HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS while we muddle through somehow.

FROM MICHAEL RAMIREZ: How to solve the EV oversupply problem.

Enlist Santa.

BIDENOMICS -- the rising cost of voting stupid.

Seen on Newsmax television today.

RUNNING ON EMPTY: Maine forced to delay vote on EV mandate amid widespread power outages.

SEEN ON TELEVISION: "Sometimes it takes months - even years - for Congress to do nothing."

Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA], paraphrased.

GREG GUTFELD: "If I'm in my car and you've glued yourself to the road, you're a speed bump."

Opening monologue on December 19th.

THAT SOUND YOU HEAR is Gen-Z snowflakes voters running into the arms of the Democrats.

[Y]oung voters tend to live in the here and now — they want their student loans forgiven, they want cheaper homes, they want everything handed to them on a silver platter, even as they vote for Democrats who have caused most of the problems they're complaining about. (Note: That by no means includes all young voters. Many of them are bright, well-informed, and understand the world as it is, not as the fairy tale the Democrats try to sell them.)

There's not a lot Republicans can do about that.

And banning TikTok isn't going to change that significantly.

THIS SHOULD GET INTERESTING: Jeffrey Epstein associates in for New Year shock as judge orders release of sealed documents.

INSTAPUNDIT ON SUBSTACK: The wheels are coming off Obama's third the Biden administration.

IT'S JUST HARVARD: After blaming almost everyone for gun crime, Harvard man David Hogg now goes after ... white women.

THE DAILY CHART: Envy as a motive.

I THINK IT'S A BIT LATE: Resign, Ronna.

THE DAILY CHART: “Environmental, social, and governance” (ESG) investing is failing fast.

WANT TO? Hospitals want to sell your health care data to big tech.

My experience is that they're already doing so.

BECAUSE HE'S A VULGAR TRUMP HATING JOURNALIST. How has this vulgar Trump/Republican hating 'news director' kept his job?

IT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING: National Christmas Tree topples to the ground at White House.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemsto me to be the first highly visible, widely disseminated demonstration of the Biden administration's incompetence. It opened America's eyes and people are now beginning to pay attention.

IT SHOULD BE DAILY: Trump derangement syndrome media meltdown of the week.

HEH! GAO report warns Artemis 3 landing may be delayed to 2027.

IMPERIALISM: Lessons from history.

It's Victor Davis Hanson on Imprimis. Read it all.

SO YOU'RE ADMITTING YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOING YOUR JOB? FBI director says terror threats elevated to all-time high since Oct. 7.

Too busy spying on Catholics and parents concerned with their child's education?

WELL SAID: Disinformation starts at the top -- with America's elites.

ELON MUSK: DEI must die.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: How were the universities lost?

And a prediction come true:

At the present rate, a Stanford law degree, a Harvard political science major, or a Yale social science BA will soon scare off employers and the general public at large.

These certificates will signify not proof of humility, knowledge, and decency, but rather undeserved self-importance, vacuousness, and fanaticism -- and all to be avoided rather than courted.

Read it all.

OF COURSE NOT. Will the Sierra Club apologize if the lights go out in Baltimore?

And in Washington DC, which is on the same grid? Well, umm....

WHAT SNOWFLAKES! Gen-Z now plagued by 'menu anxiety'.

Decisions are not their strong suit.

I AGREE: Give them free one way tickets to Gaza.

THE DAILY CHART: More “racist” test results.

KURT SCHLICHTER: You can draft this.

JOIN TEAM HELL NO: You will eat bugs -- and like them.

Luckily no city in my state is on the list.

BECAUSE HE'S BLACK? The possible probable reason CBS blurred out face of Ryan Carson's murderer but didn't do that for Daniel Penny.

And Daniel Penny is white?

NEITHER HAVE I:

But I've seen plenty of MAGA hats....

IMPRIMIS: Inside the transgender empire.

RANDOM THOUGHT: The correct acronym for 'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion' should be DIE or IED, not DEI.

AMMO GRRRLL HAS A THOUGHT: Just say no to taxpayer financed grocery stores for neighborhoods that drove out their corporate grocery stores!

GLENN REYNOLDS [INSTAPUNDIT]: Rethinking the Civil Service.

He's right. And government unions should be banned as well.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Left is 'oblivious' to history.

