Bigfoot's Place

Now that I've returned from a walk through a forest, which Sasquatches are supposed to do, on a warm and sunny Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) unveils his plan to combat retail theft.

From Townhall, Russia bans hundreds of Americans from entering, including former President Obama. (That's right, a man whose his parents met in a Russian language class is banned from entering Russia.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden's efforts to replace the oil sold from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has so far had zero success.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats enjoy their fiction about the debt ceiling and the 14th Amendment.

From American Thinker, eight "disturbing" similarities between modern Democrats and a notorious political party in the past.

From NewsBusters, a former lieutenant governor of mine goes left on abortion.

From Canada Free Press, communist governments using lies and terror have failed spectacularly at everything. (I would differ just a bit. Communist governments have been successful at one thing - mass murder.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, a coronavirus vaccination causes a side effect that looks like transgenderism.

From EuroNews, Greeks deal with economic recovery pain at tomorrow's general election.

From The North Africa Post, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo Iweala urges Nigeria to stop depending on its oil and gas reserves.

From The New Arab, the Rapid Support Forces in Nigeria arrests Islamist whom they claim had ties to the country's previous government.

From OpIndia, a man in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India threatens to kill his Hindu girlfriend and her family if they don't convert to Islam. (If you read Hindi, read the story at Jagran.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, there are more Muslim pupils than Catholic pupils at compulsory schools in Linz, Austria. (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress and Vatican News.)

From The Friday Times, two teenage Christian boys in Lahore, Pakistan face blasphemy charges over a name addressed to a puppy.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration's legacy will be a nuclear-armed Iranian regime.

From The Stream, the 1st Amendment fights for its life.

From The Daily Signal, Redeemer Presbyterian Church founder Tim Keller's unwavering apologetic faith has borne fruit.

From The American Conservative, Biden is "not fooling anyone".

From The Western Journal, a "disturbing" video of Biden resurfaces.

From BizPac Review, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona's claim that teachers, not parents, "know what is best for their kids" triggers a "tsunami" of backlash.

From The Daily Wire, Anheuser-Busch loses its perfect LGBTQ equity score by missing a "key moment" to stand up for fake female Dylan Mulvaney.

From the Daily Caller, lawmakers and technology firms call for the regulation of artificial intelligence, which will not be easy.

From the New York Post, recently indicted congresscritter George Santos (R-NY) already faces seven challengers for his seat in 2024. (If he's convicted of anything, the score will be "one down and 534 to go".)

From Breitbart, according to a poll, 42 percent of "likely voters" want Congress to start impeachment proceedings on President Biden.

And from Newsmax, congresscritter David Schweikert (R-AZ) tells his fellow Republicans to not "panic" while negotiating on raising the debt ceiling.

Friday, May 19, 2023

Jim Brown, who once held the NFL's records for carries, rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns, died yesterday evening at his home in Los Angeles. As stated by his wife Monique earlier today, he "passed peacefully last night". He was 87. Besides his accomplishments as a college and professional football player, Brown was also an actor, a social activist and a sports analyst.

James Nathaniel Brown was born in St. Simon's Island, Georgia and moved to Manhasset, New York (on Long Island) when he was 8 years old. In high school, he played football, baseball, lacrosse and basketball, and ran track, earning a total of 13 letters. In one basketball season, he averaged 38 points per game, which was a Long Island record until it was broken by Carl Yastrzemski, who went on to play baseball for the Boston Red Sox.

Brown attended Syracuse University and played on its football team from his sophomore to senior years. He ran for 986 yards as a senior, the third most in the nation, despite Syracuse playing only 8 regular season games. He also kicked extra points. Brown continued playing basketball and lacrosse and running track in college, and was named a first-team All-American in lacrosse. He also participated in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and afterwards served four years in the Army Reserve.

The Cleveland Browns (who later became the Baltimore Ravens) took Brown as the sixth overall selection in the 1957 NFL draft. He played for the Browns for nine years and was invited to the Pro Bowl in all of them. He was the AP NFL Most Valuable Player three times. He was the first NFL player to score 100 rushing touchdowns, something very few others have done, despite having more games in a regular season (16) than Brown did (12 or 14).

