BAHRAIN: A triumph of greed over hatred.

Remember Osama bin Laden's 'strong horse' theory? Guess who's now the strong horse.

WALL STREET CEOs give de Blasio an ultimatum. They'd be better off just saying "See ya."

CAN'T FAULT HIM FOR TRYING, I GUESS. THEY WANTED TO BURN IT ALL DOWN. Left-wing agitator arrested for starting wildfires in Washington.

IT GOES TO SHOW YOU ... SOMETHING, I GUESS: 'Transsexual Satanist anarchist' wins GOP nomination for sheriff in New Hampshire.

Mostly that people are oblivious to what's around them until hit upside the head with a 2x4.

YES, THEY DID: Environmentalists destroyed California's forests.

Hell, I recognized the problem -- and of course, the solution -- way, way back in 1995 when we first moved to California. That was 25 years ago, and nothing -- nothing! -- has been done since (well, except to bitch and demand the federal government pay 'disaster' relief).

Extra points if you go to this video to see how a forest is properly managed.

FALLING LEAVES, 2020: Week One. This week starts my annual series of 'leaf watching' as winter approaches. Here are some photos from today. First, my standard 'from the deck' view:

Here are several from around the pond. We've had a lot of rain this year, so the vegetation is quite thick.

And finally a couple from around the house. You can see from the first picture where I was able to clear the vegetation last year -- surprisingly it remained fairly clear.

This last picture is looking down the (steep!) hill from the lower terrace. The undergrowth is ridiculously thick, and it's far too steep to clear using a brush cutter so this year I'm going to try chemical means. There's actually a very pretty creek down there below the pond dam and I'd kinda like to see it.

More next week.

WHITE [FORMER] PROFESSOR MASQUERADING AS BLACK called neighbor 'white trash'. Perhaps she should have looked in a mirror....

Update: Was Jessica Krug a worse professor because she turned out to be White? I think the answer is that idiocy is color-blind.

AMERICAN SPECTATOR: Why Biden will withdraw from the debates. If he doesn't, it'll be a TKO after the first round.

WELL, YES: People trust the media less that Trump on COVID.

Absolute zero (-459.67 degrees fahrenheit) isn't low enough to fully express my contempt for the mainstream media.

THE BIDEN MESSAGE: vote for me or there will be more riots and anarchy.

It's a very simple message -- and 100% accurate, I'm afraid.

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE with the sound of music. Er, were alive.

NEVER-TRUMPERS need a lesson in basic mathematics.

But ... but they're all college graduates, where they learned that 2+2 is whatever you need.

And if you're a fan of modern higher education

let this marinate for a while....

ANTIRACISM AT CORNELL: Everything old is new again.

TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT: defund cities that defund the police. Make them spend their own money on their progressive fantasies.

Hint: Don't.Mess.With.Texas.Governors.

YOU HAVE TO BE FREAKIN' KIDDING! Fauci: Americans can go to theaters once a vaccine has existed for 'almost a year'.

More proof -- if any is needed -- that this idiot needs to be retired forthwith.

FOLLOW BARACK'S ADVICE AND VOTE -- Republican.

IF TRUMP TOUTS IT, IT MUST BE EVIL: A tale of two COVID treatments.

QUIETLY, SO NO ONE PAYS ATTENTION: LA County Health Director says that schools will stay closed till ‘after the election.’

And after the election, when Trump wins?

AN EXCELLENT QUESTION:

Any answers? Anyone?

THE WASHINGTON POST'S BOB WOODWARD explains why he didn't alert Americans about the severity of the coronavirus pandemic months earlier: It was a public health crisis, but not a public public health crisis....