MEMBERS OF THE ELITE think they're untouchable.

They're beginning to find out they're not.

FINALLY, I'm getting back to PowerLine's This Week in Pictures. Here's my favorite this week:

The (poison) Ivy League isn't doing too well this week. Go see the others.

NO! Confederate memorial to be removed from Arlington Cemetery.

Maybe not.

JUST NUKE THEM FROM ORBIT: How to fix higher education.

Then bury the bones and start anew.

THE EPOCH TIMES writes on Trump's legal challenges.

A very interesting timeline if the link holds....

MILLENNIAL HIRES are just DEI window dressing. The real work is done by their elders.

BIDEN FINALLY BUILT AN EV CHARGING STATION but there's one little proplem.

No one uses it.

I THOUGHT PREGNANT PEOPLE WERE CALLED 'WOMEN': Pregnant people can get a shot to protect babies from RSV, but some hit hurdles.

IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE, quit breathing.

Looking at you, Al Gore. And John Kerry.

THAT YOU'RE A LOUSY PRESIDENT DOESN'T WORK? Joe and Jill Biden frustrated about dismal poll numbers, reportedly demanding answers.

Kind of reminds you of the 'Jack & Jill' nursery rhyme doesn't it?

AS LUNATICS. JOYLESS LUNATICS. How to describe the Left?

RANDOM THOUGHT: It's December 7th and with almost certainty I can predict two things. One, the Day of Infamy (Pearl Harbor) 82 years ago today, will be ignored by the mainstream media. And two, the invasive Medicare commercials won't stop tomorrow despite today being the last day of the annual enrollment period.

THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST. Blue state delivers crippling blow to green energy development.

I HOPE HE'S RIGHT. If you think the Republicans have problems you should meet the Democrats.

NON SEQUITUR: The doors should be marked 'Republican' and 'Democrat'.

I'm sure you can figure out which is which.

WELL, THERE ARE PLENTY OF ROCKS: Gazans turn on Hamas as food shortage fuels disorder.

THAT HE CHEATS? What Republicans don't understand about how Biden really wins elections.

ON THE UPSIDE, we can lay off a bunch of CDC staff and replace them with machines: Artificial Intellience can easily generate large volumes of health-related disinformation.

And there is no downside since (a) it's unlikely to do worse than the CDC already has done, and
(b) 'public health' services have largely discredited themselves.

BUT THE STREETS ARE CLEAN. Czech journalists visiting San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit robbed at gunpoint.

VETERANS DAY 2023: A reminder from our Medal of Honor winners.

[T]he values represented by the Medal of Honor and its recipients – courage and sacrifice, commitment and integrity, citizenship, and patriotism – serve as a reminder of all we still have in common, and of the need to follow in the footsteps of the generations before us.

Things today's younger generation seem to have forgotten ... or never learned in the first place.

VETERANS DAY 2023: For all who serve.

Click on the Twitter links.

VETERANS DAY 2023

Thank you for serving.

FALLING LEAVES 2023, Episode 8. Well, it's another day late/dollar short Sunday and the final post of this year. We start with the usual pond from the deck and fire pit/barn views of our yard.

In both cases the transition to winter is complete. What leaves are left are no longer falling and will eventually either be blown down or replaced with new leaves when spring returns. The only green left is the pine trees which are evergreen.

These views are roughly north and south along our road. The only remaining splash of color is a little red along the road to the south; otherwise the taller trees are bereft of leaves and the lesser ones that have leaves yet to fall are all brown.

Finally looking east toward the adjoining ridge we see that the dogwoods are completely bare along the fence line - even the berries have dropped.

Until next year then....

BLUE CITY DEMOCRATS: You didn't really think they cared did you?

As you watch the ... indifference and, actually, animosity Democrats hold toward them, hope they connect the last few dots in their head and realize this indifference is not new; it’s policy. It is, in fact, “progressive” to make people dependent on the government and then control them through it. It was never a concern that motivated them; it was always their own grip on power. The voting loyalty amounts to nothing; a more numerous and desirous voting bloc is moving in. I mean, you didn’t really think Democrats cared, did you?

Well, they don't. All they care about is control.

ANOTHER BLUE STATE DISARMS ITSELF: Firearm manufacturer Smith & Wesson officially moved its headquarters from New England to Tennessee.