Brown's first acting role was as a buffalo soldier in the 1964 film Rio Conchos. He later appeared in movies such as The Dirty Dozen, The Split, Riot, 100 Rifles, Mars Attacks! and The Running Man. He also guest-starred in some TV shows such as Knight Rider and The A-Team. Alongside NBA players Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes (D), Brown was a member of the "Cleveland Summit", a meeting with boxer Muhammad Ali, who sought their help in his efforts for civil rights. In 1965, Brown became the first black televised boxing announcer, for a fight between Ernest Terrell and George Chuvalo. In 1993, he was a color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Brown married Sue Jones in 1959. They had three children, and were divorced in 1972. He married Monique in 1997 and with her had two children. He is survived by his second wife Monique and his five children.

Read more at ESPN, USA Today, CBS Sports, The Athletic and The Sporting News.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, we'll train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets, but we won't give Ukraine any of them.

From FrontpageMag, the domestic terrorist organization named after today's date.

From Townhall, how many investigations of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign did the FBI quash in 2016?

From The Washington Free Beacon, BLM's revenues dropped 88 percent in 2022. (In this case, I'm not talking about the Bureau of Land Management.)

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats squawk as their bluff is called on illegal immigration and sanctuary cities.

From The Federalist, the Louisiana state House passes a constitutional amendment that would ban the use of private money to conduct elections.

From American Thinker, how President Biden's border policies are wrecking America.

From MRCTV, a North Dakota man who ran over a teenager whom he thought was a "Republican extremist" pleads guilty to downgraded manslaughter charges.

From NewsBusters, 95 percent of the guests on late night "comedy" shows are liberals.

From Canada Free Press, police remove children from their parents at 1:00 a.m. without any warrant.

From TeleSUR, Nicaragua and Belarus negotiate an agreement on export loans.

From TCW Defending Freedom, farmers should not fall for U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's sleight of hand.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K.'s NHS too brown?

From Free West Media, Catholic bishops in Scandinavia criticize transgender ideology. (The article's date is May 17th, but I haven't seen it until today. Since this is the first article published by FWM in about two weeks, I've decided to include it.)

From EuroNews, Slovak tycoon Marián Kočner is acquitted of murder conspiracy charges - for the second time.

From ReMix, how the U.K.'s mainstream political parties have failed their country through mass immigration.

From Balkan Insight, the outcome of Greece's election is uncertain.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisia's Nabeul Court of First Instance orders the release of two students arrested over a song condemning the country's drug laws and treatment of youth.

From The New Arab, hundreds of Syrians protest against President Bashar al-Assad's return to the Arab League.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia and South Sudan sign a deal to build a cross-border highway.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, an Iranian photojournalist who has photographed numerous public hangings protests against the death penalty.

From IranWire, three more Iranian protesters are executed, sparking outcry.

From Iran International, according to IRCG chief commander Hossain Salami, the U.S. has yet to receive the "final blow". (The U.S. will never receive a "final blow" from Iran or another other country. If the U.S. is destroyed, it will be from within.)

From Khaama Press, two Afghan girls are among Forbes magazine's "30 under 30" influential figures for their work to support the people of Afghanistan.

From Hasht e Subh, a school principal in the Afghan province of Parwan is detained for criticizing the Taliban's ban on education for girls. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Dawn, Jamaat-i-Islami leader Sirajul Haq escapes a "suicide attack" that targeted his convoy in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

From The Express Tribune, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is open to a search of his residence in the city of Lahore.

From Pakistan Today, according to Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Pakistan will hold elections this coming October.

From The Hans India, why has India withdrawn its 2000-rupee notes?

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Navy's newest MH-60R helicopter carries out its first landing on a warship.

From ANI, a 10-year-old child is killed by an IED in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, India.

From India Today, security is tightened in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India ahead of a G20 meeting.

From the Dhaka Tribune, what we know about the seven Bangladeshis on Forbes magazine's "30 under 30 Asia Class of 2023".

From New Age, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges Islamic scholars to stand against extremist.

From BBC News, al-Qaeda terrorists release an 88-year-old Australian man after holding him in western Africa for seven years.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Turkish President Edroğan's daughter Esra claims that "he crescent will win over the cross".

From Gatestone Institute, the genocide of Nigerian Christians reaches new heights.

From The Stream, charity has always been based on religion.

From The Daily Signal, release the Nashville school shooter's manifesto.

From The American Conservative, the transgender mind virus is mutating.

From The Western Journal, has the automaker Ford rolled out a "very gay Raptor" truck?

