For the second time this month, there's snow falling around here, but I think it might really be grappel. So as the solid precipitation comes down, here are some other things going on:
From The Daily Signal, a government program that transfers money to the rich.
From PoliZette, President Trump tells MS-13 that they'll be thrown out of the country.
From Breitbart's Big Government, Trump opens 80,000 jobs to Americans.
From The Kansas City Star, a congressional candidate withdraws due to 12-year-old accusations of sexual harassment. (via the New York Post)
From CBS Philly, the Phillies sign a first baseman who might sound like a guitarist.
From the Express, European Commission President Juncker wants everyone to "calm things down".
From Flanders News, a terrorist imprisoned in Iraq wants to collaborate with the Belgian security service.
From the International Business Times, an imam in New Jersey blames the Jews for the Sinai mosque attack.
From Russia Today, authorities in Helsinki will not allow construction of a grand mosque, which would have been financed by people in Bahrain.
From Voice Of Europe, a small Italian town has more migrants than Italians.
From Ekathimerini, the E.U. gives itself until next June to figure out how to distribute refugees.
From The Local FR, France and Germany will unveil Eurozone reforms this coming March.
From the Mirror, police shoot a man wielding a knife in Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. (Yes, that's the one I flew into and out of earlier this year.)
From Reuters, Italy plans to hand over sea rescues to the Libyan coast guard
From Sputnik International, the Swedish minister of labor says that migrants need to learn "Swedish values".
From The Moscow Times, seven suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested in St. Petersburg for allegedly plotting a suicide bombing.
From News Letter, Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen is released on bail.
From Novinite, Bulgaria will transport migrants with two buses donated by the Netherlands.
From The Federalist, the eight "worst defenses" of the anti-Trump FBI texts.
From The Star, a Malaysian woman is fined and jailed for insulting Islam. (via The Religion Of Peace)
From National Review, China expresses a desire to mess with the U.S. Navy.
From Townhall, the FBI releases more information on the meeting between Attorney General Lynch and former President Clinton.
From Co(dot)Design, a look at the weird houses of Queens, NY.
And from Variety, where does the merger of Fox and Disney leave International Newswire?
Friday, December 15, 2017
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Moore's Loss And Other Stories
As would be expected, the punditosphere is reacting to Roy Moore's loss in the Alabama special election for Senator. Here's a small sampling:
From HotAir, Jazz Shaw says that "not a [bleep] thing" has changed.
From National Review, "Roy Moore does the impossible".
From Townhall, how Moore "lost an unlosable election".
And from FrontpageMag, "who really lost in Alabama".
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In other news:
From CBS New York, the Port Authority bomber faces a court hearing. (via Jihad Watch)
From Voice Of Europe, in Nimes, France, firefighters get stoned (but not with marijuana).
From The Guardian, a couple in Birmingham, U.K. are sentenced for terrorism offenses.
From The Star, a man in Sheffield, U.K. is convicted of terrorism offenses.
From The Local DK, a man in Denmark is sentenced for terrorism offenses, including the loss of his passport.
From The Local NO, four months after holding an election, Norway might get a new government next month.
From The Local IT, the date of Italy's next election has been set.
From France24, in Brussels, a "row" breaks out over E.U. refugee quotas.
From the NL Times, a Syrian man in Amsterdam denies having anything to do with ISIS.
From Breitbart London, British MEP Nigel Farage accuses U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May of "dancing to the E.U.'s tune". (If Brexit is ever completed, it would mean that the U.K. will no longer send any representative to the E.U. parliament, which in turn would mean that Farage will be out of a job.)
From Russia Today, six mute swans, which by law are possessions of the British monarch, have been found beheaded.
From New Europe. the E.U. has adopted a program for aiding health services in Libya.
From Sputnik International, Sweden has plenty of "asylum dealers", who fabricate refugee stories.
From the Express, the "great wall of Calais" has doors with no locks.
From The Times Of Israel, Sudanese President and suspected war criminal Omar al-Bashir is welcomed in Turkey.
From The Telegraph, the OIC will exclude the United States from the Palestinian-Israeli "peace process".
From the Mirror, China has collected the DNA of everyone in the region of Xinjiang.
From Time, the NY suicide bomber followed the teachings of a leader of a group that was banned in Bangla Desh.
From LifeNews, Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood operates fewer clinics than ever.
From Arutz Sheva, President Trump drinks lots of Diet Coke.
And from Law & Crime, after crashing his car, a man in northern Virginia shows a remarkable tolerance for cold weather.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Alabama Chooses Their Senator Today
Today, Alabama is holding the special election for senator, to fill the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, now our attorney general. Polls close at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. (Alabama is in the central time zone, so that's 7:00 p.m., their time.) Here are some related stories:
From the New York Post, whether Roy Moore (R) or Doug Jones (D) is leading depends on which poll you believe.
From National Review, the case against Moore.
From Page Six, celebrities endorse Jones.
And from the Daily Beast, Moore goes to vote riding his own beast.
UPDATE: Jones wins, by about 2 percent. Read more at CNN and CBS News.
UPDATE: Jones wins, by about 2 percent. Read more at CNN and CBS News.
