Romania.)

From EuroNews, Romania expels Russian military attaché Victor Makovskiy and his deputy Evgeny Ignatiev for allegedly violating the Vienna Convention.

From Novinite, Bulgaria plans to establish a Defense Innovation Center to align with the E.U.'s rearmament plan.

From The Sofia Globe, the Air Forces of Bulgaria and the U.S. conduct a joint exercise.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to a report from the Council of Europe, journalists in smaller media outlets in Bulgaria face particularly difficult work.

From the Greek Reporter, according to the Greek tourism minister, the island of Santorini will soon reopen for visitors.  (Yours truly was in Santorini while on a cruise in 2006.)

From Ekathimerini, clashes break out after the end of a rally in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece.

From the Greek City Times, the Greek governing party faces a no-confidence vote over its response to a deadly train crash in 2023 between the villages of Tempi and Evangelismos.  (For details on the crash, go to Wiki.  The crash was also the reason for the rally reported by Ekathimerini.)

From ReMix, Turkey plans to construct a wall on its border with Greece, to prevent migrants from entering Europe from its territory.

From Balkan Insight, the deputy head of North Macedonia's state road company is fired after taking a selfie with a dead bear.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco plans to build a major military base in the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, the UAE rejects the appeals of 53 sentenced in an allegedly "unfair" trial for links to the Muslim Brotherhood.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Iran creates a new terror organization in Syria.

From Gatestone Institute, the aforementioned President Zelensky agrees to Trump's "Marshall Plan".

From Radio Free Asia, Thailand had offers from three countries, including the U.S., to take in 48 Uyghurs who had fled from China, but deported 40 of them back to China anyway.

From The Stream, editors discuss what's really behind the war in Ukraine.

From The Daily Signal, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) praises Trump's address to Congress.

From The American Conservative, it was "a night of triumph for Trump".  (You could say that you can't spell "triumph" without "Trump".)

From The Western Journal, according to a poll, Trump's speech was an overwhelming victory.

From BizPac Review, according to Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Black Lives Matter Plaza could soon be gone.

From The Daily Wire, according to journalist Joy Behar, Trump shaking hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts means that separation of powers is now gone.

From the Daily Caller, the Trump administration is reportedly cutting 80,000 jobs from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

From the New York Post, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits the New York City subway station where a migrant allegedly set a sleeping homeless woman on fire.

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the 2nd Amendment does not protect "access" to a gun without a background check.  (If anyone knows where the 2nd Amendment or any other part of the Constitution mentions background checks, please point it out in a comment.)

From Newsmax, according to a poll, up to 74 percent of Jewish college students believe that antisemitism is a serious problem on campus.

And from SFGate, California finds an unlikely scapegoat for high energy bills.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Tuesday Tidbits

On a partly sunny and mild Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a report from Syria.

From FrontpageMag, Hamas murdered a peace activist who helped Gazans seek medical treatment in Israeli hospitals.

From Townhall, look who has connections to USAID.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Columbia University instructor cancels his class for an anti-Israel protest, one day after radicals storm a building at Bernard College.

From the Washington Examiner, American conservatives need to understand the truth about the European version of "conservatism".

From The Federalist, who then-President Biden's blank check for Ukraine bounced.

From American Thinker, how to speak like a leftist.

From MRCTV, in a high school track meet, a gender-deluded boy wins the triple jump for girls by eight feet.

From NewsBusters, panelists on MSNBC find it "very painful" that Republicans are defending women's sports.

From Canada Free Press, what were the people of Boston thinking when they elected Michelle Wu as their mayor?

From TeleSUR, the Peruvian Supreme Court starts its trial of former President Pedro Castillo.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. has one law for eco-nut-jobs, and another for little old ladies who just want to pray.

From Snouts in the Trough, why black people are superior to whites in every way possible.  (In case you're wondering, this assertion is meant to be understood sarcastically.)

