IT WOULD BE WELL DESERVED: A fifth President on Mount Rushmore?

HE'S ONLY ALLOWED to pardon two turkeys on Thanksgiving.

IT HASN'T EVEN [OFFICIALLY] STARTED YET: White House reporters already ‘exhausted’ by second Trump administration.

NAME THEM, shame them. If someone must be terrified, better it be the government 'leadership' and its apparatchiks than the people.

WHAT POLITICAL GROUP is best represented by this definition?

Fascism: A system of government marked by (a) centralization of authority under a dictator, (b) a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, (c) violent suppression of the opposition, (d) a policy of belligerent nationalism and (e) racism.

Progressive Democrats or MAGA Republicans?

KIM JUNG UN'S [SELF-APPOINTED] NORTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES: Professor praises North Korea, argues country advances socialist revolution.

NOT MUCH: What's left of the Democrats.

Look at the charts and try to tell me that all that remains of Democrats isn't self-entitled rich kids....

WOKE IS DEAD: "[T]he country is tired of wokeness and having it shoved down our throats."

Or at the very least, dying. Well deserved.

AND MUSK WILL WIN: California declares war on Elon Musk.

To the betterment of California.

THANKSGIVING, the holiday founded on freedom and gratitude.

THANKSGIVING FINALE:

Happy Thanksgiving to all, including to the Radical Left Lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our Country, but who have miserably failed, and will always fail, because their ideas and policies are so hopelessly bad that the great people of our Nation just gave a landslide…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

Linked from X/Twitter here.

IS THANKSGIVING a national day of mourning?

Short answer, no.

DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON YOUR WAY OUT: Leftists ditch Thanksgiving with conservative relatives.

THANKSGIVING YOU, property rights!

A REMINDER: Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation.

That was 161 years ago and sadly, we still need to be reminded.

A THANKSGIVING REMNANT OF WOKENESS: Washington University in St. Louis event teaches students about ‘decolonizing’ Thanksgiving.

WHAT A TURKEY. Remember when Barack Obama tried to ruin Thanksgiving?

He succeded. And Joe Biden doubled down.

THE ‘TURKEY OF THE YEAR’ AWARD goes to ... ???

Three guesses; the first two don't count.

IS INTELLIGENT ADVERTISING AN OXYMORON? Jaguar and the death of intelligent advertising.

It's been dead for years. Finally someone -- other than me -- noticed.

SHE'S BEEN LOOKING IN THE MIRROR: Sharon Stone chastises 'ignorant, arrogant' Americans in rant against fascism.

DYING LEGACY MEDIA LASHES OUT AT ELON AND X: "You’re not the media."

No, we're better (I've joined).

A CLEAN PLATE AT EVERY MEAL? What exactly did Stacey Abrams accomplish?

ACCORDING TO HOYT: A moment of opportunity in space.

Longish, but excellent. Elon and Vivek should take notice.

HOW PEANUT THE SQUIRREL might get revenge on New York’s gun control laws.

Let's change 'might' to 'will'.

NICE WILL NOT CUT IT: Congress has to be tough.

SALENA ZITO: Biden was the fluke in 2020; not Trump in 2016.

In 2024, it was Kamala Harris (You're my voter) versus Donald Trump (I'm your President).

Not surprisingly, Trump won.

POWERLINE: Lessons from losers.

The Democrat party hasn't learned, but its voters are learning. Slowly.

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: The Democrats have a woman problem. I suspect it's reversed -- the Democrats have problem women.

Longish, but read it anyway.

IF CALIFORNIA WAS A SWING STATE, this would never be tolerated.

I doubt it; I suspect it would be worse -- much worse.

BILL MAHER TO NEIL DeGRASSE TYSON: On scientific bias you are part of the problem.

Stick to science, not politics.

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures has many good ones this week. My favorite:

Now go see the rest.

THE TRUMP COUNTER-REVOLUTION is a return to sanity.

DANIEL PENNY'S CHOKEHOLD did not cause the death of Jordan Neely.