From ZeroHedge, due to an accounting error, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gets to collect $3 billion more in extra weapons.

From BizPac Review, the U.K.'s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get a lesson in American history.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Linda Sanchez (D-Cal) tries to link an FBI whistleblower to a Twitter account, and gets trolled by fellow congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

From CNN, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) files to run for president. (via The Daily Wire)

From NPR, Disney shuts down its $2,500-per-night Star Wars-themed hotel a year after its opening. (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, a phone call from a Fox News lawyer is at the center of journalist Tucker Carlson's case against Fox News.

From Breitbart, author Salman Rushdie makes his first public appearance since being stabbed.

From Newsmax, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) Tweets a campaign-style video despite earlier statements that he is not running for the Republican presidential nomination.

And from the New York Post, a woman in Greensboro, North Carolina becomes a mother and a doctor within 24 hours, and is called a "badass" by her fans. (She thus also gets this blog's "badass" label.)

Thursday, May 18, 2023

A Few Things For Thursday

On a sunny and reasonable warm Thursday, here are a few things going on:

From the Daily Caller, Palo Alto grants a celebrity chef an exception from its rule against gas stoves. (As you may have heard, rules are for the little people.)

From Fox News, a teenage boy in Michigan who used a slingshot to save his sister from being kidnapped claims that he "was just lucky".

From Politico, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) sees a "path" toward finding a debt ceiling deal. (via Newsmax)

From the New York Post, New York City police confirm that a body pulled from the Harlem River is one of two boys who went missing.

From The Daily Wire, former Biden administration official Sam Brinton, previously suspected of stealing clothes, is arrested in my neck of the woods for being an alleged "fugitive from justice". (via National Review)

From FrontpageMag, when it comes to illegal immigration, President Biden is the Coyote-in-Chief.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Kentucky's poet laureate deletes Tweets calling Trump voters homophobic bigots.

From The Federalist, Republican congresscritters on the House Natural Resources Committee demand that the BLM extend its comment period for new rules on managing public land. (No, not the BLM who riot and vandalize businesses, but the one which decides how public land is used.)

From American Thinker, Starbucks promotes transgenderism - in India.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the battle for real conservatives to take back the U.K.'s Conservative Party.

From Gatestone Institute, Biden's dithering is harming Ukraine's prospects for victory against Russia's invasion.

From The Stream, the geese aren't silly, we are.

From The American Conservative, the end of Title 42 is aiming at our cities.

And from Sky News, according to clay tablets found in Mesopotamia, people were kissing as early as 4,500 years ago.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, swimmer Riley Gaines tells congresscritters how transgender activists held her against her will at San Francisco State University.

From FrontpageMag, the media rewards a left-wing former CIA hack who lied about Hunter Biden's laptop.

From Townhall, the North Carolina legislature overrides a veto by Governor Roy Cooper (D), thus making abortions illegal after 12 weeks of pregnancy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to records, Hunter Biden lobbied a State Department official on behalf of a Romanian businessman in 2016 when his father was vice president.

From the Washington Examiner, the Supreme Court won't suspend an Illinois law banning the sale of certain guns while it is being litigated in lower courts.

From The Federalist, six documented cases of systemic pro-Democrat corruption by the FBI.

From American Thinker, some scientific data that the U.N., the U.S. government, and media don't want the public to see.

From MRCTV, Vice President Harris confuses gender ideology with women's history.

From NewsBusters, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, AI might cause "significant harm to the world".

From Canada Free Press, will America's fascination with contradiction bring about insanity and a fiery end?

From TeleSUR, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso dissolves his country's National Assembly.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a British writer asks where his reparations are.

From Snouts in the Trough, are people living now lucky to have lived during a brief historical aberration?

From EuroNews, thousands of people are evacuated as floods strike in northern Italy.

From ReMix, Hungary blocks E.U. funding of weapons for Ukraine in retaliation for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's plan to blow up a pipeline delivering Russian oil to Hungary.

From Balkan Insight, heavy rain causes rivers to overflow in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From Morocco World News, Morocco and Spain prepare to launch this year's Operation Crossing the Strait.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan city of Marrakesh will host the 2023 Kofi Annan Road Safety Award.

From The New Arab, two Tunisian students are arrested over a song that criticizes the police.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan claims to be confident of getting more support for the runoff election on May 28th.