From the NL Times, police uncover a lab for making she-don't-lie in The Hague, Netherlands and arrest four men from Colombia in connection with it.

From Dutch News, sunlight reflecting from solar panels is reportedly a problem for pilots flying into and out of Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NU.)

From VRT NWS, over 58 kilos of ketamine was seized in January and February of this year at Belgium's Brussels and Liège airports.

From The Brussels Times, Prime Minister Bart De Wever wants to increase Belgium's defense spending to 2 percent of its GDP "by this summer".

From Deutsche Welle, the German parties CDU and SPD agree on a spending package.

From ReMixsince a German landscape gardener was allegedly responsible for the car ramming attack in the city of Mannheim, will this change any social perceptions?

From Polskie Radio, according to Eurostat, the Polish unemployment rate is at 2.6 percent, which ties the Czech Republic for lowest in the E.U.

From Radio Prague, leaders of the Czech governing coalition criticize U.S. President Trump for cutting off military aid to Ukraine.

From The Slovak Spectator, a mine in Slovakia has a name which refers to bears, but none have ever been found in it.  (If you read Slovak, read the story at My Východ.)

From Daily News Hungary, why is American singer Elvis Presley honored in Budapest, Hungary, a city he never visited?

From Hungary Today, Hungarian soccer player Dominik Szoboszlai is a huge motivator for upcoming athletes.

From About Hungary, Hungarian European Affairs Minister János Bóka calls on the E.U. to withdraw its lawsuit against Hungary.

From EuroNews, Serbian opposition parliamentcritters show how not to participate in a parliamentary session.

From Balkan Insight, more on what happened at the Serbian parliament.

From Free West Media, Russian President Putin agrees to mediate nuclear talks after a request from U.S. President Trump.  (The article refers to a story in Bloomberg, to which you'll have to subscribe in order to read.)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco receives six AH-64E Apache helicopters, the first batch of an order of 36 such helicopters.

From The New Arab, gum arabic is smuggled from rebel-controlled areas of Sudan.

From AMU, the Taliban flog at least 72 people in 11 days.

From Gatestone Institute, the disastrous involvement of South Africa troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

From Radio Free Asia, China retaliates against U.S. tariffs.

From The Stream, the political storms in the U.S., Europe, Russia and Ukraine.

From The Daily Signal, First Lady Melania Trump advocates for a bill that would fight against "revenge porn".

From The American Conservative, to really make America healthy again, first make the SNAP program healthy.

From The Western Journal, a "humiliating" problem is found with anti-Trump videos from Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Fake Cherokee (D-MA).

From BizPac Review, actor and comedian Bill Murray thinks that President Nixon was framed.

From The Daily Wire, a female volleyball player injured by trans-identifying male opponent will be one of Trump's guests at his address to a joint session of Congress.

From the Daily Caller, the Department of Justice supports using the abortion lobby's favorite law against people accused of harassing Jews.

From Breitbart, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum blames drug-addicted Americans for the tariffs her country is facing, not the drug lords whom he government protects.

From Newsmax, the White House releases a list of the Trump administration's accomplishments ahead of his aforementioned speech to Congress.

And from the New York Post, a woman finds her doppelgänger in a 1909 painting by Russian artist Zinaida Serebriakov.

Monday, March 3, 2025

Monday Links

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

From National Review, the U.S. has become a de facto ally of Russia against Ukraine.

From FrontpageMag, ten bad takeaways from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski's blow-up.

From Townhall, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has a delusion about border security.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Delaware residents see higher electricity prices as the state pushes green energy policies.

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth orders a pause on cyber operations against Russia.  (According to the NR story above, we're now their de facto ally.)

From The Federalist, President Trump's success at the border shows that Democrats and some Republicans were holding border security hostage.

From American Thinker, let's hear it for the (real) girls.

From MRCTV, liberals insult Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for playing chess with Trump's grandson.

From NewsBusters, Reuters states the obvious by pointing out that pursuit of "Net Zero" is a "resounding failure".  (The article includes a video of then-Secretary of State John Kerry pointing out that more than 65 percent of "carbon pollution" comes from the developing world.)