CATS ARE PERFECT: An evolutionary biologist explains why.

NO. NUKE IT FROM ORBIT. Abandon the swamp.

The only hope for the republic is to downgrade the place of Washington in our public life. The business of Washington is to make government bigger — forever. That is not what the people want.

Read it all.

SIGH: Newly amended California bill could punish parents refusing to ‘affirm’ child’s gender identity.

As a friend of mine many, many years ago once said: "We are sinking deep in sin ... Wheee."

CARPE DONKTUM ON TWITTER: "Your country has been stolen from you. Your government no longer even attempts to represent your interests at home or abroad. Your elected officials despise you, and they are systematically stripping you of your liberties one by one. Your justice system no longer functions,…"

Read the whole tweet.

WELL, IT'S GOING SOMEWHERE STRANGE. Is America going queer?

WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS ONE: Man who thinks he's a woman is the Babylon Bee's Man of the Year.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE because I'm not homeless?

BECAUSE HE CAN'T BITE THEM HIMSELF? Why does Joe Biden keep letting his dogs bite people?

IMPRIMIS: Inside the transgender empire.

It's not pretty.

DOES IRAN realize its own growing danger?

It's Victor Davis Hanson, so read it all.

WELL, YES: Has ObamaCare failed?

HE'S RIGHT: Academia needs to go extinct.

Let's help.

AND THEY ARE: First kill Hamas.

Like it or not, there are no innocents in Gaza.

NEW YORK POST: It's time to decolonize the campus.

By any means necessary....

THE PROGRESSIVE CLOWN SHOW continues.

Enjoy the laughs.

WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS $32 TRILLION IN DEBT: We lose a little on every sale but we make up for it in volume.

ISRAELI MUSIC FESTIVAL HOSTAGE IS FOUND - in pieces.

Which is why the rabid animals that constitute Hamas must be eradicated from the face of the Earth.

DEAR WORLD, I don't care.

I don’t care if you’re out on the street, waving your flag and chanting your slogans. We won’t die silently the way you want us to.

Neither do I.

BREAKING NEWS: Even flatworms are smarter than Biden voters.

NEW YORK POST: It's time to decolonize the campus.

By any means necessary. Preferably nonviolent....

RABID ANIMALS CAN'T BE CURED: Why it is our spiritual obligation to completely destroy Hamas.

They must be destroyed to prevent the disease from spreading (as it has on American college campuses).

SHE BETTER BUY PLENTYOF ROAD-MOUNTED DIESEL GENERATORS. Democrat New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order Monday requiring every state government agency to transition to an entirely electric vehicle fleet by 2035.

On the other hand citizens of New Mexico might be better off when the state government comes to a screeching halt....

THE FLYING NUN is real.

The full story is here.

TOUGH DECISION? Would you rather be governed by totalitarians or by fools?

Fools. They can be dealt with nonviolently. Totalitarians, not so much.

DEAL WITH IT: Savagery is the true nature of the world.

It's Kurt Schlichter, so read it all.

THE DAILY CHART: I suggest not investing in green energy....

NOT KOOKY, evil.

CALIFORNIA, the third world is coming for you.

Proof.

IF THEY DID THERE WOULD BE NO DEMOCRATS LEFT IN CONGRESS. Will Democrat voters finally purge their anti-semitic representatives in Congress?

But they won't.

I AGREE WITH INSTAPUNDIT: Slowly?

FALLING LEAVES 2023, Episode 7. We start with the usual deck view of our pond.

This week the pond is much more visible, mostly due to the ground cover (brush) having died out. In the trees, the green has gone.

The fire pit view is similar; the green is gone almost entirely. And it hasn't been that cold - mid-50's at night, mid-70's in the daytime.

Even on the other side of our road, leaves that were red last week are brown today. Leaves that were brown are mostly gone. In some places the road itself has disappeared under the leaves.

Here are the 'lasts' around our house: the last red leaves,

and the last yellow leaves. The pond, protected as it is, is still colorful. Here are a couple of views:

And finally I leave you with our cat Martha hiding blackly in the leaves, and the last remaining flower in our garden

Until next week.

A DAY LATE, A DOLLAR SHORT. FALLING LEAVES 2023, Episode 6. Apologies for lateness; it's been a helluva week. We start with the usual pond from the deck picture.

