ON NOV. 7, honor those killed fighting for us in Vietnam.

That, and new Gov. Glenn Youngkin, are the only reasons I'd consider moving back to Virginia.

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID: The Occam’s Razor election.

KURT SCHLICHTER: How twisted must you be to justify cutting apart kids?

TOMORROW WILL TELL, but it's beginning to look like a Republican blowout. Or so I hope.

One thing still bothers me, though -- the thought that the Republicans will fade on doing the things they ran on when challenged by the extremist Left. In some sense the GOP is its own worst enemy.

Here are six must-do's for the incoming GOP majority. (Governors and local officials included.)

[T]HE DEPRESSING BUT UNDENIABLE FACT [is] that the gravest danger to our republican government is that too many idiots vote....

Tomorrow we'll find out how many idiots there are.

FALLING LEAVES 2022 WEEK 8.

Despite the fact that we're having an unusually warm couple of days, this has been a colder-than-normal fall (at least initially) and leaf fall is about 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Here's the usual pond view:

The brown leaves that were there last week are gone; so is the little remaining ground cover.

The same is true along the usual fire pit view. Except for that stubborn tree in the foreground, all the leaves are gone. We do have the grass beginning to show in the newly seeded area behind the barn.

Our road is now mostly clear (where you can actually see the road; this section has had the leaves blown off) as the leaves are all gone from the trees.

Here's how it looked outside this morning with the new lawn having had it's first 'haircut'.

Finally, a picture taken a day or so ago showing the last remaining color in our neighborhood.

Next week, a recap of this year's series. (Also, apologies for being a day late; I forgot to upload the post last evening.)

WHILE SLEEPING OR FOR SLEEPING? Twitter employee says he was fired 'while sleeping' as Elon Musk halves company workforce.

Either way doesn't sound good....

EMBRACE THE HEALING POWER OF 'BOTH':

Linked from here.

GOOD FOR YOU, ELON. Elon Musk says what's next for Twitter advertisers if they bow to activists demands and leave the platform.

I will be watching, and those who choose boycott will not be seeing much of my business. Keep in mind boycotters that you all have competitors....

DOESN'T HE HAVE MIRRORS IN HIS HOUSE? Bill Maher says this American value will 'lose' in the midterms.

SO IT'S NOT [YET] BEYOND THE MARGIN OF CHEATING? Pennsylvania Republicans voice concerns about midterm ballot counting in letter to secretary of state.

DON'T WORRY IT WON'T HURT FOR LONG. The quaint customs of our innocent, loving indigenous people.

AS SIMPLE AS ABC: Why suburban women are flocking to the GOP.

ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES, AND WHERE IT STOPS NOBODY KNOWS: the 'intersectionality roundabout' has become competitive.

KURT SCHLICHTER: Everyone is laughing at the ridiculous Pelosi big lie.

THE DIPLOMAD comments on the mid-term election in two posts.

Read them both.

ACCORDING TO OBAMA Herschel Walker is a celebrity who wants to be a politician.
Walker responded:

President Obama was here last night. He said I’m a celebrity. He got that one wrong, didn’t he? I’m not a celebrity, I’m a warrior for God. He got something else wrong, too. Remember two years ago he told us to vote for Joe Biden, didn’t he? He got that one wrong, did he not? He’s lost twice in Georgia already, hasn’t he, so I think he probably needs to sit this one out.

I would have responded by noting that Obama is a politician who wants to be a celebrity.
But Walker did better....

A REMINDER from Instapundit: "You are the carbon they [the Democrats] want to reduce."

RANDOM THOUGHT: 'Our democracy' is progressive-speak' for 'our control'.

BEST WE CAN DO IS 'NO'. Biden accuses Arizona of trespassing and demands containers plugging gaps in border wall be removed.