BEWARE OF GEEKS BEARING GIFTS: The calculating philanthropy of Silicon Valley.

It's long, but read it all. My take: Silicon Valley philanthropy is about saving the world, not people, so if killing off a few million of the impoverished is what it takes to save the world, so be it. It's the old 'you have to break a few eggs to make an omlet' argument.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS: Save the world; dump your pets.

Frankly, I think environmentalists contribute more to global warming climate change than pets do.

TOM STEYER, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Caravan organizer admits failure in bid for Mexican buses to United States border.

Heh.

YOU'RE LOSING, AREN'T YOU? Bernie Sanders calls Trump 'most racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted president in history'.

Pathetic.

SEEN ON A CHURCH MESSAGE BOARD:

Heaven isn't a trick.
Hell isn't a treat.
Happy Halloween.

Wise words.

NO, SHE'S NOT CRAZY. You are.

A DEMOCRATIC PARTY HALLOWEEN.The original Michael Ramirez cartoon is here.

WHEN ADOLESCENTS GIVE UP POT, their cognition quickly improves. When Democrats give up pot, they become Republicans.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN:

And keep America great.

GEORGIA’S DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR calls for banning AR-15s.

Georgia's Democrat candidate for Governor is gonna lose ... bigly.

QUIT THINKING, JUST DO IT! Streisand 'thinking' about moving to Canada – again – if Democrats don’t prevail.

BLEXIT: African-Americans declaring independence from liberalism, the welfare state and the Democratic Party.

Heh. And overdue.

THE DEMOCRAT MID-TERM PLATFORM: "Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?"

SO NOW YOU KNOW IT ISN'T ABOUT ASYLUM: Migrant caravan, rejecting Mexican offers, continues drive north.

It's about free stuff....

EXPERTS: Anatomy does not determine gender. To be fair, neither does a brain determine sanity.

CHRIS CUOMO, CNN, AND THEIR FOLLOWERS ON THE LEFT are a continuing in-kind contribution to Trump 2020.

AUTUMN LEAVES INSTALLMENT VII

The first picture today is the deck view, just not taken from the deck but from the terrace below it. The only real difference from last week is the dearth of leaves. The deciduous trees are mostly leaf-free now; only the evergreens are left unscathed. The pond is now clearly visible from the house.

Nothing has really changed around the fire pit. We've seen some color changes in the last week through the neighborhood, but just not here.

With most of the leaves gone, the house is now pretty clearly visible through the 'forest'. The remaining trees are mostly evergreen, and the ground cover, mostly weeds, has died off.

Here's the usual pond view, taken from above the dock. I used the telephoto lens today, so the dock itself isn't in view.

Rather than the usual 'wayback' view from across the pond, this picture is taken from the east side of the pond, looking back toward the hill at the top of which is the road. It's one of the few places in the neighborhood where there is actual color other than shed, dead, and green.

For comparison, last week's pictures are here.

WIDE-SCALE U.S. WIND POWER could cause significant global warming. And for that matter, so can widespread use of EV's.

NUMBERS USA: Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs.

FIVE DEMOCRATS who don't have a clue about the 'immigrant' caravan.

And all five can easily afford to buy one. Or three....