From Turkish Minute, 10 people who were detained in Ankara, Turkey for protesting alleged election fraud are released. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Rûdaw, a suspected Turkish warplane bombs several areas in the Iraqi province of Duhok.

From Armenpress, the Armenian Ministry of Defense shows photos of an ambulance allegedly shot by Azerbaijani armed forces.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Russia calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from actions that could lead to an escalation of tensions.

From Azərbaycan24, don't mess with these Azerbaijanis.

From In-Cyprus, the Cyprus Cancer Research Institute intends to become a leading cancer research center.

From The Syrian Observer, in order to please the Turkish government, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Muhammad al-Julani cracks down on opposition to Syrian-Turkish rapprochement.

From North Press Agency, the NPA documents the killing or injury of 266 truffle hunters in Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli police warn that Iran and its terrorist proxies are lying about the Flag March going to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in order to incite violence.

From The Times Of Israel, after years of "dead-end" air campaigns, the IDF considers the pinpoint use of ground troops in the Gaza strip.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli police arrest an illegal alien who was allegedly carrying a weapon in the city of Haifa.

From YNetNews, residents of Jerusalem, Israel are younger and more Haredi, and are almost a million in number.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt builds huge warehouses to store wheat.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry attends the first meeting of the Arab Ministerial Contract Group on Sudan.

From the Sudan Tribune, the U.N. calls for $3 billion in aid to help people in Sudan and people fleeing to neighboring countries.

From the Saudi Gazette, 11 foreigners are arrested with a total of 55.2 kilos of she-don't-lie in Saudi Arabia. (As I might have mentioned previously, smuggling drugs within or into a Muslim country is a good way to throw your life away.)

From DohaNews, Qatar and Saudi Arabia combine to deal with human trafficking.

From Shia Waves, Iraqi authorities hold a funeral to bury the bodies of 78 Shiites murdered by ISIS.

From AMNY, relatives of eight people killed by an Islamist terrorist in New York City describe their pain at his sentencing.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Biden is cowed by China's aggression.

From The Stream, we are aging all the time, but we can still delay getting old.

From The Daily Signal, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts tells a conference in London that one-nation conservatism is what woke global elites fear the most.

From The American Conservative, military leaders must learn the right lesson from the coronavirus vaccine mandate debacle.

From The Western Journal, a teacher in Hernando County, Florida is investigated after showing a Disney movie in her classroom, which features a gay main character.

From BizPac Review, Fox News shakes up its primetime lineup.

From The Daily Wire, Soros-backed U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins after reportedly being accused of election interference and lying to federal investigators.

From Deadline, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and her mother Doria Ragland are involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" trying to get away from paparazzi. (As the article mentions, his mother Princess Diana was killed in a similar incident in Paris in 1997. The story comes via The Daily Wire.)

From the Daily Caller, here are the right-leaning media outlets that call fake female Dylan Mulvaney "she" and "her".

From the New York Post, more on the paparazzi car chase ordeal endured by Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Doria Ragland.

From Breitbart, the Nashville, Tennessee school which was attacked by a transgender person files a motion to block the release of the attacker's manifesto.

From Newsmax, while stating that a new Twitter CEO will allow him to devote more time to the carmaker Tesla, the Chief Twit promises to keep on Tweeting candidly.

And from the Genesius Times, the department store Target will mandate sex transitioning for all employees and customers.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Tuesday Tidings

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

From National Review, congresscritter Chip Roy (R-TX) confronts an abortion activist with her own words.

From FrontpageMag, the myth of American white supremacy.

From Townhall, FBI agent Peter Strzok isn't taking the report by special counsel John Durham well.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an aide to congresscritter Peter Schiff (D-Cal) reportedly threatened researchers to refused to investigate the false links between Russia and then-President Trump. (Or put another way, Schiff happens.)

From the Washington Examiner, five takeaways from the Durham report.

From The Federalist, the Durham report leaves no doubt that the FBI is a threat to democracy.

From American Thinker, former Attorney General Bill Barr again goes after former President Trump.

From MRCTV, New York City houses migrants in schools.

From NewsBusters, CBS "gushes" over former President Obama pushing Australia-style gun control.

From Canada Free Press, even with the release of the Durham report, justice has not been served.

From TeleSUR, Brazilians pay tribute to the late soccer star Pelé at his mausoleum in the city of Santos.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. civil servants are far worse bullies than former Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab.