From Canada Free Press, Canada has made a very costly "grave" error.

From CBC News, now that Ontario provincial Premier Doug Ford has won another term, what will he do first?

From Global News, now could Canada respond to U.S. President Trump's tariffs.

From CTV News, an earthquake strikes between Canada's Vancouver Island and the U.S.'s Washington State.

From TeleSUR, Brazil celebrates Carnival, highlighting its African heritage.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some extraordinary migration numbers "which, for some reason, went unreported".

From Snouts in the Trough, the aforementioned President Zelensky's two big mistakes.

From the Express, left-wing U.K. parliamentcritters from the Labour Party organize a rebellion against Prime Minister Starmer's plans to cut foreign aid.

From The Standard, plans are unveiled for a new Superloop express bus route linking neighborhoods in southeastern London.

From the Independent, U.K. Reform party leader Nigel Farage is accused of "licking Trump's boots" after calling Zelensky "rude".  (I'd say that Zelensky was indeed rude by calling Vice President Vance a "suka", which loosely translates to "female dog", under his breath.)

From the Irish Independent, Irish gardaí announce a new average speed camera on a major highway in the County of Meath.  (This site now uses the word "Irish" in its name.  Thus, I no longer have to put the word "Irish" in parentheses to distinguish it from the British Independent, or even have to use the abbreviation "U.K." in parentheses to indicate the British site.)

From the Irish Examiner, a record number of asylum seekers died while in Ireland's international protection system last year.

From EuroNews, a 40-year-old man from the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is detained in connection to a car ramming attack that killed at least two people in the city of Mannheim.

From Free West Media, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes nuclear war more likely.

From ReMix, former Polish President Lech Wałęsa slams Trump over his rhetoric with Zelensky.  (If you read Czech, read the story at Echo24.  If you regard this story being reported by a Czech site but not any Polish site is a bit strange, I would agree with you.)

From Balkan Insight, the profits, politics and pitfalls of green energy subsidies in the Balkan countries.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Princess Lalla Khadija launch the "Ramadan 1446" campaign in the capital city of Rabat.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia offers "amnesty" to exiled dissidents.

From RAIR Foundation USA, to observe the start of Ramadan, an Islamic supremacist group takes over Times Square in New York City.  (Will any city in any Muslim-majority country allow any Christian groups to take over one of their prominent squares during Lent or Advent?)

From the Middle East Monitor, according to a Qatari journalist, Hamas is standing up for the sanctities of two billion Muslims as it stands alone.  (Would this journalist like to explain how killing two boys, one just a baby, with bare hands amounts to defending the sanctities of two billion Muslims?)

From BBC News, police in the Nigerian state of Kano arrest Muslims for allegedly eating in public during Ramadan.

From Arutz Sheva, a Palestinian propaganda film wins an Oscar.

From Reuters, more on the car ramming attack in Mannheim, Germany.

From Gatestone Institute, why Arabs don't want to take in formerly imprisoned Palestinians.

From Radio Free Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping warns of "difficulties and challenges" for China's economy.

From The Stream, how judicial fiat undermines the will of almost 80 million Americans.

From The Daily Signal, how to improve the American economy without increasing inflation or the national debt.

From The American Conservative, how Trump can succeed where then-President Reagan and later then-Vice President Gore failed.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett calls Trump "an enemy to the United States".

From BizPac Review, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) has some instructions for her fellow Democrats ahead of Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.

From The Daily Wire, female runners decline to race against a trans-identifying male competitor at the USA Track and Field Open Masters Championships.

From the Daily Caller, Trump "is doing a great job" on immigration, says a Mexican general.

From the New York Post, according to NYPD data, shootings in New York City have fallen to a 30-year low for the year's first two months.

From Breitbart, the Mexican government tries to have it both ways about the drug cartels.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, people under 40 are "big on Trump".  (Or you could say that they support Trump bigly.)