What truly offends me about this 'trial' is that Neely was threatening everyone in a closed subway car and Penny was the only one to take him on. And they're going to try a good samaritan for defending those people?

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH will be a welcome injection of vitamin I (Infantry).

TRUMP APPOINTMENTS have electrified the West.

And terrified the Deep State....

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON on Trump, and a chance to return to normalcy.

FOX'S JUAN WILLIAMS names his politician of the year.

Well, he's right if he meant 'worst' politician of the year....

TOM HOMAN RESPONDS TO DENVER MAYOR: "He's willing to go to jail, I'm willing to put him in jail".

So am I; let's do it.

TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH: the big lie about education spending.

It's the administrative bloat, created by the Department of Education.

Abolish it and use the building to hold illegals until they can be deported. Then raze the building after deportation is complete. -

NEW YORK TIMES WONDERS: Has MSNBC’s audience fled to Fox?

I don't think MSNBC's audience is that smart.

THE NEW SENATE MAJORITY LEADER must muzzle Adam Schiff.

Is there a committee in charge of cleaning toilets?

I HOPE THIS IS AN EXAGGERATION: Obama-compliant military threatens the nation.

But if not, Trump's next Secretary of Defense must clean house throughout the Pentagon.

HOW DUMB ARE OUR SENATORS? This dumb.

About as dumb as our Representatives -- remember Hank Johnson?

What worries me is that 'dumb' constitutes a significant fraction of our (university educated) voting population....

CARVILLE ON KAMALA’S PROGRESSIVE STAFFERS: "I’d fire them, then fire who hired them."

Democrats, please don't take his advice.

I HOPE MY KITTEN PERCIVAL never sees this.

ME TOO: "I’m a make-the-rubble-bounce kinda guy, so yeah."

ONLY FIVE? Five things California Democrats still don't get.

LEFTOVER CARTOONS IV: Some leftovers from the post-election trauma.

I'm still laughing.

IT'S STILL TOO MUCH: Elon waiting for Black Friday half-off sale so he can buy MSNBC for just $30.

Manhattan sold for just $24 in beads and trinkets....

BEST USE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD YET: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3240150/vasectomies-spike-trump-reelection/Vasectomies spike by 1,200% after Trump reelection.

Keep them from reproducing....

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON is an ignoramus.

Even though I too have a PhD, Tyson is the reason why I rarely acknowledge it.

REFUSE TO FUND THEM: What can we do about our corrupted universities?

Students, refuse to attend them. And for businesses, refuse to hire their graduates.

UNREPORTED TRUTHS: On the deep crisis in American medicine.

Unreported, maybe, but increasingly with obvious every Medicare statement I get.

ELON MUSK wants to save the world -- and more.

As a Robert Heinlein fan since childhood, I'm impressed.

THE BABYLON BEE ON X: "Post-menopausal lesbians flee America over concerns about forced pregnancies.

DOGE (DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY) is already on the path to shrinking government.

It's increasingly obvious that the last two months of the Biden administration are really the first two months of the new Trump administration.

GET RID OF THIS GUY. Postal chief brags of 100% union ‘comrades’ as bankruptcy nears.

I don't know about anywhere else, but in my neck of the woods (north Georgia) the Biden administration's Postal Service has gone from merely inefficient to grossly incompetent.

'CENTERIST' DEMOCRATS: "I don't want to be the freak show party."

You have been for 3-1/2 years. What changed?

THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES (UNRWA): Nearly 100 Gaza aid trucks 'violently looted'.

By whom? Hamas?

REMEMBER THOSE 51 HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP DENIERS? They may lose their security clearances.

Well deserved. They shouldn't have had them in the first place.

HEH: NASA staff ask Elon to ‘clean house’.

I'm sure Elon and Vivek will be happy to oblige....

LEFTIST CLOWNS FOR HITLER: Do any of these clowns know what Hitler really did?

THIS WEEK'S WINNER from PowerLine's Week in Pictures:

They're gonna need more than one. Now go see the rest (I also liked Kamala's Venn diagram; it so perfectly describes the 2024 election.)