From EuroNews, who are Russia's mercenaries other than the Wagner group?

From ReMix, two Polish political parties form a coalition calling itself "Third Way". (If you want to learn how to say "Third Way" in Polish, look at the article's main picture.)

From the Greek Reporter, some places to see on the Greek island of Paros.

From Ekathimerini, according to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a coalition government including the socialist party PASOK would be unstable.

From the Greek City Times, the French newspaper Le Monde sparks controversy by wrongly showing some Greek islands as Turkish territory on its map of Turkey's election results. (The paper's name translates to "The World".)

From Balkan Insight, E.U. border guards will target illegal immigration into Montenegro.

From FENA, Bosnian Finance Minister Zoran Tegeltija meets with IMF representative Alina Ianaku as inflation declines in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Please welcome my newest source FENA.)

From Total Croatia News, a laptop lost in Zagreb, Croatia brings out the kindness of strangers.

From The Malta Independent, Malta's Criminal Court overturns the acquittal of three men accused of holding a group of journalists hostage. (Unlike in the U.S., some countries allow acquittals to be reversed on appeal.)

From Malta Today, according to Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo, there will be 65 percent fewer deckchairs on the Maltese island of Comino this coming summer.

From ANSA, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, the E.U. can't leave Italy alone to deal with migrants.

From SwissInfo, despite a labor shortage, Swiss employers are often unwilling to hire refugees.

From France24, a relative of French First Lady Brigitte Macron is assaulted at a shop in Amiens, France.

From RFI, a leading Nigerian bank opens a subsidiary in Paris.

From The Portugal News, is Portugal's SEF forgetting to reunite families?

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. denounces Algeria's violations of religious freedom.

From The New Arab, France issues an arrest warrant for Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh.

From The Oldham Times, a former church in Blackburn, England becomes a mosque. (Has the building ever included any of the "4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire" that John Lennon once sang about?)

From the International Business Times, over 850 missiles are fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel in 72 hours.

From Gatestone Institute, the other Palestinian jihad against Israel.

From The Stream, the Durham probe exposes elites as dictators and their allies as collaborators.

From The Daily Signal, Republican congresscritters point out the violence against pro-life people and pregnancy centers during the Biden administration.

From The American Conservative, opponents of American imperialism should dispute the moral foundations of the current humanitarian imperialism.

From The Western Journal, Green Bay Packers lineman David Bakhtiari calls out President Biden for his "cheat cards" used when dealing with reporters.

From Variety, a look at right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson's effort to trade his $20 million salary at Fox News for a show on the platform Twitter. (via The Western Journal)

From BizPac Review, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) picks a side in the upcoming Kentucky Republican gubernatorial primary.

From The Daily Wire, a flashback showing the aforementioned Schiff happening.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Robert Garcia (D-Cal) moves to have congresscritter George Santos (R-NY) expelled from Congress.

From the New York Post, the Durham report points to a Clinton crony as the likely source of the claim that then-candidate Trump paid prostitutes to relieve themselves in his hotel room.

From Breitbart, members of the Mississippi Hospital Association leave the group after it donates $250,000 to gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley. (This would give yet another meaning to the phrase "let's go, Brandon".)

From Newsmax, allies of former Vice President Pence launch a super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

And from SFGate, members of a church in Memphis, Tennessee pray for the thieves who stole their organ pipes in hopes that they will repent.

Monday, May 15, 2023

Monday Links

As the mostly sunny weather continues on a Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Vice President Harris is the reason why President Biden is running for reelection.

From FrontpageMag, Democrats create a legalized transgender child kidnapping network.

From Townhall, a newspaper in California says the quite part about Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) out loud.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how a left-wing group teamed up with big pharma to push gender ideology onto American hospitals.

From the Washington Examiner, Chicago starts its "let's go, Brandon" era.

From The Federalist, the left's "fake electors" story is itself fake news.

From American Thinker, the industrial revolution is not the main contributor to atmospheric carbon dioxide.

From MRCTV, a bill protecting women's sports passes the Ohio's House Higher Education Committee.

From Fox News, a reporter calls San Franciso "worst than the third world" because of its drug and homelessness problems. (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough warns against prematurely counting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) out of the 2024 presidential race.

From Canada Free Press, it's an invasion, which we invited.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela's science and technology ministry plans to encourage scientific training for young people.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. does not have the materials, money or skill to achieve Net Zero during the current century.

