THE DIPLOMAD reflects on the New Yorker with the wild yellow hair.

THIS IS THE CLEAR FAVORITE from PowerLine's Week in Pictures:

But the Democrats' mystery candidate is a close second. Go see it - and the rest, obviously.

GOOD NEWS: Latest UN climate talks collapsing. Teen climate scientists disappointed.

AMMO GRRRLL has a Christmas gift recommendation:

All 5 [of my] books, which I have put out in just 13 months, sport vibrant, pretty covers. So if you are one of those people who just like to display books rather than read them, they will make an attractive addition to any bookshelf. Since each individual column takes but 5-8 minutes to read, you can see how perfect the book would be for the bathroom. They are also good for bedtime reading before you crash. Which, in my case, is usually about 6 minutes. At this rate I hope to finish Green Eggs and Ham by New Year’s Day.

If you don't read her weekly as I do, it's a great Christmas gift.

OF COURSE NOT. The press piled on Nunes; will it now apologize?

FIRST, IT'S SATIRE; SECOND, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE: Democrats vow to learn from Labour Party's mistake of not going far enough left.

[UPDATED] ON A STUPID SCALE OF 1 TO 10, THE DEMOCRATS JUST CLOCKED A 13: On Friday the 13th of December, the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach the President.

But of course it's not political.

I wish them the worst of bad luck.

[Originally posted Friday, Dec. 13]

THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE has adjourned for today; the vote will be tomorrow, Friday the 13th, which is (hopefully) a bad omen for the Democrats and a good one for my IRA.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE keep the impeachment circus going. My IRA has increased over 20% this year alone. If the Democrats can keep going for another year I might be able to afford Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax.

IMPEACHMENT CIRCUS: Who is obstructing whom?

THIS IS YOUR PROGRESSIVE LEFT: Leftist students storm classes of profs they disagree with as part of 'art' project.

This, from an institution widely regarded as 'elite'.

MOTHER NATURE'S EARTHQUAKE PREPARATION? Thousands of strange holes discovered off California coast.

WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Four possible outcomes of 2020.

THE DIPLOMAD comments on the DOJ Inspector General's report and today's Senate Judiciary hearing. His comments are devastating. Read it, then revisit his 2016 post on the FBI.

TRUMP'S POPULARITY SURGES after nation learns he may have obstructed Congress.

Satire? I think not.

EXPLAINING WHY I DROPPED MY SUBSCRIPTION YEARS AGO: Greta Thunberg named TIME’s 2019 ‘Person of the Year’.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The legacy of low-bar impeachment.

From now on, impeachment can be used against any first-term president with a record of success. It will be used solely as a political strategy by the opposition party that controls the House to weaken a president’s reelection chances. That’s the Democratic Party’s legacy and Democrats will live to rue it.

Read it all.

'TWEAKING' IS NOT ENOUGH: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam tweaks gun ban in response to Second Amendment sanctuary movement.

FOR PROOF, LOOK AT CONGRESS: Our intellectual betters are actually dumber and worse.

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RANDOM THOUGHT: You know it's Christmas season when PajamaGram and Omaha Steaks begin advertising.