EXPLAINING WOKENESS -- the Cult of Self.

Read it all.

AND HE'S NOT EVEN PRESIDENT YET: Trump is shrinking government already!

HEH: Only one person in this picture is happy.

Found on X here.

THIS COULD CHANGE THE ENTIRE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT: Federal court upends decades of environmental regulations.

I'm not sure what the difference is between a 'guideline' and a 'regulation' but I am sure this will eventually wind up at the Supreme Court.

I'D PREFER A TRUSTWORTHY DOJ: Bring back the internal security committees.

But given today's political environment, maybe a second opinion is necessary.

POLYMARKET PREDICTED TRUMP’S VICTORY, and now the FBI has raided its CEO’s home.

This is, after all, the left we’re talking about here. These are the people who think that they can remake reality just by declaring it to be the way they want it to be. They think that if a man grows out his hair, takes some pills, and maybe has some surgery, he will be a woman. They think that they can force businesses to hire unqualified minorities solely in order to show off their “diversity” and that the quality of their product will not suffer. So does the leftist FBI assume that if Polymarket had called the election for Harris instead of reporting accurately on electoral trends, she would have won? Why not? Once you’ve decided that Rachel Levine is a woman, nothing else is as much of a stretch.

'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary disagrees with the political retribution theory; he suggests it's an online gambling rules violation. We shall see, probably sooner than later.

WHO ARE YOU? Voter ID law and election integrity should be top priority in new Congress.

Otherwise our future could be considerably different.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FEELING ‘DREAD,’ experiencing ‘PTSD’ over Trump return to the White House: "We are in a dystopian hellscape."

Poor babies. By the way, the 'P' in PTSD above is for 'pre', meaning the traumatic stress they will incur in having to find a new job in the real world....

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, this is the horror that occurs when mental illness combines with extreme leftist propaganda.

IT'S NOT PARALLEL; IT'S ORTHOGONAL: The Left's parallel universe.

Any resemblance to our universe is purely coincidental.

THERE'S MORE THAN THE B-WORD when it comes to defining Nancy Pelosi.

Ugly and vindictive comes to mind. She's 84 years old, three years older than Joe Biden (81), and six years older than Donald Trump (78), and has just been reelected to another 2-year term in the House of Representatives. Moreover, she's just set the stage to run again in 2026, mostly I suspect to continue to harass President Trump throughout his term in office.

If the Democrats were smart (they're not), they'd put her on a back -- far back -- bench and duct tape her mouth shut.

REGAIN PERSPECTIVE: Take a walk in the woods.

I did; I feel much better.

THIS AIN'T PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION: It's President-elect Trump's.

I remember him saying that the Trump administration began Nov 6th. He's proving it by finishing President Biden's first term....

DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (DOGE) identifies 535 government workers who haven't done any work for years.

I see the Babylon Bee has given up satire and gone to straight news reporting.

I'D BELIEVE THE SUN RISES IN THE WEST BEFORE I'D BELIEVE THAT WOMAN: Whoopi Goldberg claims bakery refused her service over her leftist views.

Apparently I'm not the only one.

MUST BE A COINCIDENCE: "Nearly all of the states that chose Vice President Kamala Harris were ones that have no voter ID on the books."

BERNIE SANDERS: "It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them."

Heh.

STEVEN HAYWARD: Some observations as the post-election settles.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Trump must make America the 80's again.

TRUMP WINS, so California punishes voters and slaps on massive new gas tax.

The beatings will continue until morale improves....

NO. NEXT QUESTION? Is the Left worth saving?

At least not in its present form.

THEY'RE NUTS? The psychological reason why Democrats keep calling Trump Hitler.

TRUMP’S TO-DO LIST: How he can restore justice in his first days.

TOXIC EMPATHY UNMASKED: A blueprint for defeating Democrat deception.

TIM WALZ'S election woes.

Heh.

THIS IS NEWS? Pentagon officials are already conspiring against Donald Trump.

THIS IS RICH: Clintons call on Trump to 'govern for all of us'.

The Democrats didn't do it when they were in power. Why should we be different?