Monday, December 11, 2017
More Stuff For Monday
Besides today's failed suicide bombing in New York, here are some things going on:
From Conservative Review, Bangla Deshis and the danger of non-assimilation.
From Voice Of Europe, Mateusz Morawiecki, designated to succeed Beata Szydło as Poland's prime minister, defends his country's right to decide whether to accept refugees.
From The Guardian, E.U. council president Donald Tusk (of Poland) suggests that mandatory refugee quotas should be scrapped.
From Crux, religious leaders in Malawi oppose their government's proposed law which would allow for more abortions. (via LifeNews)
From Middle East Eye, Iraqi troops and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces meet to discuss border security.
From FrontpageMag, President Trump's enforcement of immigration law benefits American workers.
From the Daily Mail, nearly 900 more migrants arrive in Sicily.
From New Europe, Denmark is approving fewer asylum applications.
From Flanders News, a brawl breaks out at a Metro station in Brussels.
From Gatestone Institute, more on the firebombing of a synagogue in Sweden.
From Sputnik International, Sweden's Skåne County tries to get immigrants to integrate.
From The Local SE, unaccompanied minors migrating to Sweden risk falling through the cracks.
From Russia Today, police in London carry out a chemical attack drill at the Israeli embassy.
From the Express, Russian President Vladimir Putin orders his troops to start leaving Syria.
From Breitbart London, asylum seekers are using more fake passports.
From the Prague Daily Monitor, the Visegrad 4 undertake an effort to protect the Libyan border.
From Townhall, the "awesome power" of not caring about what liberals think.
From the New York Post, Uber and Lyft refund riders over dynamic pricing after this morning's suicide bombing attempt.
From the Daily Sun, the subway bombing suspect reportedly "always looked angry".
From Premier Christian Radio, Islamic militants attack Christian children in their home.
From The Daily Signal, the Senate should join the House in closing special interest loopholes.
From The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian scientists have sequenced the DNA of the extinct Tasmanian tiger.
From Reuters, the weird headlines of 2017.
And from The Babylon Bee, a church in Mississippi finds a way to deal with people who arrive late. (This is satire, but if you ask me, not a bad idea.)
Suicide Bomber In New York Fails To Kill Himself
This morning at around 7:30, a would-be suicide bomber set off a bomb in a subway passage near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. The bomb reportedly detonated prematurely and partially, wounding the bomber and injuring three others, but killing no one. The suspect, identified as Brooklyn resident Akayed Ullah, is believed to be from Bangla Desh, and was possibly inspired by ISIS. After the explosion, he was taken into custody and then to a hospital.
Music Break
Once again, it feels like time to listen to a few songs. First up is Get Up Kate by the original Eagles, written and sung by Glenn Frey. This song was recorded after they had finished their eponymous debut album in 1972. They had performed it when they were Linda Ronstadt's backup band. In the thumbnail, from left to right, are Bernie Leadon, Randy Meissner, Don Henley and Frey.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Various And Sundry
As yesterday's early-season snowfall melts away, here are some other things going on out there:
From Assyrian International News Agency, pundits got it wrong on Assad and ISIS.
From The Telegraph, in response to migrant street camps, Parisians threaten a hunger strike.
From Defend Europa, Hungarians erect a crucifix near a Lidl store, in response to the chain's erasing crosses from pictures on their products' packages. (Lidl is based in Germany.)
From Arutz Sheva, anti-Israel protesters in Times Square invoke "the army of Muhammed".
From Haaretz, anti-Israel protesters in Gothenburg, Sweden throw firebombs at a synagogue.
From Breitbart London, the burkini is banned from public swimming pools in Geneva, Switzerland.
From the Daily Mail, Australia breaks out the diversity barriers.
From Russia Today, according to a German intelligence chief, there are more radical Islamists than ever. (How many have been allowed into his country by his own government, I can only wonder.)
From the Sunday Express, the new Czech prime minister warns the E.U. over its immigration policy.
From Townhall, liberals don't like being held to the standards which they set for others.
From The Times Of Israel, Palestinians allegedly throw rocks while hiding behind an ambulance.
From Gatestone Institute, why did ISIS kill Sufi Muslims in the Sinai?
From AhlulBayt News Agency, the Iranian parliament speaker denounces President Trump's decision on al-Quds. ("al-Quds" is the Islamic name for Jerusalem.)
From the New York Post, the Turkish president is likewise not pleased with Trump's decision.
And from WLTX, the mystery of the lights seen over Lexington and Calhoun Counties in South Carolina has been solved. (via 9NEWS)
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Links For A Snowy Day
It's been snowing most of today, from part of a storm that has extended from southern Texas to New England. December snow is not uncommon here in Maryland, but it's more unusual farther south. Here are few things going on, mostly having nothing to do with the weather:
Yesterday's snow set a record in Mobile, Alabama.
New York City gets it first snow of the season.
Turkey agrees to take back some refugees from Greece.
The Afghan "teen refugee" who is now on trial for allegedly raping and killing a German girl is actually 33 years old.
The United Kingdom's Leader of the Commons says that the country "will take back control".
