BYRON YORK: Democrats have a Col. Vindman problem.

The president is remarkably freewheeling, unbureaucratic, and certainly not always consistent when it comes to making policy. But he generally has a big goal in mind, and in any event, he is the president of the United States. He, not the interagency, sets U.S. foreign policy.

Clearly America has a 'Deep State' problem. The bureaucracy seems to think it runs the nation, not the American people through the election of their President.

Read the whole thing. Then drain the 'Deep State' swamp.

UPDATE: More proof the 'Deep State' exists and is corrupt.

FLAKE NEWS: Student newspaper forced to apologize for practicing real journalism.

Instapundit has a scathing response.

MEDIA HYPOCRISY in plain view.

LONG READ: How Trump can declare war on the homeless-industrial complex.

But thought-provoking.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Socialism guarantees failure and suffering – so why do so many Americans support it?

LEFTISTS ARE TRASH. Never forget that.

MIKE ROWE on higher education.

We're lending money we don't have to kids who are never going to be able to pay it back to train them for jobs that don't exist anymore. That’s nuts.

He's right.

BRING IT [GLOBAL WARMING] ON: Al Gore promotes global warming workshop as Arctic blast is set to bring record cold temps to US 40 days before winter season begins.

The high today (in north Georgia!) is 34 degrees; tomorrow will be worse.

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES: California Democrats are showing us the future.

HANOI JANE: Climate change deniers don't matter. Of course they don't matter; she's busy virtue-signaling her employers.

Her father must be rolling over in his grave....

WHISTLEBLOWER, MEET WHISTLEBLOWER: ICIG complaint alleges Trump-Ukraine whistleblower may be soliciting illicit donations.

MORE VETERANS DAY: Michael Ramirez reads the progressive mind....

FINALLY, FOR COMBAT VETERANS: The Wars They Carry.

HONORING OUR VETERANS: the Anthem Veterans Memorial.



It's something I'd like to see.

IN BRITAIN ON REMEMBRANCE DAY: WWII Dakota aircraft drops poppies over the White Cliffs of Dover.

MARTA HERNANDEZ: Honored to Serve My Country.

MICHAEL RAMIREZ: Thank you, veterans.

FALLING LEAVES, EPISODE IX: Well, it's over for 2019. Here's the usual pond view, and there's almost no change from last week - perhaps a few more leaves gone, but that's all.

This view is of the south 'lawn'. No leaves to speak of, but still plenty of brush on the slope which will never go away given its steepness.

Here's the north 'lawn', taken from approximately the same place as the picture above. It's still steep along here, but not so badly the brush can't be cleared out. You can see that the leaves are all on the ground.

The final picture is along our street. The sky is clear and leaves are all gone. The road is visible along this stretch, but in some places the road has disappeared under the leaves.

That's it for this year. See you again in the spring.

Last week's pictures are here.

SATIRE BUT ACCURATE: Suicide Hotline volunteer shocked when Hillary Clinton tried to ‘place an order’.

ANOTHER RANDOM THOUGHT: So President Trump is being impeached for trying to ensure that Ukraine will not pay off Hunter Biden with U.S. tax money?