‘RESISTANCE’ LAWFARE ABUSERS must be held accountable.

Trump “can unify the nation, he can unify communities, but these nasty, malicious people who abused our prosecutorial system, who abused their public office, who engaged in what amounted to extortion against Republicans and Trump supporters, they need to be held to account.”

Linked from Instapundit.

JONATHAN TURLEY calls Matt Gaetz nomination the ‘100,000-volt option’.

I have to admit being a bit skeptical about Gaetz's nomination, but on the other hand total incineration of the Department of Justice is not necessarily a bad thing.

DEMOCRATS QUITTING X will be missed by someone ... probably.

Minor quibble: 'probably' should be replaced by 'maybe'.

NO, THANKS: Melania declined White House meeting with Jill Biden.

THE BIDEN-HARRIS STATE DEPARTMENT holds therapy session after Trump win.

Get a list of attendees and send it to Elon and Vivek....

NOTHING NEW HERE: Democrats became the party of controlling scolds, intolerance -- and lost.

They lost. Finally....

GOOD RIDDANCE. It’s the end of the Obama era in America.

If I never hear or read the name Obama again, it'll still be too soon.

AMMO GRRRLL REPORTS: Trump wins! Trump wins!

FBI EMPLOYEES terrified of being fired when Trump arrives.

As long as it starts with the 7th floor senior management, I'm okay with it.

DEMOCRATS HAVE LEARNED NOTHING; maybe they're too stupid to learn.

Maybe is not an option....

HOPEFULLY THAT WILL STOP IN JANUARY: The government has created more jobs than the economy.

FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY: Hero dogs and a rescued cat represent America's renewal.

A BIT LATE. I forgot to post these on Monday.

POWER LINE has Veterans Day footnotes.

THE ‘SLAVES OF LIBERTY’: Veterans Day and the price of freedom.

My apologies....

MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY vows to use ‘executive power’ to resist Trump deportation orders to 'protect residents'.

I wonder how those residents will feel when Trump closes the federal purse to Massachusetts.

HERE'S POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures. My favorite:

Go see the rest.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Why do Progressives hate America? For the same reason dogs lick their butts -- because they can.

DEAR PANICKING REDDIT USER,

Hi, I’m part of the transition team that will help you navigate the massive changes that will be taking place under part two of the Trump administration.

I understand that you have been led to believe that you will all be sent to concentration camps…(well those of you who aren’t deported…JK) but the truth is a lot more boring.

So, first of all, none of you are going to be arrested, fined, jailed, have your property confiscated or sold into slavery. I know your gender studies professor has been claiming otherwise since March, but the only people actually in danger of anything bad happening to them are those who actually break the law, and they will still get due process. Well them and the excess government bureaucrats who are about to lose their tax payer supported jobs, but even they will probably get a nice severance.

You on the other hand will be able to pretty much continue life as normal.

Censorship is no longer the currency of the realm, so feel free to continue melting down on Reddit without fear of retribution from the government.

You’re free to hate Donald Trump, me, the founders, the color white, math, working out, guns your parents and everyone ignoring you on Tinder. You won’t be censored, de platformed or have trumped up (pun intended) charges brought against you for disagreeing with the government.

Now, on the other hand you won’t be getting your school loans paid for by the taxes of the hard working plumber you think you’re better than, but other than that, you are free to live in your mothers basement while you wait for that job that pays you “what you deserve” for all that education you received in lesbian dance theory.

Also, good news. Your taxes are going to be reduced, which probably doesn’t matter a whole lot to you because you don’t pay any, but your parents are really going to appreciate it!

Also there will almost certainly be a lot more job opportunities and a much better environment to start a business. Which again…probably won’t matter to you immediately, but you will appreciate the additional access to goods and services due to increased capital investment, which you no doubt dream about one day seizing just as soon as the Democratic Socialists of America figure out which pronouns to use on their call to arms.

Also, if you do plan to step outside and touch grass, you will be significantly less likely to get mugged or step on a hypodermic needle. (Unless you live in San Francisco…we’ll try to clean it up but the 10th amendment says they’re allowed to live in filth if they so choose.)

