IF ONLY THEY CAME IN THREES: Ammo Grrrll remembers her very bad, no good, terrible day.

In my life, three's a minimum.

CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD TO MSNBC: It isn't MAGA messaging; it's reality messaging.

A LOOK AT HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE: An insider's perspective on pharmacy benefit managers.

It isn't pretty.

THE BABYLON BEE prepares New Yorkers for moving to Florida.

My advice? Don't move; I might want to move back myself.

TILTING AT WINDMILLS: The NFL got its Butker kicked. As much as I (used to) enjoy watching NFL football, I'm pretty much giving it up.

Streaming and sports announcers have also given it a bad name.

GUESS WHAT? The U.S. is a banana republic.

WELL YES: Disinformation conspiracies turn out to be true again and again.

It's the Left, after all....

YES, PLEASE: Abolish the Ivy League?

I think this quote is getting traction: "Alumni should all ask their alma mater to disclose how much funding they have received from Qatar, China, and other foreign sources." I would only change 'ask' to 'demand' before I contributed another penny (assuming I were to contribute at all).

CDR SALAMANDER: Failure will continue until accountability improves. (Hopefully starting Nov. 5, 2024 and continuing beyond).

Empires don’t often die in a blaze of glory, no. More often than not they end in simpering apologies and excuses from poor leaders putting the wrong people in positions they have no place being, and when they fail - there is no accountability.

We are supposed to be a serious nation with serious obligations. We have serious competitor-nations who wish our nation and those we support harm.

We - and if we like it or not it is Uncle Sam and his taxpayers - inherited stewardship of the global system that cannot prosper when it’s primary force continues to demonstrate abject incompetence - from Afghanistan to Gaza - all the while holding no one accountable. Our enemies are encouraged and our friends disheartened. It is almost as if the humiliation and failure is the actual goal.

That last sentence rings true....

ANDREW MALCOLM: The story a black rock told me on a Montana mountainside.

Heartwarming.

HE MAY BE AN ASSHOLE, but he's my asshole.

THE DAILY CHART: Biden raids the Strategic Petroleum Reserve again.

But not to worry; he'll buy more from Iran, refine it in Venezuela, and replenish after he wins....