THE SS UNITED STATES just sank at 10:00 pm EST. There is nothing left on the surface except water bubbling up from below, and it is calming down as floodlight scan the surface. The SS United States Reef is ready for occupancy.

FINAL THOUGHT: Perhaps this is why there was so little coverage of this year's Veterans Day.

Thank you, Democrats (and your media allies).

FINALLY ON VETERANS DAY, Major Bambi: Disney's voice of Bambi became a three-time Purple Heart-winning Marine.

ON THE OTHER HAND, PATRIOTISM IS STILL ALIVE. Fifteen years years after leaving the Marines, Dakota Meyer became the first Medal of Honor recipient to reenlist.

Now, at 38, he has completed his training to become a reconnaisance Marine.

A HARD TO BELIEVE POLL: 43% rank Veterans Day among top holidays.

From what I've been seeing online and on television, it seems to be being widely ignored.
That's a pity.

FROM POWERLINE: A salute on Veterans Day. It's a compendium the author's thoughts on our veterans over several wars, and this segment from a World War II vet was striking for it's resemblance to our current midterm election:

On September 17, 1944 I participated in the large airborne operation which was conducted to liberate your country. As a member of company E, 506th PIR [parachute infantry regiment], I landed near the small town of Son. The following day we moved south and liberated Eindhoven. While carrying out our assignment, we suffered casualties. That is war talk for bleeding. We occupied various defense positions for over two months. Like animals, we lived in holes, barns, and as best we could. The weather was cold and wet. In spite of the adverse conditions, we held the ground we had fought so hard to capture.

The citizens of Holland at that time did not share your aversion to bloodshed when the blood being shed was that of the German occupiers of your city. How soon we forget. History has proven more than once that Holland could again be conquered if your neighbor, the Germans, are having a dull weekend and the golf links are crowded.

Please don’t allow your country to be swallowed up by Liechtenstein or the Vatican as I don’t plan to return. As of now, you are on your own.

That last line resonates with me. DSA, as of now, you are on your own.

REMEMBERING a World War II veteran.

Never forget.

IT'S VETERANS DAY. Here's a thought: "Every freedom we argue about ... was paid for by someone who never got to argue about it. Thank a veteran today."

Normal blogging will resume tomorrow.

RANDOM THOUGHT. Instead of [newly elected] Democrats immediately trying to position themselves as presidential candidates, how about for the next year they take care of the business they were elected for?

Let their [and our] constituents decide whether they are presidential caliber.

Prediction: they're not. Here's why.

FALLING LEAVES 2027, WEEK 7: Here are this week's usuals, the pond and fire pit.

Last Sunday the colors were vivid. This Sunday winter took over; colors changed to browns, and the leaves dropped by the bushel. It seems like all we need to complete the transition to winter is a bit of snow.

Here's the last reds along our road; the yellows have gone to brown and dropped.

Finally here's our cats with me as we explore our new winter neighborhood. Until next week....

ELON MUSK'S BRILLIANT REPLY to Democrats who want to cut off his companies' government contracts.

Tesla has no government contracts and President Trump ended federal incentives for electric vehicles. SpaceX contracts with the government are BOTH the best product AND the lowest price! Moreover government revenue will be less than 10% of SpaceX revenue this quarter and less then 5% a year from now. Happy to cancel any that the government doesn’t want. Just say the word!

In somewhat less eloquent language, f*ck off....

RANDOM THOUGHT: America has a two party system. Sane and insane.

VOTERS FAVORED CONSERVATIVE BALLOT MEASURES. Will Democrats ignore the will of the People?

Of course. Conservatives are peons; they must be treated 'equitably'.

HE'S COMPETENT. Why do they (Democrats) despise Musk?

CALIFORNIA GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM commutes 548 death sentences to life (without parole) in prison.

And in a few years those life sentences will be changed to time served. Wanna bet?

ANOTHER RANDOM THOUGHT: Popups and spam are cheaper than advertising in the mainstream media, which I think is why so many of them are moving to ads and paid subscription articles [looking at you, Fox news]. I avoid them as much as possible.

RANDOM THOUGHT: The mainstream media is nothing more than advertising with occasional snippets of (progressive) news.

FROM AMERICA'S NEWS OF RECORD: Bored of having a good state, Texas considers voting Democrat.

I think it's safe to assume they won't be bored long....

PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT? Not on the Democrats' side of the fence.

A HEARTWARMING STORY: A stranger tied my shoe.

Something I suspect you'll never see in DSA's America....