The green in going, going, almost gone. Trees are almost all yellow-brown, and the ground cover is mostly gone. Only the tulip magnolia has retained its color so far.

My usual fire pit picture is finally showing signs of fall. The elephant ears are dying, the tomato plants gone, and the trees have yellowed with some reds showing in the background.

Across and along our road, fall is evident. The big trees have mostly lost their leaves, and the smaller ones under their canopy are rapidly changing colors.

The two dogwood trees along our south side have finally given up for the winter. The berries have dropped, the leaves have turned yellow and are now dropping. I expect both to be bare in the next week or so.

Finally two views of the pond, both from the stairway leading down to the pond. Even as protected as it is in the valley between two ridges, it's finallly showing signs of succumbing to the coming winter. Lots of reds and yellows this year. The brush on the slopes is still there, but it too is finally surrendering.

Until next week (hopefully on time)....

RANDOM THOUGHT: Leading Republicans is akin to herding cats; leading Democrats is akin to herding lemmings.

FALLING LEAVES 2023. Episode 5. This week begins with the usual pond view, taken a little downhill from our usual deck view. There's still a lot of green throughout the trees but the brush is dying out now so the pond is getting more visible.

Across the road from our house, we're beginning to see quite a lot of reds in the trees. Here's an example.

The dogwoods on the south side of the house have begun to turn. They were in full green last week. If I hadn't watched the painters on that side of the house I'd say they had a sprayer misfire....

Here's the usual fire pit view (with the barn now fully painted). It's still mostly green to our north, with only the tops of the taller trees showing any real leaf loss. The ground cover, however, is mostly gone and the elephant ear plant next to the walkway has almost completely gone dormant.

Finally we return to the pond for a second view. Lots of reds and a few yellows down there as all the deciduous trees have gone dormant but not yet begun to drop significant numbers of leaves.

Until next week....

KURT SCHLICHTER: I cannot care more about blue cities than their voters do.

Nor will I vote to pay for their problems.

THE BACKLASH IS BEGINNING:

Billionaire hedge fund manager doesn't want to hire Harvard students who blamed Israel for Hamas attack. (HEH: He has support.)

REPUBLICANS URGE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION to stop delaying major gas pipeline project.

PROTESTORS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY for vandalizing table at Riley Gaines' speech at Penn State. To my chagrin, I actually attended Penn State for a short while before I figured out it was not in my best interest.

ANOTHER HEH: Sen. Tommy Tuberville refers former CIA head to Capitol police. Unfortunately, nothing will happen.

AND YET ANOTHER HEH: White House (!) roasts squad Democrats for their repugnant comments.

And it's about time.

IT HAS EVERYTHING WITH EXHIBITING THEIR 'VIRTUE', it has nothing to do with rescuing black children.

Now get back on the plantation....

SHOW THEM THE CONTEMPT THEY SO RICHLY DESERVE: Black Lives Matter doubles down on their pro-Hamas tweet.

OBLIGE THEM. How does Israel fight savages who want to die?

AND HE'S EXHIBIT #1: John Fetterman [D(umb)-PA] thinks America isn't sending 'best and brightest' to DC.

A NOT QUITE SO RANDOM THOUGHT: Civilized societies euthanize rabid animals. The members of Hamas are rabid beasts in human form; they should be erased from civilization whenever and wherever they appear.

FALLING LEAVES 2023, Episode 43. I start with the usual pond view from the deck. There are still plenty of leaves, but they're all lower down. The tall trees, mostly those at the top, are all beginning to bare.

And the one in the foreground, just off the deck, is almost completely bare.

This (nearly fire pit view} highlights our newly (almost) painted barn. The other two sides haven't been done yet. As with last week, the trees are still mostly green, but the green is fading and the one in the background behind the barn has started to bare.

< The trees on our west side along the road are fading fast

They were damaged by the late freeze last spring and are really showing it. A couple are probably dead; hopefully the others will fully recover next spring.

Next a couple of photos taken along the western edge of the pond, where the red colors are beginning to show

and at the northern edge brown is beginning to show. I'm expecting to see yellows and reds there soon, maybe as early as next week

Finally, we've had near freezing lows for the last few days, and the mushrooms didn't like it.

Until next week...

RIVIAN LOSES a huge amount on every vehicle it sells.

But they make up for it in volume (that's an old -- my age -- Texas Aggie joke, by the way).

