SUNDAY SMILES: why I'm switching back to Kentucky bourbon.

Parts for stills are cheaper....

Go see the rest. You'll have to scroll down a bit to get to the cartoons.

THE LESSONS AND LIES of the gross Cornell scandal.

Judgement is so ... intolerant.

ANTI-GUN STATES adopt the [Democrats'] Jim Crow playbook.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Why is Mark Carney preparing for an American invasion?

Because he ran out of crayons?

FALLING LEAVES 2026 WEEK 3 -- post hurricane edition: Isaias came, and left, and nobody noticed. Well, except for the rain and a few broken branches in the road....

Here are pictures of the road to our house, taken from the north and south respectively. The house is barely visible in the background of each. Leaves are piled up on each side of the road, although the winds mostly swept the gravel free of leaves. I doubt there will be much color this year since the deciduous trees are mostly already bare.

Now for to the usuals; pond and fire pit:

The weather has been warmer than usual for this time of year so growth has slowed, but not quite stopped. Most notably the elephant ears have begun to wilt and the grass is now mostly dormant.

Along the fence the flowers are mostly struggling, but some of the roses are still hanging in there.

Finally, two pictures I don't usually post -- those on the south side of the house where the ridge is very steep. The deciduous trees high on the ridge line have already lost their leaves, but looking closer up and down the slope it's still very green and full. By the time midwinter arrives, the green will be gone and the ridge along the other side of the creek will be easily visible.

Until next week, then....

WELL, HURRICANE ISAIAS CAME ASHORE ... and it rained.

I see on the 'news' this morning the doomsayers casting a wide net looking for homes crushed by falling trees, flooded roads, abandoned cars, etc.The best they've found so far is roughly 400,000 power outages over 3 states. Hell, in my little neck of the woods in north Georgia our little electric utility is reporting nearly 3,000 outages among 60,000 users; nearly 5%. Um, 400,000 is what percentage of the affected users in 3 states?

The doomsayers lost again; it's time to quit listening and just look out the window...

RED SKY AT NIGHT, sailors' delight.

Posted tonight at our home in north Georgia as hurricane Isaias nears Pensacola FL coast.
Not looking bad here....

VETERAN PILOT STARTLES LEFTIST INTERVIEWER with the truth about the Dubai hijacking.

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures starts with the very best, my favorite:

Go see the rest.

TALARICO IS ‘SICK,’ BECERRA IS HIDING, and Dimocrats know their candidates are too dumb to campaign.

And no, that's not a spelling error; I know how to use the spellcheck button....

TALARICO: That's not the "flu," that's the "fled."

AND FOR GOOD MEASURE, I'll throw in a couple of gently-used cartoons.

And California. Of course, California

And finally

I'm feeling better. G'night....

IT'S HUMP DAY, so let's talk about fuel prices.

DID THEY EVER THINK ABOUT NOT GOING? "I don't know Jane Doe, but I know plenty of women like Jane Doe who do feel unsafe at frat houses."

Linked from this Instapundit post.

IRAN TO AMERICA: Vote for Democrats so we can continue killing Jews and infidels without interference.

BE SURE TO READ THE COMMENTS: Socialism's attraction to 'intellectuals'.

SUNDAY SMILES from Hot Air. As usual, you'll have to Walz through the initial commentary, but it's worth it -- take your time as you scroll down to my favorite this week:

The 'Best of the Babylon Bee is quite good as well if you don't spend time clicking on the links.

FALLING LEAVES 2026 Week 2: We start by welcoming the beginning of real Fall. The picture is taken along side of the carport wall; obviously it hasn't noticed that the autumn season has begun.

Here are my normal usuals: the pond and fire pit views from our back porch. Nothing much has changed from last week, although the grass is a bit browner.

Across the driveway, the trees that always seem to be near death seem to be nearer death and the others on both sides are browning rapidly. Even ones outside the picture -- that side is subject to higher winds, so I suppose it's more subject to the environment than the east side of the ridge.

Here are two views south and north along the road. As you can see, the grass is browning significantly and the taller trees to the south especially have dropped their leaves. The number of leaves along the road to the north indicates significant dropping there too.

Finally, a second view of our pond down the slope shows a fair amount of leaf fall has already happened. No colors anywhere yet.

Until next week, then.

'DECEPTIVE' IS BEING POLITE: What Elizabeth Warren won’t say about Social Security.

It's a pity that Scott Brown lost to her in 2012.

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Abdul El-Sayed billed county taxpayers $9,000 a month in ‘consulting’ fees while running for Senate.

He should get a real job running (meaning driving) a garbage truck. It would be a step up for him.