THE RESPONSE to the Democrats' 'No Kings' protest rally was fantastic.

Linked from Townhall.

SPRING LEAVES 2026, Week Five: Here's the pond, taken from a slightly different view this year.

Everything is pretty much the same as last week. The deciduous trees are still bare, but beginning to bud, just not yet visible in the picture.

Again, a slightly different view of the fire pit. The chairs are back up now that the winds are quieter, the grass is greener, and the plants along the walkway are back and growing.

And the dogwood trees are now blooming. Here's our one nearest the house. This picture was taken yesterday and it's even fuller of blossoms today. We have others scattered through the property and all are in bloom.

Here are the flowers along the fence borders north and south. All the plants are growing and even the roses are beginning to show signs of blooming.

Finally a quick view of the trees downhill and the flowers growing alongside the carport. Until next week then.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Progressive Democrats and Islamist Muslims are cut from opposides of the same cloth.

TALK ABOUT STEPPING IN IT. David French says Trump is the worst free-speech President of his lifetime.

He hasn't lived very long has he? French should go back to kindergarten and start over.

SOME OF THESE NOVEMBER PREVIEWS ARE SURPRISINGLY FUN: Jon Ossoff’s ID hypocrisy was begging for mockery and Mike Collins delivered.

Mike Collins just won my vote for Georgia's next Senator.

THANK HEAVEN FOR SMALL FAVORS: Democrats in decline.

DOES THE NEW YORK TIMES know what NATO stands for?

Linked from Instapundit.

'NO KINGS’ PROTESTERS are dumber than you think.

Impossible. They can't be dumber than I think....

CEO OF WORLD'S LARGEST BANK has some harsh reality for blue states: Population exodus is your own fault.

Is fly-over country about to become fly-to country?

EVEN DEMOCRATS. EVEN SOME MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS: Michigan State Representative Karen Whitsett says faith drove her from the Democratic Party. "I’m not a co-signer of crazy."

REALLY? You don't think there's a plan?

CLEANING UP AMERICA'S BEACHES: Cops turn beach bash into a perp parade.

KURT SCHLICHTER: The victory option.

WOULDN’T IT BE NICE if New York City were as clean and well-run as San Salvador?

YES, IT'S FROM AMERICA'S NEWS OF RECORD: Tiger Woods awarded honorary California CDL.

Linked from Instapundit.

EXALT THE CRIMINAL, ignore the innocent. As noted by the author, "Democrats are sick people."

A BIT LATE, DON'CHA THINK? Federal judge halts White House ballroom project after ruling Trump lacks authority.

AFTER A DECADE, San Francisco discovers that teaching mathematics is key in ensuring students learn mathematics.

Lazarus Long responds: "Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable sub-human who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house."

Which describes most Democrats....

LIBERALISM is a mental illness.

Hat tip TO Instapundit.

DEMOCRAT VIRGINIA GOVERNOR ABIGAIL SPANBERGER blames ICE as repeat offender kept getting released.