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump institutes a military draft for everyone who has a Ukrainian flag on their Facebook page.  (Don't worry.  Yours truly is not on Facebook.)

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Sunday Stuff

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

From FrontpageMag, according to CNN, federal employees who are not being fired suffer from "survivor's guilt".

From Townhall, pro-Ukraine protesters disrupt Vice President Vance's family ski trip in Vermont, so the Vances move to an "undisclosed location".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book by a courtroom sketch artist.

From the Washington Examiner, former Chicago Mayor, congresscritter (D-IL), Ambassador to Japan and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel admits that the Democrats have lost the DEI culture war.

From American Thinker, has Riyadh, Saudi Arabia become the world's new diplomatic hub?

From NewsBusters, NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith is not "independent".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the week in review as we live in turbulent times.

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians in January 2025.

From The Stream, why freedom of speech matters and must be restored in the U.K.

From The Daily Signal, five ways by which the Trump administration can level the playing field for the pro-life movement.

From The American Conservative, what have sanctions on Iran achieved?  (For that matter, when have sanctions ever achieved the stated goal of those who apply them?)

From The Western Journal, according to friends, an 11-year-old girl who committed suicide was not bullied over her family's immigration status, but was a victim of something more insidious.

From The Daily Wire, an interview with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Socialism (I-VT) dodges questions from a news host on NBC about whether Democrats should "have done more" to cut waste under then-President Biden.

From the New York Post, for the first time in five years, North Korea allows tourists in to visit, and lets them see some shocking things.

From Breitbart, migrant encounters at the southern border in February 2025 were down 94 percent from February 2024.

From Newsmax, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reportedly considering whether to remove the late Pete Rose from its ineligible list.

And from Fox Business, the fast food chain Steak 'n Shake announces that it has "RFK'd" their French fries.

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Saturday Stories For The Start Of March

On a sunny, cool and windy Saturday on the first day of March, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Pete Rose should be in baseball's Hall of Fame, but President Trump can't to anything to help him get there.

From FrontpageMag, Trump's freeze of funds from USAID saves thousands of people in India from transgender surgery.

From Townhall, the numbers of southern border encounters for February are in, and they look good.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the free ride for Europe reaches its end.

From the Washington Examiner, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) announces his campaign for mayor of New York City.

From American Thinker, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shows foreign leaders how not to meet with American leaders.

From NewsBusters, movie critics personally attack actor and Trump supporter Zachary Levi.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Parliament purges Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson and replaces him with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

From Snouts in the Trough, de-industrialization will lead only to national bankruptcy.

From the Daily Mail, the Taliban introduce brutal methods of execution in Afghanistan.  (What is this "ban on cruel and unusual punishments" you speak of?)

From The Times Of Israel, a man in Will County, Illinois is convicted of murdering a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy.

From Gatestone Institute, why diplomacy with Iran never works.

From Radio Free Asia, according to a visitor from France, North Korean tour guides know about soldiers sent to Russia to fight in its war against Ukraine.

From The Stream, ten myths about the New Apostolic Reformation.

From The Daily Signal, we need a book about the scandal of then-President Biden's decline.

From The American Conservative, a farewell to the recently departed actor Gene Hackman.

From The Western Journal, FBI Director Kash Patel finally reveals the truth about "honeypot" operations allegedly made against the Trump campaign in 2016.

From BizPac Review, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the aforementioned President Zelensky has backed out of a mineral agreement three times.

From The Daily Wire, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Zelensky owes Trump an apology for his behavior during their meeting.

From the New York Post, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) was against tolls before she was fore them.

From Breitbart, Border Patrol agents and sheriff's deputies in Texas team up to seize over $500,000 in drug cartel cash during two traffic stops.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Greg Steube (R-FL), the recently passed House budget bill does not make cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

And from The Daily Squib, a mud pit will be installed in the White House's Oval Office for presidential debates.