DO BEARS SHIT IN THE WOODS? Yes, and at least one government employee uses the halls of the EPA.

I think it's safe to say there's at least one excess employee in government....

HEH: “The settlement of other continents by Europeans is called colonialism. The settlement of Europe by people from other continents is called multiculturalism and emergence of a global society.”

Read the linked article as well.

TAKING A STAND: Vice President Mike Pence leaves NFL game as players kneel.

Bravo!

AUTUMN LEAVES, October 8

Herewith, today's pictures. From our deck, looking down at the pond. It's still mostly green; the only change is that the single tree that started dropping leaves early is now completely bare.

The driveway view is almost unchanged. Some brown is in evidence in the trees across the road, but other than that almost marginal change, nothing.

The pond view, however, is spectacular. That single tree across the pond is a bright gold in the afternoon sun - the picture simply doesn't do it justice. The other trees along the walking path are beginning to show change - unfortunately, no golds or reds in the passage to brown.

Last week's pictures are here for comparison.

HEY, SNOWFLAKE, it's a shoe lace.

More.

PRESIDENT TRUMP is killing ObamaCare by making states follow the ObamaCare law. Rules actually, but still....

GET SMART: use dumb bombs.

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures has posted. My favorite:

I use Lysol....

FINALLY, A DEMOCRAT 'WOKE': Top House Democrat says it's time for Pelosi — and her lieutenants — to hit the road.

WASHINGTON POST: It's not a lie if you're stupid.

ABUSIVE GERRYMANDERING can be stopped, but not by judges. To abuse an old saying, a drunk Indian (excuse me, Native American) on a blind mule in a sandstorm could do better than our political class.

AMMO GRRRLL on 'girls' gone stupid.

FEARLESS GIRL is underpaid.

In the Democrats' La-La Land, words take the place of deeds: 'do as I say, not as I do'.

JUST DESSERTS: UC student who stole 'MAGA' hat in viral video could face felony charges.

DREXEL UNIVERSITY IDIOT PROFESSOR: Extreme "Trumpism" and "white victimization" motivated the Las Vegas shooter.

I'd suggest the bozo, er, 'professor' look in the mirror to see the real perpetrator. I suspect a strong case can be made that the Las Vegas shootings were a direct result of years of 'white privilege' demonization of men.

Prove me wrong (if you can).

THE GUNLESS vote for Democrats. Disarming people is the quickest way to suck them into socialism.

A FAIR ASSESSMENT: We may be a society that is too stupid to survive.

MASSACHUSETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIAN rejects Melania Trump's donation of Dr. Seuss books. The illustrations, apparently, are examples of “racist propaganda.”

Unless Michelle Obama reads them....

DEMOCRATS TAKE ACTION FOLLOWING LAS VEGAS SHOOTINGS: Ban silencers suppressors. As if hearing the shot will prevent it from striking.

As every hunter, and even the most marginally aware Democrat, knows the average muzzle velocity from any rifle is between two and three time the speed of sound. For the less-than-marginally-aware Democrat, that means the bullet will arrive long before the sound

The most absurd claim - not even relevant to mass shootings - is that hunters want suppressors to not startle the prey they're hunting. Only if they know they're going to miss the first shot.

IT'S ABOUT TIME: Trumping the welfare state.