THE RATINGS ARE IN, and they're really bad.

The most popular president in history (according to the Left) and only about one third of his voters bothered to watch his speech. (And that's assuming that only his voters watched.)

IF THERE'S A NOBEL PRIZE FOR IDIOCY, here's a sure winner:

Portland’s mayor [Ted Wheeler] ... urged the public to safely stand up to the black bloc group of violent demonstrators who continue to plan “direct actions” around the city that routinely end with shattered windows, fires and other vandalism. Wheeler asked residents to note the license plates of people who drive to the events in various neighborhoods and then don all black clothing and grab shields or weapons from their cars. Share those license numbers with police.

'Nuff said.

WASHINGTON POST FACT CHECKERS expose the truth about Tim Scott’s black privilege.

And embarrass themselves mightily....

WHEN THE FACULTY LOUNGE GOES AFTER COLLEGE SPORTS the alligators will come for them.

I'd miss college sports, but it might be worth it to watch the faculty as the alligators feast on them....

'REPLACEMENT THEORY' EXPLAINED: If you can't win with the voters you have, replace them with ones more amenable to your views.

It's the equivalent of "vote the bastards out" from the Deep State's point-of-view.

RANDOM THOUGHT: the only open borders in the U.S. should be marked EXIT.

SPRINGTIME 2021, Week 9: Last week, the leaves didn't come. This week, the leaves still didn't come. Either Mother Nature woke up late, or I started too soon. I blame Mother nature. It's been a rather gray day, cloudy, cool and with on and off (mostly off) rain, so I wasn't anxious to take the (long enough) walk to the pond.

Here's the usual pond picture. The small stuff is greening up nicely, but as you can tell the hardwoods are still struggling to wake up this year.

Next is my standard fire pit picture, and again the hardwoods are not cooperating with spring yet. The brush (at least on my lot) has been mostly cleared, but the neighbor's house is no longer visible as his trees/brush fill out.

This last picture is our friendly dogwood on the south side of the house. Its flowers are mostly gone now, replaced by leaves. In the background, the hill on the opposite side of the creek is still mostly gray.

Until next (hopefully greener) week then....

RENEWABLE NONSENSE: 90% of wind and solar could be economically competitive by 2030.

Strangely, the link to the Carbontracker report in the article is now dead. How come? My suspicion is that someone reviewed its claims more closely and spotted multiple large errors. Or someone realized the message that lots of wind power is still more expensive than conventional energy is not politically correct.

Ya think?

ANOTHER PROJECT DOWN THE MEMORY HOLE: Kamala Harris is handed yet another project to lead.

One thing the Democrats have learned from the Wizard of Oz: it's much better to screw things up from behind the curtain.

THUGS AND LIARS: Counting the ways we hate "60 Minutes".

BIDEN ECONOMIC ADVISER pushes global corporate tax minimum to counteract proposed US increase.

The Democrats' response to any crisis/problem/whatever is to always (always!) punish the innocent.

Now they're going worldwide.

POWERLINE: Biden can't find his mask.

From the comments: " It’s amazing that nobody running this clown show has thought to have a 'Presidential Mask Envoy' to hold the symbiote’s mask while he gives somebody else’s speech to a fawning handful of mindless zombies."

Also from the comments:

If I were forced to wear a mask, this is the one I'd choose....

IN MOVE TO BAN CHARTER SCHOOLS, Bernie Sanders introduces the 'No Child Left Ahead Act'.

Shortly to become 'not satire'....

THE DEMOCRATS WANT THEIR SLAVES BACK: Maybe Biden was right about the grave threat of White supremacy in America.

PUBLIC HEALTH NEWS: CDC now recommends wearing a seat belt even when you’re outside the car.

Yes, it's the Babylon Bee, but I wish they'd quit giving the nannystaters ideas....

MAYBE THERE'S HOPE JUSTICE AFTER ALL: Woke executive explains why his company is going to go out of business.

YOUR 'WOKE' MONEY ISN'T WELCOME HERE: Ted Cruz pledges not to take corporate PAC money.

I disagree. He should take the money and spit in their faces after he wins. It's the Democrats' playbook; use it against them.

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH ON THE HUNDREDTH DAY OF BIDEN. Here is some data from the Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll for the last three presidents.

Each chart has three sets of data: green represents the percentage of approvals; red, disapprovals. They sum to 100%. The data in black is the Rasmussen Approval Index (scale on the right), calculated as the difference between those who Strongly Approve and those who Strongly Disapprove, which usually is about 70% of the total polled.

Here's Obama: Obama started with a very strong approval rate, but after 100 days his approval was close to divided at about 55%/45%, and his approval index dropped (along with total approvals) from plus 30 to near zero.

And Trump: His first 100 days were chaotic -- the typical initial honeymoon, followed by the usual drop. Disapprovals peaked in late March, then began a decline. At the end of the first 100 days, the rates were close to 54%/46%, with disapprovals dominating. The approval index dropped to a low of about -20 in April, recovering to about -10 at 100 days.

And finally Biden: He promised a 'boring' presidency, and largely succeeded. Approval/disapproval rates have consistently been right at the 50% mark, a sometimes little over, sometimes a little under. His approval index has consistently been below zero, slowly declining to the -10 level today.

Make of it what you will.

IT WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SCIENCE: When will Biden declare the COVID 'crisis' over?

It will have everything to do with 'science'; for Democrats the only science is political science.

NEITHER IS JOE BIDEN: Majority of voters say Vice President Harris not qualified to become President.