SEEN ON THE INTERNET:

Seems right to me....

A QUESTION FOR PROGRESSIVES:

It should be easy to answer; they're self-anointed math whizzes....

OF COURSE SHE'S NOT THE ONE NEEDING IT: Hillary Clinton calls for 'formal deprogramming' of 'extremist' Trump supporters.

Over time I've found that the easiest way to identify a bigot is by the 'D' after its name.

UPDATE: Red State has more thoughts.

POWERLINE: Our illiterate college students.

It is depressing to contemplate the intellectual level of most of today’s young people. On the other hand, there is a bright spot: fewer of them than before are going to college. The decline in college enrollment continues, post-covid shutdowns. Let’s hope that trend continues, as it can only improve the intellectual capacities of our youth.

Going to work works; going to college doesn't.

PLEASE ENJOY THE SPECTACLE of Joe Biden going full Orange Man Bad.

WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY. Solitary confinement sounds good to me.

REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE [R-GA] explains fire alarms to Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D(umb)-NY].

TODAY IN CONGRESS

Add the White House and you have a three-ring circus....

MAYORKAS: We're building a border wall, but it's not a wall.

And we're waiving 26 federal regulations to expedite (not) building that (non)wall....

SHUT THE WHOLE DAMNED GOVERNMENT DOWN: DC's revolving door is swinging briskly for the eco-green eyeshade people.

And for God's sake, don't reopen it.

NOT FOR THE DOGS AND CATS: Adoption of vegan dog and cat diets could have environmental benefits.

Unless you believe killing them is an environmental benefit....

IF ONLY: Nation votes to vacate all 535 seats of Congress.

It would be a good start.

THERE ARE ALWAYS CONSEQUENCES. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi evicted from her private office in the Capitol by interim House speaker.

Apparently so has former Senate Leader Steny Hoyer.

DIESEL IS NOW GREEN: Largest EV charging station in world powered by diesel-powered generators.

In California, no less.

THERE ARE ALWAYS CONSEQUENCES. Pelosi evicted from her private office in the Capitol by interim House speaker.

POWERLINE: Our illiterate college students.

It is depressing to contemplate the intellectual level of most of today’s young people. On the other hand, there is a bright spot: fewer of them than before are going to college. The decline in college enrollment continues, post-covid shutdowns. Let’s hope that trend continues, as it can only improve the intellectual capacities of our youth.

Going to work works; going to college doesn't.

YES: "Our ruling class suffers from less-than-mediocre ability and inflated self esteem."

The quoted excerpt is from a podcast conversation and as a result is a bit garbled. Go read the whole thing.

SALENA ZITO: Mike Rowe is on a mission to reverse the unspeakable stupidity of devaluing work.

THE TRUTH OUTS: Evidence-based policy making has been replaced by policy-based evidence making.

Enjoy the comments, where the troll(s?) are roundly beaten up and have chosen to disappear.

FOREVER, I HOPE. How long until retiring Gen. Mark Milley is on the board of Raytheon or Boeing or some other major defense contractor?

But the smart money is on 30 days or less....

DONATE THEM TO SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANT OR NEED THEM INSTEAD: Don't throw these items in the trash.

But I'm reliably informed by Hillary Clinton that cell phones are considered trash after being smashed with a hammer.

VOTING IN CALIFORNIA: Is it really worth it?

No. The Democrat party will vote for you, whether you want them to or not.

IT IS CHILD ABUSE to send your child to a public school.

It isn't (yet) but it should be.

ANOTHER REPUBLICAN IN THE MAKING? Congressman Henry Cuellar [D-TX] carjacked at gunpoint in DC.

FALLING LEAVES 2023, Episode 3. This week I mostly return to my traditional format with the view of the pond from our rear deck.

The tree is the foreground is entirely without green leaves and I fear is mostly dead. We'll probably have to have it taken down over the winter. It isn't clear from this picture, but many of the trees in the background are losing leaves as well.

Skipping for a moment my usual fire pit photo, I look across the road to the west where winter is clearly setting in. The larger trees are mostly dying, a result of last spring's hard freeze, and even the more hardy smaller trees are already losing their leaves. The grass and roses along the driveway and road seem to be thriving, though.

