SO PLEASE KEEP STRIKING: SAG-AFTRA union strike stopping artists from making 'worldview-changing' LGBT stories.

BUT FOR WHOM? If Biden is re-elected, “We will have saved American democracy”.

SO HOW LONG UNTIL REPARATIONS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS? New York City to consider creating a reparations task force.

HEADLINE OF THE WEEK: To be fair, you can see why she’s in favor of unearned accomplishment.

DOUBLING DOWN ON PROGRESSIVISM STUPID: Chicago mayor considers creating city-owned grocery store after Walmart, Whole Foods close stores in the city.

Can't target criminals; they're a protected class in Chicago....

PROGRESSIVES. What happened to the great West Coast cities?

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SHE WANTS EVERYONE TO BE AS BAD AS HER: Kamala Harris says government must enforce ‘equal outcomes.’

LIBERAL SANCTUARY CITIES GET WHAT THEY VOTED FOR — and they're going broke.

Suck it up -- you'll get no sympathy from me.

WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S CALLED "AMERICA'S NEWS OF RECORD"? The time between a Babylon Bee satire and reality is now down to about 24 hours.

FALLING LEAVES 2023, Episode 1: It's been significantly cooler of late, and leaves are beginning to show up on the road, so it must be time for my annual 'Falling Leaves' series. I start with my usual views of the pond and fire pit from our carport deck.

There's still plenty of green around, but you can see in the upper right corner of the pond view there's a bit of thinning and brown in the trees, some of which I think is a remnant of the hard freeze we had at the end of last winter.

The roses and day lilies are still flowering along the fence line, but the grass is beginning to brown, as are some of the tree leaves at the left in this picture. We haven't (yet) had that bellwether image that starkly indicates the future.

Here's the house view from about halfway down to our pond. I didn't weedeat this year, so the ground cover is very dense. It'll slowly die out as the days progress and maybe this year I'll cut it down before spring springs.

The pond area around the dock is beginning to show signs of winter. The flowers along the water are clearly declining, and the trees along the back side of the dam are beginning to show significant signs of leaves browning -- no colors yet, though.

The pond, however, is still in (mostly) summertime mode. A little bit of brown along the tops of the trees is the only real sign of winter coming.

Until next week....

I TOLD YOU: Kurt Schlichter punches back.

THE PRICE OF VIRTUE SIGNALING: Massachusetts National Guard deployed to assist with spiraling migrant crisis.

TELL 'EM THE TRUTH -- LOUDLY. Here's how Republicans can get minority voters to abandon the Democrats.

As insane as the Democrats' progressive wing has gotten, I don't think 'loudly' is even necessary.

IN YOUR FACE: Ammunition company offers free shipping to New Mexico residents in defiance of gun ban.

The revolution is beginning has begun.

ARE TRANSGENDER KIDS just emotional support animals for adults?

I suspect there's more than a little truth to that question. Read it all.

AUSTIN, TEXAS, USED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL CITY: Videos show prized Austin greenbelt destroyed by homeless encampments.

I used to live there. It was a beautiful city. Then the progressives took over. I won't go back. Even for a drive-thru.

MORE LOOSE ENDS: Even the Washington Post is recommending that President Biden (and Kamala Harris!) not run in 2024.

We should be so lucky....

GLENN REYNOLDS on neurosis and the Curley effect.

The 'Curley effect' isn't mentioned until late in Reynolds' article, but I'm convinced it's less an effect than it is a deliberate Progressive strategy to maintain power (see, for example, California emigration).

BYE-BYE NET ZERO? "There has been no official announcement from the officials who preside over the official institutions of climate change hysteria and the glorious five-year plans for “energy transition,” but if you pay close attention you can make out the beginnings of an across-the-board retreat from the Net-Zero madness that has gripped governments everywhere."

I'M NOT. Are you down to die for the cultural imperatives the Chardonnay-swilling wine women set?

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