If you have any questions, our number can be found on the back of any job application, so this may be the last time we will communicate.

Thanks again, welcome back to America!

Posted in entirity from Twitter/X here.

EXPLAINING WHY SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN IS NO LONGER SCIENTIFIC: Scientific American editor blasts 'f---ing fascists' who elected Donald Trump.

POWERLINE: What alternative reality looks like.

Defeat....

IF THEY AREN'T CRYING we aren't trying.

HEH. Like Dave defeated the HAL9000, Trump will defeat the Deep State.

I'M FINALLY [MOSTLY] OVER MY RAGE at the jackbooted bureaucratic goons who kidnapped and executed Peanut the squirrel.

From here. And linked from this Instapundit post.

But I'm still pissed off that some anonymous Karen (and Karens can be 'men' too) can call for the 'assassination' of two pets who bring so much joy.

Herewith are some additional thoughts:

WHY PEANUT THE SQUIRREL matters.

Rightfully so. Pet Lives Matter.

GOVERNMENT OVERREACH RUN AMOK: NY state kills Peanut the squirrel.

Squirrels may not have Second Amendment rights -- but I do. Anyone who tries to harm any of my pets will face the pointy end of an AR-15. And at my age, life in prison is not much of a deterrent....

Instapundit has more.

UPDATE: I HOPE HE WINS BIGLY! Peanut owner Mark Longo is filing a "very big" lawsuit and demanding answers about why his animals were seized and euthanized. The state needs to suffer.

On the bright side, Peanut just elected Donald J. Trump as the next President of the United States.

BIG ENDORSEMENT FOR MATT GAETZ: Disgraced deep stater and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Says Gaetz ‘couldn’t get hired by the FBI’.

High praise indeed....

LEFTOVER CARTOONS III: I need a break.

Probably you do as well.

REST IN PEACE, WANDA [? - 11/11/2024].

Wanda came to us after the death of her first owner, who had named her Wonda ("I wonda how she came here"). She lived with us for about 2 years, until finally succumbing to a cancerous tumor today.

We'll miss her.

FALLING LEAVES 2024 WEEK 8: This will be the final week of this year's series. Normally I go about 10 weeks, but that hard freeze we had a few weeks shortened this series significantly. What's funny this year is that except for winds, the last 2-3 weeks have been very mild. Lows in the low 50's and highs in the mid 70's.

That said, here are the three usuals:

In all three pictures, the leaves are gone. Even the ground cover (brush, flowers, etc.) has mostly gone. Only a couple of flowers have survived, and I suspect that's only because they were brought in at night during the freeze.

Finally, here are two pictures taken down at the pond. It's sunny, and very calm, so the pond surface is mirror-like:

There are no leaves at all on the deciduous trees, and the slope in the second photo is all leaves; the brush is completely gone.

Until next spring then, when winter ends. -

DUMBER THAN DIRT: Democrats push Sotomayor to resign from Supreme Court.

With only 2-1/2 months left in the Biden administration, do they seriously think they can find a candidate and confirm him/her/it before the Trump takes office? If so, they're seriously deluded.

IMPRIMIS: A Blast from the Past -- The dangers of price controls.

Progressives never learn -- even after being hit in the head with a 2x4. Their skulls are that thick.

THESE ARE OUR SO-CALLED 'ELITES'? What a bunch of losers.

KAMALA --> HILLARY 2.0: The similarities of how Kamala and Hillary's campaigns ended election night are uncanny.

Not really. It's what a loser does.

JUST VISIT ANY DEMOCRAT STRONGHOLD: What alternative reality looks like.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Trump's win on Election Day added 3-1/2% to my retirement savings.

Thank you, DJT.

INSTAPUNDIT IN THE NEW YORK POST: The rich and powerful thrived as the rest of us suffered in the year of lockdowns.

IT MAY NOT [YET] BE MORNING IN AMERICA, but dawn is here.

Linked from here.

WHAT TO EXPECT: With Trump victory in sight, Democrat election denialism commences.

As expected....