Some good news on the south side of the house -- the dogwood trees appear to not only have survived, but thrived. They're green, turning purple with the cooler weather and plenty of berries to pass on to the squirrels (of which we have plenty).

Going down to our pond, it's still mostly green, but there's obvious browns showing in the canopy. It's somewhat surprising that the leaves are turning this early, but the pond in protected somewhat from the weather so I don't expect much change over the next few weeks.

But then maybe I'm too optimistic. This picture is of the trees along the back side of the dam, and while they do change sooner than along the opposite side above, are now a dappled light green/yellow. Maybe it will yet be a harsh winter (for Georgia).

Finally on the brighter side I return to the fire pit/barn. The grass is gone due to the colder weather and lack of rain, but the trees are still almost entirely green.

Until next week.

CALL IT GRIFTER GOVERNMENT. But don’t call it government of, by, and for the people. And be sure to follow the embedded I&I link.

I'm afraid the only way to be sure that Washington DC political corruption is fixed is to nuke it from orbit.

FOR JUST $83,140 (PER YEAR) Princeton University will train your son to be a drag queen.

I wonder: How much of that $83,140 tuition is subsidized by we the (taxpaying) people?

FUN IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN: Broadcasters should avoid ‘problematic’ shots of alcohol covering sporting events.

MORE PROOF (IF ANY IS NEEDED) that they're absolutely freaking nuts: Cornell renames English Department as part of ‘decolonization efforts'.

ANOTHER CASE OF FUMU (FUCK UP, MOVE UP). A new home for discredited liberals progressives.

Harvard must be so proud....

ANOTHER REASON to not let your child go to university.

Not only is it child abuse, it's a waste of time and money.

AMMO GRRRLL HAS THOUGHTS on things that are scarier than climate change.

HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU about the Democrats' battle with inflation?

This confident?

KURT SCHLICHTER: "A world without failure is necessarily a world without success."

OUR RULING CLASS HAS A LOT TO HIDE: Dr. Anthony Fauci was smuggled into CIA headquarters "without a record of entry" where he participated in the analysis to influence the Agency's Covid-19 investigation.

THE WASHINGTON POST MAKES STARTLING DISCOVERY: Texas has a lot of guns.

THE NINTH AMENDMENT: There are more rights than just what the Constitution spells out.

KURT SCHLICHTER: That annoying Gavin Newsom is measuring the Oval Office drapes.

Again? Or is it 'still'?

THE AIR HAS GONE OUT OF THE CLIMATE-CRISIS BALLOON: Even Bill Gates is backtracking.

It's those pesky unintended consequences again....

JOHN FETTERMAN CAN WEAR SHORTS; you can't.

Much more here.

DO THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT 50% MEANS? Australia bans bad grades.

Australia morphed into Lake Woebegon so slowly I almost didn't notice....

UNHERD: Blue collar workers are our only hope.

Back in the dark ages when I was still working, we had the 80/20 rule (80% of the work was done by 20% of the workers). This is little more than a modern-day update.

WELL, DEMOCRATS, YOU DEMANDED IT: Philadelphia swarmed by looters targeting Apple, Lululemon, Footlocker, and other stores.

HEH. Commander Biden bites another Secret Service agent.

AMMO GRRRLL writes on Minnesota winters and Arizona summers.

THEY'RE LEARNING. It's a bit late but they're learning. San Francisco mayor announces plan to require drug testing, treatment to receive homeless services.

HOW WE KNOW GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED SOCIAL SECURITY IS FAILING: Desire for large families hits 50-year high in America.

Large families are privatized social security.

YOU ASKED FOR IT; YOU GOT IT: Seabound bandits terrorize San Francisco Bay.

BRAVO BLUE: More mush from the elites.

WHY ARE LIBERALS SUCH HYPOCRITES? Because they believe the rules don't apply to them.

Hell, that hypocrisy has been obvious to me for at least 50 years.

NOTHING: You won't believe what we're spending ONE TRILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000,000,000) to buy.

TULSI GABBARD LETS DEMOCRATS HAVE IT over weaponizing our justice system for political gain.

I'm torn between wanting her to switch parties and become a Republican or staying a Democrat and working to clean up that godawful mess the progressives have made of her party.

IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN, don’t be surprised to hear Democrats and Mainstream Media types crying about the sky falling.

It'll be hard to hear over the sounds of the rest of us cheering.