Muslims pray in front of the White House to protest President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital (or as I call it, his acknowledgement of reality).
A European court will decide whether sharia may be used instead of civil law.
French identitarian activists are fined for occupying a mosque site. (My spell-checker does not like "identitarian".)
Civil servants, your duties are more important than your politics.
And to finish, Trump pays tribute to civil rights heroes.
Friday, December 8, 2017
Catholic Teaching, Musical History, And Today
Today's date is significant for two reasons, which are quite unrelated to each other. For Catholics, December 8th is the feast of the Immaculate Conception. As explained in the National Catholic Register, in Catholic doctrine, Mary the mother of Jesus was conceived without original sin. The Catholic Church also regards Mary as the patron saint of the United States under the title of the Immaculate Conception, as explained by Aquinas & More. (You'll have to scroll down a bit.)
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Today is also the anniversary of the death of John Lennon. Writing in National Review, Kyle Smith recalls how he, in his early teens, had regarded Lennon as being "old and washed up", but after his death, then grew to appreciate Lennon's music. My own experience was very different. During my teen years, I had already grown to like the music of the Beatles and their later solo work. I was in college when Lennon was killed, and still remember hearing someone in my dorm's hallway saying, "John Lennon's been shot." It is still one of the few celebrity deaths which have affected me emotionally.
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In today's stories:
From Breitbart's Big Government, one of Roy Moore's accusers admits forging in the yearbook where he allegedly signed.
From Twitchy, no, she didn't admit to forgery.
From KHOU, Texas, including Houston, just got "walloped" by snow. (Will this be blamed on man-made global warming?)
From the Los Angeles Times, the wildfire in southern California has killed thoroughbred horses.
From CBS Pittsburgh, a homeowner, 84, fights off invaders. (via Fox News)
From the New York Post, the U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in November.
From Sports Illustrated, Sandusky the Younger is sentenced.
From Voice Of Europe, Gothenburg, Sweden is enduring an epidemic of rats.
From Breitbart London, a friend of the Manchester bomber claims to have "accidentally" joined ISIS.
From Radio Praha, the Czech Republic, even while dealing with a lawsuit, will not take in migrants. ("Praha" is the Czech name of its capital city, known in English as "Prague".)
From The Local DE, Berlin is broke.
From Russia Today, a French school in Beirut apologizes for acknowledging Israel's existence.
From the Mirror, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May gets a breakthrough in the first phrase of Brexit negotiations.
From FrontpageMag, let's not allow terrorists to decide where the United States puts its embassies.
From Townhall, "how Democrats corrupt English to create hysteria".
From The News, Pakistan's Air Chief Marshall says a mistake was made in the case of Osama bin Laden.
From the International Business Times, a Somali refugee in the United Kingdom is sentenced for rape.
From Variety, an interview with the man who played the 11th Doctor.
From The Loop (which appears to be part of Golf Digest), a look at the weird world of python hunting.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Franken Resigns And Other Stuff
It looks like the Senatorial version of the Al Franken Decade has been cut short. As pretty much expected, and as some have called for, Senator Al Franken (D-Minn) has announced his resignation from the Senate, effective some time "in the coming weeks". In his resignation speech, Franken couldn't help but take some parting shots at President Trump and candidate Roy Moore (R-AL).
I'm sure that conservatives in Minnesota - at least the two that I know of - are happy at this development. Perhaps Franken can return to his old line of work. Does Saturday Night Live have any openings?
Also check out this post by one of those two Minnesota conservatives, the proprietor of Holger Awakens.
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In other stuff:
From Voice Of Europe, due to street robberies, German police advise people to walk in pairs.
From the Mirror, al Qaeda urges Muslims to attack U.S. and Israeli embassies.
From Arutz Sheva, Arabs riot near Jerusalem's Damascus Gate.
From The Local DK, the leader of the Danish People's Party wants curbs on asylum.
From the International Business Times, Denmark's immigration minister has an idea about what to do with failed asylum seekers.
From Ekathimerini, migrants stranded on Greek islands are not getting comfortable there.
From Russia Today, French President Emmanuel Macron visits Algiers.
From Breitbart London, a former E.U. president calls for a "United States of Europe".
From the Express, pro-Brexit MEP Nigel Farage rants against said proposal.
From The Times Of Israel, according to Prime Minister Netanyahu, some other countries might follow the United States and move their embassies to Jerusalem.
From Sputnik International, Hamas calls for another intifada.
From National Review, President Trump's decision on Jerusalem is "non-radical".
From Gatestone Institute, Sweden will help the homeless - if they are foreigners.
From The Moscow Times, Russia's defense minister claims that Syria is now free of ISIS.
From Roll Call, Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) is expected to resign. (via Townhall)
From Townhall, prosecutors involved in the "John Doe" investigations in Wisconsin reportedly got way out of line.
From the La Crosse Tribune, CAIR sues a Wisconsin manufacturer for not allowing more prayer time for Muslim employees.
From Stepfeed, a sheikh says Nike's slogan "just do it" is "satanic".
From CNS News, the five richest American counties are near D.C.
And from the Washington Examiner, Franken gets defended by an amphibian.
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