DONALD J.TRUMP will be the next President of the United States. Pennsylvania was called for Trump at 1:30 am this morning, making his electoral total 267. He needs 270 to make his win official, but that means he only has to win one of the undecided states; Harris needs to win them all.

Let the progressive riots begin....

BUT NO SQUIRRELS.

Linked from this PowerLine post. Go and see the rest of the election day cartoons.

REMEMBER PEANUT and vote accordingly.

THE NOMENKLATURA doesn’t care how cannon fodder votes.

Because it knows how they will vote (if allowed).

IT MAY BE THAT 2024 is the people’s last, best hope to stop the tide of ever more powerful and intrusive unelected government.

KURT SCHLICHTER: Don’t let Peanut die in vain.

THE DAILY CHART: Reading the tea leaves.

CHECK OUT MEGYN KELLY at last night's Trump rally.

HERE'S DONALD TRUMP'S CLOSING AD: Watch it.

HEH: Sanctuary is for other people.

I'm laughing, but at least she'll be aware of what she's voting for....

More in this Townhall post.

THE DEMOCRAT'S PLATFORM in one beverage:

Linked from the Fox News cartoon page.

'WE WILL FIND YOU': Lara Trump Issues warning to to potential cheaters that she has an army of watchers.

Lara Trump isn't alone.

DEMOCRAT HYPOCRITES accuse Trump of plotting to throw political enemies in internment camps.

They're accusing Trump of plotting to do what they're already planning.

GO FOR IT MISSOURI: New York asks Supreme Court to dismiss Missouri Trump challenge.

It's time to teach 'em that two (or more) can play the lawfare game....

GO FOR IT, JOHN WICK!

From PowerLine's Election Week in Pictures. Go see the rest.

A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Here's Shadow's World from the day before -- in 2020.

HEH: Washington D.C. prepares to elect Kamala Harris....

Lifted from this Instapundit post.

WE DON'T TRUST YOU (either): Missouri sues to block DOJ from sending poll monitors.

SKYNET SMILES: Meddling leftist California politicians ensure fast food's robot future.

THE 'ENDARKENMENT' is just a prelude to WWIII.

Today I went out to buy more ammunition.

HATE IS PRETTY MUCH CONFINED TO THE LEFT: Watch man who supports Kamala spout awful things at MAGA woman.

AMERICANS INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT -- That's not good.

REMEMBER PEANUT THE SQUIRREL! Election Day Minus Two One.

This could (Hell, will) happen to you if Kamala wins....

[I'll have more later on Peanut and Fred when the rage eases.]

IS AMERICA READY FOR ITS FIRST DEI PRESIDENT? Kamala Harris is the embodiment of the diversity, equity and inclusion policies that have taken hold across this country over the past decade.

Not only no, but Hell no.

BIDEN: Republicans "are the kind of guys you'd like to smack in the ass".

My response: Progressives (note that I didn't say 'Democrats') are the kind of people (note also that I'm not being gender specific) you'd like to smack in the head -- with a baseball bat preferably, since nothing less can get their attention.

[We had a jackass once, many, many years ago, and it sometimes took a 2x4 to get his attention; they are very stubborn animals.]

A LITTLE SWEET REVENGE against Democrats threatening to kill careers of Trump lawyers.

FALLING LEAVES 2024 WEEK 7: While the weather is relatively warm today (mid-60's) the day definitely has a dreary, dank, gloomy midwinter vibe. I think it's the wind, which is brisk for our neck of the woods. That said -- here is this weeks threesome (well, with one addition).

If you look carefully, you can see a small white spot at the bottom of the barn door. That is our cat Tuxedo.

The barn is actually his second home, so he's out sunning himself next to his front porch. The cats, all six of them, are outside more enjoying the cooler weather.

Now for two more this week. Here's our pond, taken from about midway down the stairs to the pond.

And this one is of our house, also taken from midway along the walking path that leads down to the pond.

It's clear that the 'falling leaves' season this year is nearly over. Last week we had brilliant colors throughout the area. This week the colors are mostly gone everywhere -- as evidenced by the depth of the leaves all around our home -- and the winds today, even though light, are driving the rest off the trees.