From Snouts in the Trough, why are the U.K.'s elites doing these things to the people?

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish presidential aide Marcin Przydacz, Poland will take diplomatic action over a "military object" found in a forest near the city of Bydgoszcz. (If you read Polish better than I do, read the story at Polska Agencja Prasowa.)

From Radio Prague, President Petr Pavel becomes the first Czech head of state to attend an annual memorial to the Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust, in the city of Lety.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia has an "alarming" increase in homelessness.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian government plans to release 700 foreign human traffickers from prison.

From Hungary Today, more on the Hungarian government's plan to release 700 convicted human smugglers. (This source calls these criminals "smugglers" while DNH above calls them "traffickers". I've come to believe that there is a difference between the terms in that "smugglers" take people where they want to go, while "traffickers" take people to places against their will. But that's just my view. These media sites might have their own opinions. If you read Hungarian, read even more about this story at Magyar Nemzet and Index.)

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian europarliamentcritter Tamás Deutsch, the European Commission is withholding development funds from Hungary for political reasons.

From Russia Today, the Russian government responds to French President Emmanuel Macron's claim that Russia is becoming dependent on China.

From Sputnik International, earlier today, Ukraine used two Storm Shadow missiles in an attack on the city of Lugansk.

From EuroNews, Russia claims to have shot down a Storm Shadow missile.

From The Moscow Times, acts of sabotage this year in Russia have more than doubled from a year ago. (If you read Russian, read a related story at Izvestia.)

From Novinite, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev gives a mandate to form a government to prime ministerial candidate Mariya Gabriel, who hopes to do so with the parties GERB and SDS.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev refuses to resign and claims that politicians are interfering with his office's work.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian parliamentcritters comment on Geshev's refusal to resign.

From Balkan Insight, the airports for Belgrade, Serbia and Skopje, North Macedonia are reportedly "hubs for illicit activities".

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI presents a model from the first Moroccan car maker and a prototype hydrogen-powered car developed by a Moroccan.

From The New Arab, members of Syrian civil society blame the Biden administration for the normalization of President Bashar al-Assad.

From Hürriyet Daily News, incumbent President Erdoğan garners the most votes in Turkey's presidential election, but will face a runoff later this month. (Due to Turkey's presidential election, I decided to skip over to this Turkish source, which appears to have recovered from the technical difficulties it was having yesterday.)

From News18, a Dalit is lynched in the Indian state of Kerala, in connection to which nine people are arrested. (via OpIndia)

From OpIndia, a Muslim boy in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is harassed for being friends with a Muslim girl.

From TradeWinds, police foil a suspected suicide bombing against Chinese shipyard workers at a port in Karachi, Pakistan.

From ABS CBN News, worshippers are attacked in a Coptic church near Khartoum, Sudan, for which each side in Sudan's civil war blames the other. (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, you might be surprised about who wants to destroy Israel.

From The Stream, a homeschooling mother starts a Christian resource center to combat California's education laws.

From The Daily Signal, the latest energy-efficiency mandate for appliances reduces customer choice and results in dirtier dishes.

From The American Conservative, "reparations are not amends".

From The Western Journal, Senator Chris Murphy (D-Con) calls the Supreme Court "illegitimate". (It seems that in the eyes of many Democrats, our federal governmental institutions are legitimate only to the extent that they support and impose policies favored by the Democrats.)

From BizPac Review, former Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) goes on CNN and teases at a presidential run.

From The Daily Wire, special prosecutor John Durham's investigation of the people who investigated alleged collusion between Russia and then-presidential candidate Trump comes to an end.

From the Daily Caller, a biologically male transgender disc golfer will not be allowed to compete against women.

From the New York Post, two members of congresscritter Gerry Connolly's (D-VA) staff are allegedly attacked by a man with a baseball bat.

From Breitbart, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange threatens to leave Chicago if new Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) taxes its financial transactions.

From Newsmax, the TSA starts testing facial recognition technology at more airports.

And from The Babylon Bee, for the first time ever, Biden draws a larger crowd than Trump.

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Stories For Mothers Day

On a mostly sunny Sunday, on which you show your respects to the woman who brought you into the world, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the attorneys general (both R) of Florida and Texas sue the Biden administration over its parole-release program for migrants at the southern border.