I AGREE WITH 'STUPID': Carville calls far-left 'most stupid, naïve people you can imagine'.

MICHAEL RAMIREZ on appropriate attire for John Fetterman. Given the quality of our 'leadership' it ought to be the mandated dress code for all of Congress.

And the U.S. government as well....

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Why our Generals can’t think.

THAT BIG? George Gascón, moral pygmy.

A RANDOM THOUGHT from 5 years ago.

Still true today....

THEY’RE FINALLY RIDDING THEMSELVES OF THOSE NASTY CAPITALISTS: Berkeley retail shutting down just like San Francisco.

Well, they hate capitalism. They should be happy....

PUNCHING BACK TWICE AS HARD: Native American group wants NFL 'Redskins' team name back.

Lawfare works both ways. It's that double-edged sword thingy....

CITY JOURNAL: The Cluster-B society.

There is a creeping sense that our society has turned upside-down. Healthy debate is replaced by activist hysterics. Speech is declared violence; violence is excused as speech. Masculinity is condemned as “toxic,” while men in dresses are celebrated in the public square. It feels as if we are in the midst of a society-wide mental breakdown.

When I was in college those many, many years ago, we used to call them 'clusterfuckers'. Read it all.

“IT’S THE CONSTITUTION, STUPID.” We have to destroy the First Amendment in order to save it.

WOKE POLITICS is only popular with neurotic well-off white liberals, which is not what they’ve been working to import for the last 20 years.

NO. YOU MADE YOUR BED, NOW SLEEP IN IT. Desperate plea for help by NY Governor Kathy Hochul.

I don't do bailouts....

HE'S REAL: The rarely seen reason Donald Trump supporters will not abandon him.

IS THE TIDE TURNING? Democrat mayor of Dallas switches to GOP. "American cities need Republicans."

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Liars. Nothing but liars.

Be warned.

FALLING LEAVES 2023. Episode 2. This week is something different as I highlight the damage done by the [hard] freeze we had earlier this year. This first picture is basically my 'pond from the deck' picture, only taken from the other side of the house to highlight the damaged tree just off the back deck. The leaves are already brown and I'm afraid the tree is mostly dead. It will probably have to be taken down this winter [that's our new Starlink antenna you can see at the peak of the carport roof].

The next picture is of the pond, taken from our dock. As you can see it's mostly green with brown evident in the tree canopy. Which is unusual for this time year as the pond is in the valley, mostly protected from winds and freezing weather.

The next picture is of our road, looking mostly north, with the trees on the opposite side of the road mostly (or nearly) dead. In a way, that's good since it gives our Starlink satellite internet a better view of the sky as the constellation satellites come over the horizon, but still ... I like trees.

The final picture this week is of our barn and the forest beyond to reassure everyone that it's still early Fall.

Until next week....

HOT AIR: Your daily dose of doomity doom doom doom.

And

We are already on a track for mandated divestment of children, personal vehicles, warmth in winter, lights in the darkness, meat products, cheese, and any general sense of comfort in our lives. What’s left to strip away, you ask?

Um, pets? And sanity?

I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST that firing the top 4,000 might have a salutary effect on the rest....

EVEN THE FEDERAL RESERVE isn't immune from Bidenomics.

THEY WENT FROM PROBLEM SOLVING to problem creating.

THESE CHURCH SIGNS are so hilarious we're pretty sure we can hear God laughing.

MICHAEL RAMIREZ on the state of education in America. Sadly, not even private schools are immune.

THE RIGHT HAND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING. The Biden administration is pushing solar panels while simultaneously looking to block sunlight.

SHE HAS THOUGHTS? Veep thoughts with Kamala Harris.

STUFF IT, GOVERNOR HYPOCRITE. Gavin Newsom flew from California to New York to tell the UN that burning gas is destroying the planet.

CHATURBATE NATION: We deserve better than porn stars and a zombie in public office.

Do we? Really?

“GOD DAMN THE PUSHER MAN.” The real data behind the new COVID vaccines the White House is pushing.

Since I have a somewhat continuing interest in living, I'll skip the White House/CDC advice for the next several years millennia.

IT'S A BIT LATE, but here's last Saturday's Week in Pictures from PowerLine. My favorite is this one

but only because this one wasn't in the stack.

Now go see them all.