Next week, I think, will be the last of this series.

NAH. WE'RE JUST ANTI-STUPID. NY Gov. Kathy Hocul: If you vote GOP, you're 'anti-woman' and 'anti-American'.

I.E., WE DON'T TRUST YOU. Texas bars DOJ election monitors from polling sites.

Rightfully so.

WOW! A COMPETENT COURT: Pennsylvania Supreme Court sides with GOP in last-minute mail-in ballot dispute.

A strongly competent court.

SO LET THE LAWFARE BEGIN: Apparently there's evidence of ballot harvesting in this swing state.

DEMOCRAT 'I HATE TRUMP' ALEXANDER VINDMAN in close Virginia House race.

Virginia's 7th district is basically I-95 south from Washington DC. I used to live next door. If it's close there, his Republican opponent has a good chance to win.

CAN'T DEMOCRATS READ? Arizona prosecutor investigating Trump for saying Cheney should face gunfire.

Anything not an emoji?

WE MAY BE GARBAGE ...

... but we vote.

Linked from the Fox News cartoon page.

FEEL GOOD PHOTO OF THE WEEK:

There is nothing better than kittens.

PRE-ELECTION LAWFARE: Second Pennsylvania county probes suspected fraudulent voter registration.

BYRON YORK GETS THAT RIGHT: As election nears, a final torrent of BS.

PROBABLY NOT: Will Jeff Bezos save the Washington Post the way Elon Musk rescued X?

For Bezos, the Washington Post is a vanity project, not a business -- he's merely trying to slow the bleeding....

THE ANSWER IS YES: Is the Left planning election night/inaugural violence?

LAUGHING WOLF: Brace, Brace, Brace.

The sledding is gonna get rocky.

I SEE A POST-ELECTION LAWSUIT IN THE MAKING: Follow the law? Why?

THE DAILY CHART: About that growth....

AMMO GRRRLL asks "What happened to Dictator Equity?"

Please read it all -- after you vote.

WEST COAST, MESSED COAST™ — Portland predicts a violent election night.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised; in fact, I rather expect it.

GOOD POINT:

From the Fox News cartoon page.

#NEW FINAL PENNSYLVANIA POLL:

🔴 Trump: 52% (+6) 🔵 Harris: 46%

Echelon Insights | 10/27-30 | N=600LV
2:39 PM · Oct 31, 2024

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That's the poll with only live likely voters. The dead likely voters will go, overwhelmingly, for Kamala.

From this Instapundit post.

I HADN'T REALIZED IT BEFORE, BUT "there are zombies among us."

The amusing part of the post is the last question, for which I answer 'Elon Musk'.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ... artificial.

And Skynet remains unburdened by ... reality.

IT’S GOOD TO BE IN THE NOMENKLATURA. Until January 21, 2025.

SO CAN WE LOCK THE WORLD DOWN UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION? Tuberculosis has overtaken COVID as world's deadliest infectious disease.

FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT, EH? JPMorgan CEO says World War III is already here.

UNIVERSITIES VS. JEWS: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has released a report titled “Antisemitism On College Campuses Exposed.”

If Trump wins, the next Trump administration should remove all federal funding of the Ivy League universities. Read the whole thing to find out why.

I DIDN'T KNOW BEING ASSHOLES SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZED: "Firable offenses really ought to get one fired."

KAMALA HARRIS SURROGATE MARK CUBAN insults pro-Trump women.

STRONG WOMEN REPLY: "Game on, buddy," [South Dakota Gov. Kristi] Noem said in her video post on X. "I'll take you on any day in a debate or maybe even arm wrestling."

HEH: Anonymous TV executive: "If half the country had decided that Trump is qualified to be president, that means they're not reading any of the media, and we've lost this audience completely. A Trump victory means mainstream media is dead in its current form."

LISTENING TO SOMEONE LIKE ME WOULD DIMINISH HIS AUTHENTICITY. Why I’d never accept a job doing PR for Donald Trump.