SCOLDILOCKS - THE STORY OF GRETA THUNBERG: A pair of Scandinavian leftists pimp out their Asperger’s-suffering daughter to push global warming.

THEY'RE CRAZY? There's a reason Democrats are screaming about conspiracies.

SHE'S BAAACK: Is Hillary positioning herself to jump in if Biden falters?

Before you scoff, think about the current state of the race: Biden, an aging "moderate" with increasingly radical positions, is dropping as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a Bernie Sanders-style big government radical who riles up the liberal base, rises in the polls and in the early states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Wall Street donors who back Democrats have warned the Democratic Party that they won't write checks if Warren is the nominee — in fact, they'll consider backing Trump.

Please God, yes.

Heh.

WHEN YOU HAVE NO LAW, YOU HAVE NO CRIME: The recent decline in misdemeanor arrests has puzzled experts.

'Experts' always seem to be puzzled by the blatantly obvious.

WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? California tax hike caused 'significant' out-migration of top-bracket millionaire residents.

That's what happens when you shit in your own nest. Those who can leave, do leave.

RANDOM THOUGHT: A 'woke' society is a broke society.

FROM MICHAEL RAMIREZ:

Thanks for reminding us.

WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SCORPIONS WE'D BE WILLING TO DONATE: Scorpion venom could lead to new antibiotics.

UM. OKAY, I GUESS: Hillary Clinton compares decision to not divorce Bill to parenting a transgender child.

I wonder if Bill is rethinking his decision not to divorce Hillary....

FALLING LEAVES, EPISODE IV: As usual, a day late and a dollar short; for the purpose of this post, today is yesterday.

Here's the first of three: my usual pond view. If it looks a bit different from last week, it's because it's summer again - hot, dry, and for a few days, windy. All the browns, reds, and yellows got shook loose in the winds and the trees are (at least temporarily) green again.

The pond is a bit more visible, mostly because all the low plants and grasses have died off.

The next two pictures are new to my collection. Both were taken where our 'road' crosses the dam across the subdivision's small pond, shown here. The leaves on the pond surface are leftovers; when the wind was at its peak, the pond looked more like a flat meadow covered with leaves.

This last picture as also from the dam, looking down the creek (overflow from the small pond, actually) as it flows to the larger pond pictured above. The creek and large pond aren't visible, and the flat area covered with leaves is a 'wetland' as the creek overflows during heavy rains.

It's usually quite green, but the foliage has mostly already died off and is now covered by the heavy leaf fall from last week's winds.

Last week's pictures are here.

SOCIALISM: If you build it, they will leave.

NEARLY HALF OF THE U.S.’S HOMELESS live in one state: California.

I'd suggest a deal: if California will accept the remaining homeless from the other 49 states, we will continue to sell California electricity when the sun doesn't shine on their 'solar-powered' cities. There should be plenty of room in Venice Beach.

UPDATE: More power to the other 49 states....

Heh.

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures is online. Here's my favorite this week:

Now go see the rest.

THESE AREN’T NORMAL TIMES. This country won’t be saved by a “normal” President.

GUN LAW: the hard road not (yet) taken.

AMMO GRRRLL: We can't give up!

We can’t give up because we owe it not just to our children and grandchildren to fight, but to the ones who came before who pledged their lives and treasure in order to bequeath us the miracle of opportunity and liberty we have inherited.

Now read the rest.

BERNIE SANDERS should be grateful we don't have 'Medicare for All'.

The cartoon is here.

AFTER CALLING LOBBYING ‘LEGALIZED BRIBERY’ Elizabeth Warren hires a lobbyist.

It's only legalized bribery if Republicans do it....

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Unusual times call for unconventional leadership.

California’s for-hire backfire.

But don't worry, Democrats have a solution: everyone works for the government.