From Townhall, President Biden's nominee for ambassador to Jordan is caught admitting that "walls work".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about sayings taken from Latin.

From the Washington Examiner, the White House and Republican congresscritters point fingers at each other over the border crisis.

From American Thinker, women fighting the trans movement would welcome some support from men.

From NewsBusters, according to ABC co-host Jon Karl, Biden and former President Trump have had similar border policies.

From Canada Free Press, happy Mothers Day, except for some people at a certain elementary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

From TeleSUR, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso faces and impeachment vote.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Archbishop of Canterbury is "wrong, wrong, wrong" about the issue of illegal migrants.

From EuroNews, Serbia's gun amnesty results in the collection of 13,500 weapons, including rocket launchers.

From The New Arab, Egypt and Jordan are reportedly ready to restore ties and reopen their respective embassies.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu claims to be ahead of incumbent President Recep Erdoğan. (Since there's a presidential election in Turkey today, I decided to skip ahead to my Turkish sources. While Turkish Minute appears to be functioning normally, Hürriyet Daily News has an "Internal Server Error".)

From ABC News, suspected Islamic terrorists kill 33 civilians in Burkina Faso.

From India TV, one person is killed and 25 others are arrested after a violent clash breaks out in Akola, Maharashtra, India. (via OpIndia)

From Gatestone Institute, Israel comes under fire and the West's response is "pusillanimous".

From The Stream, how to navigate the missing seat at the Mother's Day brunch.

From The Daily Signal, vegans at PETA and AI team up to rewrite the Bible.

From BizPac Review, a Virginia man suspected of having stolen a U-Haul attacks a policeman, which becomes his last mistake.

From The Daily Wire, an Afghan national on the FBI's terror watch list has reportedly crossed the border from Mexico into the U.S.

From the Daily Caller, according to experts, the U.S. Navy is in dire straits.

From the New York Post, former New York Governor David Paterson (D) comes out in support of Daniel Penny, who is charged with manslaughter in the death of fellow subway rider Jordan Neely.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, over half of Americans say that motherhood is the "most important roll for a woman to fill in today's world".

From Newsmax, early results from the Turkish election show President Erdoğan ahead, contrary to his rival's aforementioned claim, but his lead is expected to narrow.

And from the StarTribune, supporters of two rival Muslim political candidates get into a melee - in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (via the New York Post)

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Saturday Links

On a cloudy Saturday with some light rain, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden's electric vehicle mandate is a terrible idea.

From Townhall, the Biden administration appeals a judge's decision to block its release of illegal migrants without court dates.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the one number that explains the humiliating town hall that CNN hosted with former President Trump.

Form the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, Biden thinks its "just fine" that his family monetized his office when he vice president.

From The Federalist, 10 years after the conviction of abortionist Kermit Gosnell for performing illegal abortions and killing three babies born alive, would his behavior become the norm in post-Roe America?

From American Thinker, since when do illegal aliens get priority over needy American citizens for taxpayer-funded government services?

From NewsBusters, the show CBS Saturday Morning suggests that to save the planet, we should eat bugs. (I know that a diet of locusts and wild honey was once good enough for John the Baptist, but I don't think that the Gospels ever recommend it for people in general. However, there is a way to sample such food.)

From Canada Free Press, we're heading toward a breaking point.

From TCW Defending Freedom, by giving in to the Remainers without a fight, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seals his own fate.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s useless NHS managers are clueless, and "the joys of immigration".

From EuroNews, one hundred villagers in Brienz, Switzerland evacuate as geologists warn of an impending rockslide. (I was in Brienz in 1996 to ride a train up to the Breinzer Rothorn.)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's largest private electricity producer, Taqa Maroc, sets up a renewal energy subsidiary.

From The New Arab, why Arab countries refuse to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration green lights Iran's nuclear program and terrorists.

From The American Conservative, 10 years after the aforementioned conviction of abortionist Kermit Gosnell, we should ask how unusual his case was.

From The Western Journal, a civil rights attorney has a message for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg about using the "race card" in the case about the death of Jordan Neely.

From BizPac Review, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre pouts over the aforementioned judge's immigration decision.

From The Daily Wire, Education Secretary Miguel Cordona come under fire for possible fraud in the "student loan bailout scheme".

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, the Republicans are clueless as to the real agenda behind the Democrat illegal immigration agenda.