ADDING (WELL-DESERVED) INSULT TO INJURY: NYPD Charges Mauling Victim With Trespassing.

I THINK I've found our new home.

GOOD NEWS? Unemployment is rising steadily again (circled area of chart, starting in July 2012).

The data (and full-size chart) are here.

JEFF JACOBY: the Carter-Obama connection: "The Carter years are a warning of what can happen when the 'Leader of the Free World' won't lead.... Jimmy Carter's legacy is still too timely to ignore."

HYPOCRISY KNOWS NO BOUNDS: If the U.S. government can denounce an anti-Muslim video, why can't it denounce an anti-Christian artwork?

Maybe because it paid for it?

PUNCHING BACK: Israel Demands Restitution of Jewish Land Confiscated by Arabs.

MY EMERGENCY GENERATOR should be installed before the end of October.

“THE GOAL OF THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM is supposed to be feeding children, not filling the trash cans with uneaten food. The USDA’s new school lunch guidelines are a perfect example of what is wrong with government: misguided inputs, tremendous waste, and unaccomplished goals. Thanks to the Nutrition Nannies at the USDA, America’s children are going hungry at school.”

Thank Michelle Obama.

REP. ALLEN WEST: Black Americans should vote for Mitt Romney.

More than 95 percent of black voters voted Democratic in the last election. I am hoping we can change this status quo. When you invest your money, you diversify. You don’t put it in one single account. Black Americans need to invest their political capital so they have a voice across the entire political spectrum. If we don’t, the black community will be taken for granted and risk becoming politically irrelevant.

Black Americans need to vote their values in November, and they will find themselves more aligned with Mr. Romney and the Republican Party. It is time for the “Party of Lincoln” to re-connect with black America.

Better a hand up than a handout.

THE SKY IS FALLING! The sky is falling - with acorns, that is. You can't take two steps anywhere in our yard without crushing an acorn.

DADDY & DAUGHTER DANCES BANNED -- what's next, no apple pie? The apple pie has been reserved for the Obama administration.

HOPE AND CHANGE lies with us, not the government.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS: Fracking causes syphilis, homelessness, and kills joggers. Put your coffee down first, then follow the links to the Daily News article.

CHICAGO SCHOOL LEADERS don’t know how they’re going to pay for the new contract! The way they always do -- raise taxes.

VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN CUCCINELLI:

Dear Friends,

In the Presidential election of 2008, Northern Virginia saw about 80% voter turnout. It was only 67% in southwest Virginia. I don't think the Virginians hardest hit by Obama's presidency are going to let that happen again.

Everyone is a stakeholder in this election, but for my fellow Virginians in Southwest and Southside, their livelihoods are at stake.

The coal industry is facing a direct assault from the Obama administration. That fact was illustrated on Tuesday when Virginia's largest coal company, Alpha Natural Resources, had to lay off 10% of its workforce and close down 8 mines, 3 or which are right here in Virginia.

There are several factors that led to Alpha's decision: over-regulation (including illegal over-regulation) by the EPA, increasing competition for electricity generation from natural gas, and an Obama economy that isn't growing and is plagued with uncertainty.

The EPA - which I like to refer to as the Employment Prevention Agency - is so out of control that they are even trying to regulate water as a pollutant under the Clean Water Act. If that sounds crazy, it is. Even the Democrat-heavy Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agrees with me that this is an egregious overstep of the Federal government.

Many companies are waiting to make important decisions about expanding until after November 6th, hoping they'll get a clearer picture of where their regulatory burden is headed. President Obama and Governor Romney have expressed clear visions of which direction they would take the country. More regulations with President Obama, especially when he gets more "flexibility" after the election. Less regulations with Governor Romney.

This week I got the opportunity to tour a brand new hybrid power plant in Wise County, Virginia. The plant is by far the cleanest coal plant in the country. It provides hundreds of well-paying, permanent jobs in a region that has been hardest hit during the economic slowdown.

If President Obama has his way, the Wise County power plant will be the last coal-fired power plant built in the country. This policy is foolish and disregards a viable source of energy. The new technology used is much more efficient and produces substantially less emissions than older plants built in the 1960s and 70s. Obama's (often illegal) assault on coal has already given us higher electricity prices and destroyed jobs.

In northern Virginia we have a pretty diversified economy — if one industry failed it would be a setback, but it wouldn't bring the region to a halt. That is not the case in southwest Virginia. That pizza joint in Wise doesn't exist without coal.

Obama says he has an "all of the above energy policy." I'd like to see him tell that to these families that are struggling to get by. These are hardworking people that take pride in their honest work and do not want to depend on the government—they just want the government to get out of their way!

This week I met with GOP and Tea Party groups from Bristol to Roanoke. They are committed to defending their jobs and promoting policies that get us back to free markets. They're not going to have a repeat of the low voter turnout this time. This election is too important. It means their job. It's for their family. It's for our future.

In the small amount of downtime I had while traveling around southwest I was able to make it into the Hokie Victory office in Blacksburg. I think we can all find some time in our schedule to help out. Every hour counts. Every phone call is an opportunity to swing a vote.

This election may not be decided by one vote, but it might be! I won my last state senate race in a recount - I know personally that every vote counts. Please join me in supporting both the Romney/Ryan ticket and George Allen's Senate campaign. Please work every free moment to elect them into office.

From my email.

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT to be black than to be competent.

I DON'T KNOW whether this is good or bad. After all, it is a recycling bin.

THE BIRDS RETURNS: The Rerelease and The MSM Remake. The only point Hewitt missed is all the crap flying through the air.

OBAMA'S unconvincing theory of change. There's change for the better, change for the worse, and change for the sake of change. The best that can be said for Obama's change is that it is change for the sake of change.