SO MAYBE BIDEN SHOULD HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED. RFK Jr says parasite ate part of his brain.

Make that all Democrats....

NO WONDER DEMOCRATS LOVE THEM: Double standards are the best standards because you get twice as many of them.

PAINTER TEACHES PRO-HAMAS 'PROTESTERS' a hilarious and valuable lesson after they try to block him.

YES! YES, YES: College anti-Israel agitators could be sent to Gaza under new House GOP bill.

Wishful thinking, I know, but on the bright side Hamas would no longer need innocent Palestinians for cannon fodder....

YOU'LL NEVER GUESS what Victorinox is removing from its iconic Swiss Army knife.

I'll take a stab at it -- the knife.

[And yes, sarcasm is intended.]

THIS NEEDS TO STOP: but will it?

CONFIRMED: Nearly half of the [anti-semite/Hamas] protesters are not students or faculty.

NEARLY? Only nearly?

GET WOKE, GO BROKE: CEO says he would hire protesters.

And ... what goes around comes around (and bites back). Hims & Hers CEO walks back praise for anti-Israel protesters after stock drops.

TRUMP RELEASES SOARING CAMPAIGN AD honoring UNC fraternity brothers who protected the U.S. flag.

IT APPEARS THAT TDS IS EXPLODING IN THE 'DERANGEES' FACES ... Trump classified documents trial has been postponed indefinitely.

Couldn't happen to a better class of people.

Stormy Weather — [NY judge Juan] Merchan no longer biggest sleazebag in his courtroom.

I disagree; he's still Sleazebag #1 since we've known about Stormy Daniels for years....

BUT HE'S A DEMOCRAT SO IT DOESN'T MATTER: Special Counsel Jack Smith confirms it tampered with key evidence [from Mar-a-Lago] and admits to misleading the Court.

FOUR RADICAL REFORMS to shrink the federal budget.

I like the last one, which I'll call 'Food Stamps for Politicians'.

MIKE HUCKABEE: Donald Trump should pay his gag order fines in $1 bills.

No, in pennies. Unrolled if dumped; rolled if thrown.

AS LONG AS THEY CAN'T OUTRUN ME: There's a surprising reason why robots can't outrun the fastest animals.

JEFF CHARLES AT RED STATE: Taylor Lorenz can't possibly be this stupid.

You're projecting, Jeff. Just because you're not that stupid doesn't mean she can't be.

I WAS HOPING HE'D FINALLY RETIRE: Progressive champion and two-time presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders announces re-election bid.

No such luck....

FINALLY SPRING, WEEK 9: Oops, and a day late. I had actually created this post yesterday (Sunday) and completely forgot to publish it. So here goes. Our usual pond view:

There's been a surprising amount of 'filling in' over this last week as evidenced by the additional tree cover of the across-pond background.

The same is true around the barn/fire pit area. Note that the grass is filling in, as are the trees. Notably the one in the forground that never dropped its dead leaves over the winter is now full of new green leaves.

All the trees across the road have almost fully fleshed out - except one. It's still unclear as to whether it's just late - or dead. I'm hoping for the former because it's going to be hard to cut down.

Finally the dogwoods (except the lazy one just barely visible in the center) are back and the hillside across the creek is no longer visible.

Next week (week 10) will probably be the last of this series even though this year has taken longer than usual to return to summer.

THERE IS SOME ORGANIZATION BEHIND THIS MOVEMENT: NYPD gives chilling update after 56 arrested at NYU and the New School.

No shit, Sherlock.

WHY? THE MONEY IS WHERE THE MIDDLE IS. The IRS plans to more than double its audit rate of wealthy taxpayers.

You can bet your sweet bippy the IRS doesn't need $80B and 3,700 new employees to audit a few billionaires....